Like every language,American English is full of special expressi

Like every language,American English is full of special expressions,phrases that come from the day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way．Our expression today is“to face the music”． When someone says,“well,I guess I’ll have to face the music,”it does not mean he’s planning to go to the concert．It is something far less pleasant,like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that,and why you didn’t do this or that．Sour music indeed,but it has to be faced At sometime or another,every one of us has had to face the music,especially as children．We can all remember father’s angry voice,“I want to talk to you．”and only because we did not obey him．What an unpleasant business it was! The phrase“to face the music”is familiar to every American,young and old,It is at least 100 years old ．And where did this expression come from?The first explanation comes from the American novelist,James Fenimore Looper．He said,in 1851,that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage．When they got their cue to go on,they often said,“Well,it’s time to face the music．”And that was exactly what they did—facing the orchestra which was just below them．And an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be friendly or perhaps?hostile,especially if he forgot his lines．But he had to go out．If he did not,there would be no play．So the expression“to face the music”come to mean“having to go through something,no matter how unpleasant the experience might be,because you knew you had no choice．” Other explanations about the expression go back to the army．When the men faced an inspection by their leader,the soldiers would be worried about how well they looked ．Was their equipment clean,shinny enough to pass the inspection?Still the men had to go out and face the music of the band as well as the inspection．What else could they do? Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been done．As,for example when a man is forced out of the army because he did something terrible,he is dishonored ．The band does not play．Only the drums tap a sad,slow beat．The soldier is forced to leave,facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse． The underlined word“hostile”means_______．
A、unfriendly
B、dislike
C、unkind
D、unnecessary
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：在解析这个单词的含义时，我们需要根据上下文来判断。文中提到，演员走上舞台时可能会面对友好的或可能是"hostile"的观众。在这种情境下，观众可能是友好的，也可能是不友好的。因此，我们需要找到一个与"friendly"相对立的词。 A选项"unfriendly"意为不友好的，与"friendly"意思相反，符合上下文语境。 B选项"dislike"意为不喜欢，但它通常用于描述个人的感受或情感，而不是用来描述他人的态度或行为。 C选项"unkind"意为不善良的，虽然与友好相反，但它更侧重于描述行为或性格，而不是态度。 D选项"unnecessary"意为不必要的，与文中的语境完全不符。 因此，根据上下文和选项的比较，我们可以确定"hostile"在这里的意思是"不友好的"，所以答案是A。