Red is used in many American expressions. It can be used to show happiness, as in the expression “a red-letter day”. This is a day when something special happens. The expression is probably based on church customs. For almost 600 years, church calendars have been marked with red to show special holy(神圣的)days. Today’s calendars are still marked that way with the dates of holidays and special days printed in red.

The expression “a red-letter day”is often heard in daily life. “A red-letter day” is a day that people are especially happy. It may be a day that you have waited for a long time, a wedding day, for example. Or it may be a day with a happy surprise. You might tell a friend that yesterday was a red-letter day, because you won some money in the lottery.

“Rolling out the red carpet” is another commonly heard expression. It describes an especially warm welcome of any kind. A city may “roll out the carpet ”for its baseball team, when the team arrives home after winning a championship. A group of supporters go to the air port to the greet the team. The red-carpet welcome includes a lot of cheering by thousands of fans, a parade, music and speech of praise by local statesmen.

Red is also used in some expressions that are not happy. “Red-handed ” is an example. To be caught “red-handed” is to be found in an act of wrong doing. The evidence is clear. You are guilty. Today we use the expression “ to be caught red-handed ”in situation(情况)that are not serious. For example, a mother might say she caught her son red-handed, taking cookies out of the cookie jar.

Some American Expressions with __1.___

Be used for_2.__ happiness	a red -letter day	a day that people are happy a day with a ___3.__
rolling out the red carpet	describes an especially warm___4._____
Be used in_5.expressions	to be caught red-hanged	to be found doing a wrong action can’t be used in a serious situation

 

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词

    “Tom? Are you in bed yet?”called Mrs. Green．There was no answer．Mrs. Green put  down her book and went to her 14-year-old song room．Tom   1   （sit）in front of a bright computer screen on which a motorbike was running fast．

    “Oh，Tom．．How long  2  you    （play）on that computer? You must stop now．it’s half past eleven．If you don’t go to bed soon，you’ll be very tired tomorrow，”said Mrs. Green．

    “But I’ve nearly won the game，”said Tom to Mrs. Green．She  3  （see）the excitement on his face．She  4  （sit）down beside him．You’re always playing on the computer．You 5  （spend）more time on this machine than on your homework．

    Today more and more families have computers．Parents hope computers can help their children  6 （improve）their study at school．But，many of their children use computers to play games，to watch videos，instead of  7 （study）．We often see that computer game houses  8  （crowd）with people，especially young boys．They spend a lot of money competing with the computerized machines．

    The more they lose，the more they want  9  （win）．The result is that they don’t want to  work or study．

    In some other countries，even scientists hate computers They say computers cause millions of people to lose their jobs or cause them a lot of trouble．Computer game addiction 10  （be）a serious problem in social life．Something has to be done to solve the problem．

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择能填入空白处的最佳答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。

Many Chinese middle school students dream of becoming great 61　 . How wonderful it is to be a hero , liked by a lot of people ,　 62　 Yang Liwei and Jackie Chen!

However , this is the reason　 63　 they feel bad: they think they are not brave enough to do the things they like or to　 64　 their teacher’s questions because they’re afraid that people will laugh at them.

It’s very natural for young people　 65　 , especially in China. When I was a　 66 I was also terribly shy. When I was among strangers, I could　 67　 breath! But after making some efforts I became as brave as my friends. I started to　 68　 for the school magazine and joined a sports team. Writing helped me grow and become mature (成熟的), and the friends I 69 on the sports team became my best friends. We played basketball, watched movies, and went swimming on hot summer days. A few years　 70　 when I went to college in New York City, I felt self-confident, like a hero!

61．A．actors　　　　 B．astronauts　　　　　 C．heroes　　　　　 D．players

62．A．just who　　　 B．for example　　　　 C．as if　　　　　　 D．such as

63．A．when　　　　　 B．why　　　　　　　 C．how　　　　　　 D．whether

64．A．give　　　　 B．make　　　　　　　 C．remember　　　　 D．answer

65．A．to be shy　　　 B．be shy　　　　　　 C．be to shy　　　　 D．shy to be

66．A．people　　　　 B．teenager　　　　　 C．teacher　　　　　 D．hero

67．A．never　　　　　 B．none　　　　　　　 C．hardly　　　 　　D．hard

68．A．wait　　　　　 B．sell　　　　　　　 C．read　　　　　　 D．write

69．A．made　　　　　 B．met　　　　　　　 C．knew　　　　　　 D．thought

70．A．after　　　　　 B．late　　　　　　　 C．before　　　　　 D．later

When we create something，for example，a story，a picture，a piece of music，or a computer program，we also create our copyright．The copyright belongs to the creator，and he can do what he lies with it．He can sell the copyright to someone，or keep it himself．He can also make as many copies as he likes．

Many people，especially students，do not understand it．Sometimes they copy something for personal use．They make a copy of a song downloaded from the Internet，or they make copies of a computer program from a CD lent to them by a friend．

Although these personal acts of copying are illegal （非法的），most people do not think they doing anything wrong．They do not realize that they are infringing（侵犯） copyrights of others．More seriously，some companies make a large number of copies of videos，CDs，books，etc．，and sell them without buying the copyright．

The music and computer industries （行业） are losing millions of dollars every year，because people are illegally copying their creations．So far，a number of university students in the US have been taken away by the police for "piracy"，

1．The person who first _______a story has the copyright of it．

A．reads              B．writes             C．tells                D．hears

2．We can learn from the passage that ______

A．no one has got into trouble because of illegal copying

B．all people download songs from the Internet illegally

C．downloading from the Internet is a way of illegal copying

D．only university students have experience of illegal copying

3．People often make illegal copies of______

A．computers               B．CDs                 C．dollars             D．companies

4．Which is an example of "piracy"?

A．You study other people's artworks．

B．You sell your own copyright．

C．You copy a video downloaded from the Internet．

D．You give a computer program CD to a friend．