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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 小题1: .
For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. 小题2: . By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.
About 100 years ago. Greenhorn was a popular expression in the west of America. 小题3: The greenhorn lacked the skills he would need to live in the hard, rough country.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. 小题4: 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.
Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling, jealousy(嫉妒). The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play “Othello”. 小题5: 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 rise and she does not.
E.It was used to describe a man who adjust arrived from one of the big cities.
F.It was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.
G.It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants.
For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. 小题2: . By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.
About 100 years ago. Greenhorn was a popular expression in the west of America. 小题3: The greenhorn lacked the skills he would need to live in the hard, rough country.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. 小题4: 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.
Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling, jealousy(嫉妒). The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play “Othello”. 小题5: 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 rise and she does not.
| A.The plants produced much larger crops. |
| B.The expression comes from the early 1900s |
| C.Sometimes, it describes something that is nit yet ripe or finished |
| D.Later, it meant a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. |
F.It was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.
G.It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants.
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:E
小题4:B
小题5:G
试题分析:本文介绍了green这个单词在历史不同时期的不同含义和与green有关的一些英语习语的含义。
小题1:从前面的句子:It is also the color of most growing绿色表示的是长的很成熟的颜色,和Sometimes, it describes something that is nit yet ripe or finished.意思相近,选C
小题2:从前面的句子:In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed.可知在15世纪,绿色指的是没有成熟的东西,和Later, it meant a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. 没有经验的士兵相类似。选D
小题3:从后面的句子:The greenhorn lacked the skills he would need to live in the hard, rough country.
可知Greenhorn是从大城市刚刚回来的人,缺少在困难的乡村生活的技能,选E
小题4:从前面的句子:Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. 可知这段讲的是一个和green有关的英语习语,选B
小题5:从后面的句子:A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else.可知the green-eyed monster 是指对别人拥有他想要的东西的时候一个人的不好的感觉,选G
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