11.Green is an important color in nature.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 ( 成熟的) or ?nished.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 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(chǎn) green thumb.The expression comes from the early 1900s.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 emotion,jealousy( (嫉妒 ).The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space.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 raise and she does not.'
59.From the second paragraph,we can conclude(得出結(jié)論) thatC.
A.a(chǎn) greenhorn refers to (指的是) a horn of a young cow or ox
B.a(chǎn) word has different meanings in the same century.
C.the language develops with time going by
D.a(chǎn) greenhorn means a soldier who hasn't had any experience in battle today
60.If a person has a green thumb,he or she probablyB.
A.suffers from an illness in the thumb
B.does well in growing plants
C.has a thumb in green color
D.has wonderful magic and energy
61.If Green has a beautiful dress that Mary likes very much,D
A.Green may suffer from the green-eyed monster-
B.Mary is probably a girl with a green thumb
C.Green is probably called a greenhorn.
D.Mary may suffer from the green-eyed monster.
分析 文章大意:這是一篇說明文,主要介紹綠色是自然界中一種重要的顏色.它是樹葉和青草的顏色.還介紹了與綠色有關(guān)詞語的意思.有時,意思是年輕的,新鮮和成長.有時,它也描述了一些尚未完成的或不成熟的植物.有時,它指園藝才能很出色.有時,它還指嫉妒等.
解答 59.答案:C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段段意"人們常常稱那些可以把植物培育的很好的人為"園藝好手".這種說法源于1900年代早期,那些被稱為"園藝好手"的人似乎有一種可以使植物長的又好又快的魔法.你可以形容鄰居家的主婦是一個"園藝好手",如果她家花園里的植物依然充滿生命力而你家的早已經(jīng)凋零的話.",可知,我們能夠得出結(jié)論"語言隨著時間的推移而發(fā)展.",選C.
60.答案:B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段第一句Someone who has the ability.-to grow plants well is said to have.a(chǎn) green thumb.人們常常稱那些可以把植物培育的很好的人為"園藝好手".可知,如果一個人有園藝天賦,他或她可能在種植植物方面表現(xiàn)得很好.選B.
61.答案:D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一句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 raise and she does not.一個年輕人很有可能會感到"嫉妒"---如果他的女朋友和別人在一起.或者,當(dāng)你加薪而你的朋友沒有時,他很可能會感到"嫉妒".可知,如果格林有一件漂亮衣服瑪麗也非常喜歡.可知,瑪麗可能患有嫉妒.選D.
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