When someone says “well, I guess I’ll have to face the music , it doesn’t mean t

When someone says “well, I guess I’ll have to face themusic”, it doesn’t mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer. It issomething far less happy, as you are called in by your leader to explain whyyou did this and did that or why you did not do this or that.

At some time or another, every one of us has to “facethe music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry word “Iwasn’t to talk to you”  and only because we did not listen to him. What abad thing it was !

In the middle or at the end of every term, we studentshave to “face the music”. The result of the exam will decide whether we willface the music or not. If …that means parents’ cold faces and the contempt ofthe teachers and classmates.

“To face the music” is well known to every American,younger or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really means that you have todo something, no matter how terrible the whole thing might be, because you knowyou have no choice.

1.“To face the music” means “to ____________”

A．do somethingwe don’t like to             B．go to thetheater

C．go to themusic show                     D．do somethingthat we want to

2.If you didn’t listen to your father’s words, youwould “face the music” ，or ____________.

A．do somethingto please him               B．do somethingto make him angry

C．be punishedby him                      D．be pleasedwith him

3.Before the exam, we’ll have to “face the music”.That’s why ____________.

A．we like totake the exam                  B．we are afraidof taking the exam

C．the exam isvery important                D．we are afraidto pass the exam

4.In the third paragraph. “If...” really means “If_______________”.

A．we got a “D” in the exam

B．we got an “A” in the exam

C．the exam iseasy

D．the exam isdifficult

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1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A  

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