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(2022莆田一中高一期末)In American English,when someone says he has to“face the
music",it doesn't mean he is going to a musical performance or a concert.
Imagine a friend asks you to take care of her beautiful sports car.She says."Please don't
drive it.It's an extremely fast car."But you want to pretend the car is yours.So.you drive it
around one night.As bad luck would have it,you lose control of the car and drive it into a stop
sign.When your friend returns,you must "face the music".It can be losing her friendship or
paying for repairs to her car or both.
In 1851,the writer James Fenimore explained"face the music".In a theater the orchestra
)sits in front of the stage.So,the actors on stage face the musicians.Many actors are very
nervous,and this condition is called "stage fright".They may want to run away."Facing the
music"means accepting it and not giving in to it.
Word experts say "face the music"may come from the army.A soldier could be forced out
of the horse cavalry ()because of the serious mistake in the war.The army drummers
would play a sad beat.The soldier would be seated backward on a horse and face the music of the
drums
To "take your medicine"is to accept the bad result from something you have done.And if
someone says,"You made your bed.Now lie in it."he means you create a bad situation and you
must deal with it."Pay the piper"is also similar to "face the music".But it's fun to"lie in the bed
and enjoy music”
There are many idioms()in the English language,whose real meanings are largely based
on the context.Don't read only with your eyes,or you would make a fool of yourself.
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1.In Paragraph 2."face the music"probably means
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A.accept the bad result
B.go to a concert
C.refuse to repair the car
D.pretend the car is yours
解析细节理解题。根据文章第二段“It can be losing her friendship or paying for repairs
to her