7.Green is an important color in nature.It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees.It is also the color of most growing plants.
Sometimes,the word green means young,fresh and growing.Sometimes,it describes something that is not yet ripe(成熟)or finished.For example,a greenhorn is someone who has no experience,who is new to a situation.In the fifteenth century,a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns(角)had not yet developed.A century or so later,a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet any experience in battle.By the eighteenth century,a greenhorn had the meaning it has today-a person who is new in a job.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb.The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds.You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow after your plants have died.
Green is also the color used to describe the powerful emotion,jealousy(嫉妒).The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space.It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play"Othello."It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone else has something he wants.A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else.Or,that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay raise and she does not.
In most places in the world,a green light is a signal to move ahead.A green light on a traffic signal means your car can continue on.In everyday speech,a green light means approval(同意)to continue.
27.If you are a new comer to a company,you can be calledA.
A.A greenhorn
B.A green thumb
C.A green-eyed monster
D.A green light
28.If a man may suffer from the green-eyed monster,it means he isB.
A.honest
B.jealous
C.new
D.experienced
29.When you see a green light while you are taking part in a speech competition,it means youD.
A.are ignored
B.have fallen behind
C.can go ahead
D.get permission
30.According to the text,which word first came into use in the 1700s?C
A.greenhorn.
B.green thumb.
C.green-eyed monster.
D.green.
分析 本文是一篇說明文.陳述了一些與green有關的表達以及這些表達在歷史發(fā)展各個不同時期的意義.
解答 A BDC
27.A 根據(jù)For example,a greenhorn is someone who has no experience,who is new to a situation.可知,greenhorn是指在一個新環(huán)境中沒有經(jīng)驗的人,故答案為A
28.B 根據(jù)第三段It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone else has something he wants.A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else.可知,green-eyed monster 是指有嫉妒心的人,故答案為B
29.D 根據(jù)In everyday speech,a green light means approval(同意)to continue.可知,演講比賽中綠燈意味著得到了通過票,故答案為D
30.C 根據(jù)The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space.It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play"Othello."可知,上個世紀七十年代出現(xiàn)了green-eyed monster 這個表達,故答案為C
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