题目内容
9．Green is an important color in nature．It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees．It is also the color of most growing plants．Sometimes，the word green means young，fresh an d growing．Sometimes，it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished．A greenhorn is someone who has no experience．who is new to a situation．But in the fifteenth century，a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose home had not yet developed．A century or so later，a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle．By the eighteenth century，a greenhorn 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 nineteen hundreds．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-eyed monster is not a nightening creature from outer space，It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play Othello．"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．Or，that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay raise and she does not．
In most places in the world，a green light is a signal to move ahead．A green light on a traffic signal means your car can continue on．In everyday speech，a green light means approval to continue with a project．
32．How many expressions including"green"are mentioned in the passage？A
A．Three．
B．Four．
C．Five．
D．Six．
33．What does"a greenhorn"mean now？D
A．A person who has rich job experience．
B．A soldier who has not yet any experience in battle．
C．A person who is a green hand without any experience．
D．A young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed．
34．Which expression can be used if your friend is good at growing plants？D
A．A greenhorn
B．A green light．
C．A green thumb．
D．The green-eyed monster．
35．What will make you suffer from the green-eyed monster？B
A．You get a pay raise．
B．You watch the play"Othello"；
C．You meet a frightening g creature．
D．Your girlfriend dates with your friend．
分析 绿色是自然界中一种重要的颜色．它是树叶和青草的颜色．这也是大多数生长中的植物的颜色．有时，绿色意思是年轻的，新鲜和成长．有时，它也描述了一些尚未完成的或不成熟的事物．
解答 32．B 细节理解题． 根据文章内容It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees；It is also the color of most growing plants；the word green means young，fresh and growing；it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished．由此可知green可指树或者草的颜色，种植的植物的颜色，年轻的新鲜的事物，以及不成熟未完成的东西，故选B
33．D 细节理解题．根据第二段末By the eighteenth century，a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job．可知a green man 指刚参加工作那种，没有很多工作经验，由此选D．
34．A 细节理解题．根据文章内容A person，with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well，可知可以将植物种养的好的人可以被叫做 green thumb，故选A．
35．D 细节理解题． 根据文章内容Green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay raise and she does not，如果你加薪了，而你的朋友没有得到加薪，那么此时你就可能被叫做green-eyed monster，结合选项，故选D
点评 本文是一个科教类阅读理解，题目涉及多道细节理解题，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．
