Question

Red is used in many American expressions. It can be used to show happiness, as in the expression “a red-letter day”. This is a day when something special happens. The expression is probably based on church customs. For almost 600 years, church calendars have been marked with red to show special holy(神圣的)days. Today’s calendars are still marked that way with the dates of holidays and special days printed in red.

The expression “a red-letter day”is often heard in daily life. “A red-letter day” is a day that people are especially happy. It may be a day that you have waited for a long time, a wedding day, for example. Or it may be a day with a happy surprise. You might tell a friend that yesterday was a red-letter day, because you won some money in the lottery.

“Rolling out the red carpet” is another commonly heard expression. It describes an especially warm welcome of any kind. A city may “roll out the carpet ”for its baseball team, when the team arrives home after winning a championship. A group of supporters go to the air port to the greet the team. The red-carpet welcome includes a lot of cheering by thousands of fans, a parade, music and speech of praise by local statesmen.

Red is also used in some expressions that are not happy. “Red-handed ” is an example. To be caught “red-handed” is to be found in an act of wrong doing. The evidence is clear. You are guilty. Today we use the expression “ to be caught red-handed ”in situation(情况)that are not serious. For example, a mother might say she caught her son red-handed, taking cookies out of the cookie jar.

Some American Expressions with __1.___

Be used for_2.__ happiness	a red -letter day	a day that people are happy a day with a ___3.__
rolling out the red carpet	describes an especially warm___4._____
Be used in_5.expressions	to be caught red-hanged	to be found doing a wrong action can’t be used in a serious situation

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.red

2.showing

3.surprise

4.welcome

5.unhappy

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要介绍了red红色在很多美国用语表达中的文化意义。一方面，红色用于表示快乐和惊喜，如a red-letter-day节日,假日,大喜日, 红色也可以表示欢迎，如rolling out the red carpet隆重地欢迎(热忱接待); 另一方面，红色也可以表示不开心，如red-handed当场，正在作案。

1.标题归纳题。这篇文章主要讲的是有关红色的美国用语。故用red。

2.细节理解题。从It can be used to show happiness从得知应用动词show，而for是介词，介词后用动词-ing形式。故填showing。

3.细节理解题。从Or it may be a day with a happy surprise这句话中得知，应填surprise。

4.细节理解题。“Rolling out the red carpet” is another commonly heard expression. It describes an especially warm welcome of any kind.从这句话中可以看出红色还可用于表示欢迎的用语中。故填welcome。

5.细节理解题。Red is also used in some expressions that are not happy.红色还可以用于一些表示不高兴的用语中。故用unhappy。

考点：文化类短文阅读。