题目内容
8. He said he cared for his health but his actions (与.. 矛盾) his words.
8. contradicted
14. ―Must I finish it today?
―You Just finish it as soon as possible.
Green is an important colour in nature. It is the colour of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the colour of most growing plants.
Sometimes,the word green means young,fresh and growing. Sometimes,it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished.
For example,a greenhorn is someone who has no experience,who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century,a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later,a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any expe?rience in battle. By the eighteenth century,a green?horn had the meaning it has today―a person who is new in a job.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early 1900s.
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.
The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.
Green is also the colour used to describe the pow?erful emotion,jealousy. The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space. It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants. A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else.
1. Which of the following is NOT the meaning of the word "green"?
A. Ripe.
B. Young.
C. Fresh.
D. Growing.
2. From the third paragraph,we can conclude that
A. a greenhorn refers to a horn of a young cow or ox
B. a word has different meanings in the same century
C. the language continually develops with time going by
D. a greenhorn means a soldier who hasn't had any experience in battle today
3. If a person has a green thumb,he or she probably
A. suffers from an illness in the thumb
B. has a thumb in green colour
C. does well in growing plants
D. has wonderful magic and energy
4. The underlined word " It" in the last paragraphrefers to " ”.
A. jealousy
B. the green-eyed monster
C. outer space
D. green
5. If Green has a beautiful dress that Mary likes verymuch, . .
A. Green may suffer from the green-eyed monster
B. Mary may suffer from the green-eyed monster
C. Mary is probably a girl with a green thumb
D. Green is probably called a greenhorn
Honest ladybirds A strange legend has it that ladybirds forgive but don't forget. Apparently,at first they didn't have their typical black spots. The ladybirds had been pushed to the edge of extinction because their famous guide disappeared into the flood,and the few ladybirds who survived had to choose a new guide. They decided that their new guide would be the first ladybird to successfully travel south to the Great Lake and return to describe it.
Many young ladybirds eagerly launched themselves into this adventure. One by one they returned and told of how beautiful the southern lake was. However,the last of the ladybirds was late in getting back. When he finally returned,he was sad and embarrassed. He hadn't managed to reach the lake.
Following their new guide,they spent a morning walking northwards until they reached some tall thick grassland,where they stopped,astonished. In front of them was the Great Lake!But it was not beautiful. The heavy rain had turned it into a huge green pool surrounded by mud.
Everyone understood what had happened. Without realizing it,they had been swept beyond the lake by the flood. When the ladybirds had gone out loo?king for the lake,they had gone in the wrong direction. Now they could see that,apart from that one late ladybird,they had all lied to get what they wanted.
And so,the late little ladybird,the only one who they now really trusted,was made the Great Guide. They also decided that every time one of them was discovered lying,they would paint a black spot on that ladybird's back,and there'd be no way to erase it. From then on,when a ladybird looks at another's back,it can tell whether that ladybird is trustworthy.
Likewise,when people show themselves to be dishonest other people paint spots on their impressions of them.
1. According to the passage,why would the ladybirds be extinct?
A. A fight happened among the ladybirds.
B. The climate wasn't fit for the ladybirds.
C. The disease spread among the ladybirds.
D. Their famous guide disappeared.
2. Who would be a new guide of the ladybirds?
A. The one who successfully flew south.
B. The one who described the Great Lake in detail.
C. The one travelling to the northern lake and returning.
D. The first one travelling to the Great Lake and returning.
3. According to the passage,why did most of the ladybirds lie?
A. They were very clever but lazy.
B. They wanted to be the new guide.
C. They were good at lying.
D. They were afraid to be flooded.
4. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The more black spots on the ladybird's back there are,the more honest it will be.
B. The less black spots on the ladybird's back there are,the more trustwor?thy it will be.
C. The number of the black spots on the ladybird's back will reduce with time going by.
D. The ladybird will feel pride at the number of the black spots on its back.
5. The passage is written to .
A. tell us the origin of the black spots on the ladybird's back
B. educate readers the value of honesty and trustworthiness
C. show readers the importance of imagination and creativity
D. tell readers the significance of healthy life and joy
4. No one knows for sure how s each of these dangers will be.
2. You don't need do anything else about this dangerous building. It's over.
3. Today is their wedding a .
5. It can bring you success,and (使你快乐起来) when you are feeling sad.
2. He offered me an (apologize) for losing my book.
