Green is an important color...
的有关信息介绍如下:问题补充说明: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 【小题1】 .For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. 【小题2】 . By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.About 100 years ago. Greenhorn was a popular expression in the west of America. 【小题3】 The greenhorn lacked the skills he would need to live in the hard, rough country.Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. 【小题4】 A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling, 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”. 【小题5】 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 rise and she does not.A.The plants produced much larger crops.B.The expression comes from the early 1900sC.Sometimes, it describes something that is nit yet ripe or finishedD.Later, it meant a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle.E.It was used to describe a man who adjust arrived from one of the big cities.F.It was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.G.It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants.
【答案】
【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】E
【小题4】B
【小题5】G
【答案解析】试题分析:本文介绍了green这个单词在历史不同时期的不同含义和与green有关的一些英语习语的含义。
【小题1】从前面的句子:Itisalso来计每财thecolorof商浓质异接品呀甚站比的mostgrowing绿色表示的是长的很成熟的颜色,和Sometimes,itdescribessomethingthatisnit道无仍球光南苗许系纪yetripeor得小finished.意思相近,选C
【小题2】从前面的句子:Inthe15thcentury,agreenhornwasayoungcoworoxwhosehornshadnotyetdeveloped.可知在15世纪,绿色指的是没有成熟的东西,和Later,极自画离议措过局满抗itmeantasoldierwhohadnotyethadanyexpe策rienceinbattle.没有经验的士兵相类似。选D
【买依干甚头陆约小题3】从后面的句子:Thegreenhornlackedtheskill送shewouldneedtoliveinthehard,roughcountry.
可知Gre印enhorn是从大城市刚刚回来的人,缺少在困难的乡村生活的技能,选E
【小题4】从前面的句子:Someonewhohastheability采米采领酸卷局介降太波togrowplantsw学限ellissaidtohaveagreenthumb.可知这段讲的是一个和gre视华聚怀免验困en有关的英语习语,第凯是代对守祖企选B
【小题5】从后面的句子:Ayoungmanmaysuffer素阳判敌和陈继量迫丰fromthegreen-eyedmonsteri建汽尽到fhisgirlfriendbeginsgoingoutwithsomeoneelse.可知thegreen-eyedmonster是指对别人拥有他想要的东西的时候一个人的不好的感觉,选G
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