Many people take it for granted that black is a color of bad things while white should always mean something good. This may be because, in their opinion, black is related to darkness and white to purity. However, that is not always the case. Did you know that the same one color may mean differently in different places of the world?
In the English-speaking world, black is the color of mourning. People wear black clothes at the funeral. Red is concerned with danger or bloodshed (流血). Yellow is the word for fear. If you are afraid, you are yellow. Yet none of these sayings is true outside the English-speaking world. In China and Korea white is the color of mourning. In Russia, China and some other countries, red stands for beauty, life and excellence. In Italy and Germany, you are yellow with anger, not with fear.
Even within the English-speaking area it is not difficult to find color contradictions (矛盾). A redcap in the United States is a porter in a railway station. In Britain, however, a redcap is a military policeman. Both names are logical because both men wear red caps. Similarly, the British term for an American white collar worker is sometimes called a black-coated worker.
One does not have to cross an area to find color differences. Would you rather be red-blooded? If we go back to the origin, we find that both terms are logical as both names suggest. The expression "blueblood" comes from Spain, where some noble families proudly said that they had "blue blood". But then why "blue" blood? Because they were fairskinned, and it is only natural that their blood vessels (血管) stood out appearing blue.
【小題1】Yellow is concerned with anger in _______.             

A．RussiaB．BritainC．GermanyD．China
【小題2】The two meanings of the term "redcap" form a difference in _______.     
A．pronunciationB．climateC．logical relationshipD．custom
【小題3】Both Britain and America would probably agree that _______.         
A．black is the color of mourning
B．a(chǎn) black-coated worker is employed in an office
C．red stands for beauty and excellence
D．a(chǎn) redcap is a porter in a station
【小題4】The best title for this passage is _______.        
A．The Origin of Blue Blood
B．The Development of the Symbolic Use of Colors
C．Colors that Carry Bad Meanings
D．The Meaning Concerned With Certain Colors
【小題5】When some Spanish called themselves "blueblood", they actually meant _______.  
A．they had heart trouble and their faces looked blue
B．they came from a noble family
C．they had blue blood in their vessels
D．they were fairskinned


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】D
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：文章主要講的是顏色在不同的國家代表不同的含義。人們會很容易認(rèn)為黑色代表不好的事情，而白色代表著吉祥。同一種顏色在不同的國家，它代表的含義有很大的差異。
【小題1】根據(jù)第二段“In Italy and Germany, you are yellow with anger, not with fear.”可知，在意大利和德國，黃色代表生氣，故選C。
【小題2】根據(jù)第三段“A redcap in the United States is a porter in a railway station. In Britain, however, a redcap is a military policeman.”可知，在美國，redcap指車站搬運(yùn)工，而在英國，redcap指的是憲兵，這是由各自的社會風(fēng)俗造成的，故選D。
【小題3】根據(jù)第二段“In the English-speaking world, black is the color of mourning.”可知，在說英語的國家中，黑色表示哀悼，英國和美國都是說英語的國家，故選A。
【小題4】根據(jù)第一段“However, that is not always the case. Did you know that the same one color may mean differently in different places of the world?”可知，文章主要講的是，不同國家對顏色的理解和顏色的寓意也不相同，故選D。
【小題5】根據(jù)第四段“The expression "blueblood" comes from Spain, where some noble families proudly said that they had "blue blood".”可知，在西班牙，blueblood代表的是一些名門望族，故選B。
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