Question

【題目】 Every people has their own way of saying things, their own special expressions. Many everyday American expressions are based on colors.

Red is a hot color. Americans often use it to express heat. They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something. The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red-hots for their color and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland jazz.

Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health.

Blue is a cool color. The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music. Blue is slow, sad and soulful. Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song-Mood Indigo-about the deep blue color, indigo. In the words of the song:” You aren't blue till you've had that Mood Indigo. " Someone who is blue is very sad.

The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling stomach may say she feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.

Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has, like a fast new car. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the color of the back side of the paper money.

The color black is used often in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day. The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day. A blacklist is illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.

【1】If you had your wallet stolen while doing some shopping, you may call it__________.

A.a white dayB.a black dayC.a red dayD.a green day

【2】Suppose Mr. Brown says he is very happy because his three children are all in the pink, this means all his children are________.

A.lucky and wealthyB.gentle and modest

C.fit and healthyD.creative and energetic

【3】When she got home and found nothing had been done by her husband, Jane was really__________.

A.red-hotB.greenC.blueD.black

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章通過大量實(shí)例，說明人們?cè)谏�活中如何用包含各種顏色的詞組，來表達(dá)自己的情感。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段The color black is used often in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day. The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day.（黑色經(jīng)常用在一些表達(dá)中。人們把諸事不順的一天稱為黑色的一天。發(fā)生重大悲劇的日子被稱為黑色日子。）題干中說如果你在購(gòu)物時(shí)錢包被偷了，你可能稱它為什么？“錢包被偷”這是很倒霉的事情， 所以應(yīng)該被稱為“黑色的一天”，故選B。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通過審題定位于關(guān)鍵詞pink處：根據(jù)第三段People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health.人們通常在身體健康時(shí)說他們是粉紅色的。由此可知，假設(shè)布朗先生說他很高興，因?yàn)樗�的三個(gè)孩子都是粉色的，這意味著他的孩子都很健康。故選C。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。審題得知回家后發(fā)現(xiàn)丈夫什么也沒做，她真的很……。當(dāng)你回家后，丈夫什么也沒做，是不是感覺很不公平，很生氣？于是便出現(xiàn)了文章中的描述：根據(jù)第二段They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something.他們也許會(huì)對(duì)不公平的事情說很紅、熱。當(dāng)他們感覺紅、熱時(shí)他們對(duì)某件發(fā)生的事情很生氣。因此可以得知A選項(xiàng)切合文意。故選A。