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Red is used in many American _______. It can be used to speak of happiness, as in ＂a red-letter day＂. This is a day when something special happens. The expression probably is ______ on church customs. Almost for six hundred years, church calendars have been ______ with red to indicate special holidays. Today's calendars(日历) still are marked that way with the ______ of holidays, and special days ______ in red. The expression Red-letter Day is often heard in everyday conversation. A red-letter day is especially happy. It may be a day _____ you've long waited for, a wedding day, for example, ______ it may be a day with a happy time. You might tell your friend that yesterday was red-letter day, because you _____ some money in the state lottery(彩券).

Red also is used in some expressions that are _____ happy. Red-Handed is one. To be Caught Red-Handed is to be caught actually performing a wrong _____. You're guilty.

1. A languages B words C stories D expressions

2. A seen B from C based D followed

3. A done B marked C written D painted

4. A names B dates C days D meanings

5. A printed B copied C typed D written

6. A when B as C of which D that

7. A and B but C for D or

8. A paid B were paid C won D lost

9. A less B not C few D little

10. A matter B thing C act D job

1. D 2C 3B 4 D 5A 6D 7B 8C 9B 10C

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1.Add a lucky red door. Red is a traditional color of 2 . It's an important part of the Chinese New Year to 3 on doing what one can to bring about good luck for the New Year. If you don't want to 4 the door red, how about wrapping it up like a present with red wrapping paper. If changing your front door's color is not workable, how about the door to your child's bedroom?

2.Eat. A huge part of most cultures is that of food and the Chinese New Year is not 5 , it's eating jiaozi at midnight on New Year's Eve, or longevity noodles on day seven of the festivities to 6 long life. The Chinese New Year celebrations mean many fancy meals that your child will 7 .

3.Create a lantern. Sara Naumann, the Guide to China Travel, shares a bit about the legend of the Lantern Festival or Yuanxiao, which occurs on the 8 day of the Chinese New Year festivities. It's a 9 that includes an emperor, a young woman who misses her family, and tricking the God of Fire. Your kids should love this story. After 10 it with them, or while reading the story, enjoy making your own paper lantern to display.

4.Give lucky money. The Guide to Mandarin Language shares that another very popular 11 during the Chinese New Year is that of the gift of red envelopes with 12 in them. These gifts are given to children and usually follow a bit of superstition（迷信） in that the money needs to be given in even amounts and never contain 13 numbers, such as four. Therefore, four dollars is not a good gift. The envelopes are also decorated with lucky symbols and New Year 14 .

5.Give a small gift. The giving of simple gifts is also an appropriate way to 15 the Chinese New Year. What better gift than that of a children's book about the Chinese New Year or the Chinese Culture.

6.Make some noise. Just like in America, the Chinese use 16 in ringing in their New Year. In the Chinese culture it began as a way to 17 away any demons（鬼） that threaten to bring a profitable and lucky New Year, but today it's also about excitement and 18 . Consider setting off a few firecrackers of your own, if allowed in your area. If not, make a cute firework picture with a bit of glitter and glue. A pretend firecracker is another great craft that could also be considered a festive way to decorate your New Year table.

7.Sing Happy Birthday to your dog. The second day of the Chinese New Year is 19 the birthday of all dogs. Why not 20 your child to throw Fido a birthday celebration? Perhaps an extra ride in the car or new chew toy is in order? I know my dog would appreciate a few extra belly rubs too.

( ) 1. A. tradition B. culture C. civilization D. habit

( ) 2. A. wealth B. disaster C. belief D. luck

( ) 3. A. focus B. accuse C. adapt D. mind

( ) 4. A. boil B. paint C. wash D. purchase

( ) 5. A. same B. similar C. common D. different

( ) 6. A. come about B. take about C. bring about D. get out

( ) 7. A. bore B. destroy C. enjoy D. absorb

( ) 8. A. last B. first C. second D. next

( ) 9. A. play B. story C. novel D. history

( ) 10. A. sharing B. listening C. reading D. making

( ) 11. A. invention B. story C. race D. tradition

( ) 12. A. food B. clothes C. money D. jewels

( ) 13. A. unclear B. unlucky C. unfair D. uncertain

( ) 14. A. wishes B. signs C. presents D. happiness

( ) 15. A. spend B. envy C. buy D. celebrate

( ) 16. A. firecrackers B. songs C. dances D. goods

( ) 17. A. take B. scare C. get D. burn

( ) 18. A. fun B. relax C. sleep D. travel

( ) 19. A. fixed B. named C. considered D. marked

( ) 20. A. order B. accompany C. tease D. Allow

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-speaking world, black is the color of mourning—people wear black at the funeral. Red is concerned with danger or bloodshed（伤亡）. 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.
【小题1】 Yellow is concerned with anger in ________________.

