3．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 something differently in different places of the world？
In the English-speak ing world，black is the color of mourning-people wear black at the funeral．Red is concerned with danger or bloodshed（傷亡）．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 or a blue-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 told the world that they had"blue blood"．Actually they meant that they had no Moorish or Jewish blood．But then why"blue"blood？Because they were fair-skinned，and it is only natural that their blood vessels （血管）stood out appearing blue．
56．Yellow is concerned with anger inD
A．India B．Britain
C．China D．Italy
57．Both Britain and America would probably agree thatB
A．a(chǎn) redcap is a porter in a station
B．black is the color of mourning
C．red stands for beauty and excellence
D．a(chǎn) black-coated worker is employed in an office
58．In Britain，a redcap is aD
A．porter B．nobleman C．clerk D．military policeman
59．The best title for this reading selection isC．
A．The Origin of Blue Blood
B．Colors that Carry Bad Meanings
C．The Meaning Concerned with Certain Colors
D．The Development of the Symbolic Use of Colors．
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．
解答 DBDC
56D 細節(jié)理解題．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D．
57B 細節(jié)理解題．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 B．
58D 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段In Britain，however，a redcap is a military policeman．可知在英國紅帽子是警察的象征，故選D．
59C 主旨大議題根據(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 C．
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