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