A．India	B．Britain
C．China	D．Italy

【小题2】Both Britain and America would probably agree that ________________.

A．a redcap is a porter in a station

B．black is the color of mourning

C．red stands for beauty and excellence

D．a black-coated worker is employed in an office

【小题3】 In Britain , a redcap is a

【小题4】The best title for this reading selection is ________________.

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

I lost my sight when I was four by falling off a box car in a freight（货物）yard in Atlantic City. Now I am thirty two. I can slightly remember what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a disaster can do strange things to people. I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.

Life, I believe, asks constant adjustments to reality. The adjustment is never easy. I was totally confused and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me—a potential to live, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.

The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say belief in myself, I mean: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the intricate（错综复杂的） pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit.

It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt. “I can’t use this.” I said. “Take it with you,” he urged me, “and roll it around.” The words stuck in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a new kind of baseball. We called it ground ball.

All my life I have set a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was out of reach. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.

1.We can learn from the beginning of the passage that _______

A. the author lost his sight because of a car crash.

B. the author wouldn’t love life if the disaster didn’t happen.

C. the disaster made the author appreciate what he had.

D. the disaster strengthened the author’s desire to see.

2.What’s the most difficult thing for the author?

A. How to adjust himself to reality.

B. Building up assurance that he can find his place in life.

C. Learning to manage his life alone.

D. How to invent a new kind of baseball.

3.According to the context, “a chair rocker on the front porch” in paragraph 3 means that the author _________.

A. would sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his life.

B. would be unable to move and stay in a rocking chair.

C. would lose his will to struggle against difficulties.

D. would sit in a chair and stay at home.

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. A Miserable Life B. Struggle Against Difficulties

C. A Disaster Makes a Strong Person D. An Unforgettable Experience

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a car and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of __36____ and what color red is. It would be ___37____ to see again, but a(n) __38____ can do strange things to people. I don’t mean I would __39___ to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate more what I had _40_____.

My parents and my teachers saw something in me ----- a __41____ to live ---- which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight in out with _42____.

The __43___ lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of __44____ that helps me down so unfamiliar staircase alone. I __45___ something bigger than that: a confidence that I am, despite being __46____, a real, positive person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.

It took me years to discover and strengthen this confidence. It had to start with the easy and simple things. __47____ a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at me and I was __48____. “I can’t use this,” I said. “Take with you,” he urged me, “and roll it around.” The words __49___ in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could _50_____ where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought _51____ before playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I _52___ a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.

I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my _53____. It was no good crying for something that I knew at the start was __54___ out of reach because that only invited bitterness of failure. I would fail something anyway, __55___ on the average I made progress.

1.A. sky B. cloud C. sunshine D. mist

2.A. helpful B. wonderful C. hopeful D. successful

3.A. disaster B. environment C. incident D. wonder

4.A. manage B. try C. want D. prefer

5.A. lost B. left C. used D. cared

6.A. purpose B. potential C. pressure D. preparation

7.A. energy B. happiness C. luck D. blindness

8.A. hardest B. dullest C. simplest D. easiest

9.A. self-respect B. self-control C. self-confidence D. self-defence

10.A. think B. consider C. guess D. mean

11.A. imperfect B. perfect C. unfair D. fair

12.A. Later B. Soon C. Once D. Then

13.A. worried B. encouraged C. shocked D. hurt

14.A. stuck B. impressed C. occupied D. held

15.A. see B. hear C. notice D. observe

16.A. important B. unimportant C. possible D. impossible

17.A. invented B. discovered C. instructed D. directed

18.A. experience B. advantages C. knowledge D. limitation

19.A. hardly B. wildly C. highly D. deeply

20.A. so B. for C. but D. and

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（纯洁）．

However, that is not always the case．Did you know that the same colour may mean differently in different places of the world?

In the English-speaking world, black is the colour of mourning（哀悼）．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 colour 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 colour 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（贵族）families proudly said that they had “blue 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．

1.Yellow is concerned with anger in ______.

A．Russia B．Britain C．Germany D．China

2. Both Britain and America would probably agree that ______.

A．black is the color of mourning B．a black-coated worker is employed in an office

C．red stands for beauty and excellence D．a redcap is a porter in a station

3.The best title for this passage is ______.

A．The Origin of Blue Blood B．The Development of the Use of Colors

C．Colors that Carry Bad Meanings D．The Meaning Concerned With Certain Colors

4.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 fair-skinned

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