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（成熟） 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(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 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

1. 1.
   Greenhorn now refers to ____
   1. A.
      a person who is new in a job
   2. B.
      a new solider
   3. C.
      a young horse
   4. D.
      a thumb
2. 2.
   A person who has a green thumb is a person ____
   1. A.
      whose garden is greener than others’
   2. B.
      whose thumbs are in green color
   3. C.
      who is good at growing plants
   4. D.
      who is younger than his neighbors
3. 3.
   The author is actually talking about ____
   1. A.
      colors
   2. B.
      language
   3. C.
      politics
   4. D.
      agriculture
4. 4.
   Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
   1. A.
      The green-eyed monster can be used to describe a person who is jealous
   2. B.
      The Green Revolution may have some connection with green thumbs
   3. C.
      The green-eyed monster was probably created by William Shakespeare
   4. D.
      In about the 16th century, a greenhorn meant an experienced soldier

Answer 1

ACBD
試題分析：本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。陳述了一些與green有關(guān)的表達(dá)以及這些表達(dá)在歷史發(fā)展各個(gè)不同時(shí)期的意義。
1.從第一段最后一行a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job可知 a greenhorn現(xiàn)在的含義是指生手，工作上無(wú)經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
2.從第二段第一句Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb可知正確答案為C
3.綜合全文可知，本文主要講述與green有關(guān)的一些英語(yǔ)表達(dá)，故作者談?wù)摰氖钦Z(yǔ)言，故選B
4.從第一段A century or so later（十六世紀(jì)左右）, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle可知十六世紀(jì)左右， greenhorn是指在戰(zhàn)斗中沒(méi)有任何經(jīng)驗(yàn)的戰(zhàn)士，D答案與陳述正好相反，故選D
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