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【题目】 Every person has their own way of saying things, their own special expressions. Many everyday American expressions are based on colours.

Red is a hot colour. Americans often use it to express heat. They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something. The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hots for their colour and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland jazz.

Pink is a cool colour. The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow, sad and soulful. Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song—Mood Indigo—about the deep blue colour, indigo. In the words of the song: “You aren’t blue till you’ve had that Mood Indigo.” Someone who is blue is very sad.

The colour green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural colour for humans. A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.

Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as his friend’s, like a fast new car. That /span>person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars of greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the colour of the back side of the paper money.

The colour black is often used in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day. The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day. A blacklist is illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.

【1】If you had your wallet stolen while doing some shopping, you may call it _____.

A. a white day

B. a black day

C. a red day

D. a green day

【2】Suppose Mr. Brown says he is very happy because his three children are all in the pink, this means all his children are .

A. lucky and wealthy

B. gentle and modest

C. fit and healthy

D. creative and energetic

【3】When she got home and found nothing had been done by her husband, Jane was really .

A. red hot

B. green

C. blue

D. black

【4】In the following paragraph, the writer might tell the reader something about .

A. unpopular organizations in the world

B. people’s response towards a black day

C. the influence of the traditional blues

D. more words about a colour, such as brown

Answer 1

【答案】【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】【1】推理判断题。最后一段说，人们把什么都不对劲的那一天成为“黑色的一天”。买东西的时候钱包被人偷了，够倒霉的，可谓“黑色的一天”。

【2】推理判断题。从文章第三段对“粉色”的描述可推知Mr. Brown说他的三个孩子都呈粉色，意味着他的孩子都很健康。

【3】推理判断题。回到家里，发现丈夫什么事情都没有做，妻子当然十分生气了。

【4】推理判断题。文章开头说，美国的很多日常表达都与颜色有关，然后介绍了与red，pink，blue，green，black这些颜色相关的习语，那么下文应该是继续介绍与其他颜色相关的习语。