阅读理解

　　Jealousy(妒忌)is a very common problem in daily life．It’s everywhere．For example, if someone does better than you, you will get annoyed because you want to be No．1．We may become jealous of a best friend’s top marks in an exam, or of the girl in art class who is praised by the teacher all the time．We get annoyed because these good things are happening to someone else but not to us．

　　It’s bad to feel jealous．We should be pleased with the things we have．But we still wish we had the money of this person and the talent of that person．Instead of sharing their happiness, we just feel jealous and unhappy with ourselves．And, too often, these feelings are expressed by speaking ill of the people we envy．(忌妒)

　　However, envy is also a kind of compliment to others．We see that other people have styles and talents different from our own．By comparing ourselves with others, we can know what we lack(缺乏)．And we can turn this comparison, the envy of others, into a kind of power．

　　Therefore, being a bit jealous of others lets us know what we are like and what we want to be like．It can push us to become what we really want to be．

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阅读理解

　　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 expression 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(妒忌)．The green-eyed monster(怪兽)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 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．