Ⅲ.七选五 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　Expressions about water are almost as common as water. __20__

　　The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression. “Hot water” was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of extremely throwing hot water down on enemies attacking a castle. When we are in “hot water”， we are in trouble. __21__ A young boy can be in hot water with his mother, if he comes into the house with dirty shoes.

　　“To keep your head above water” is a colorful expression that means staying out of debt. A company seeks to keep its head above water during economic hard times. A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.

　　Another common expression, “to hold water”， is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your argument can hold water,

　　__22__ If it does not hold water, __23__ “Throwing cold water” also is an expression that deals with ideas or proposals. __24__ For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But your wife “throws cold water”

　　on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much.

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