Question

   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 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 (角) 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 expres?sion 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 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 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". It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants. A young man may suf?fer 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. 

(   ) 5. Greenhorn now refers to .

   A.a person who is new in a job

   B.a new solider

   C.a young horse

   D.none of the above

(   ) 6. A person who has a green thumb is a person        .

   A.who is good at growing plants

   B.whose thumbs are in green color

   C.whose garden is greener than others'

   D.who is younger than his neighbors

(   ) 7. Which of the following has the same meaning with the underlined word in the third paragraph?

   A. method   B. finger

   C.  tool   D. idea

(   ) 8. The author is actually talking about        .

   A. colors   B. language   C. politics   D. agriculture

Answer 1

5 ~8 AABB

B篇主要分析了英语中与"green"有关的几个谚语和短语的含义，谈论了英语语言的使用问题。

5.A细节理解题。由第二段最后一句话可知greenhorn现在指的是"工作中的新手"。

6.A逻辑推理题。由第三段第三句话可知：有green thumb的人似乎有魔力，碰一下植物就可以让它们长得又快又好。那么a person who has a green thumb实际指的是"很会栽培植物的人"。

7.B逻辑推理题。由第三段第三句话中touch 可以推知thumb可能是finger，即"手指"。

8.B意图揣摩题。作者在文中详细解释了与颜色green有关的几个俗语的真正含义，实际上谈论的是英语语言的使用问题。