Question

    Do you know that the color words have other meanings（意义）? Now let me tell you.

First, some color words can be people's last names, such as Brown, Black, Green, White and Red.

Second, some color words have interesting meanings. For example, blue means unhappy. A green hand means you are new to something. Black sheep mean bad people in a group. Black coffee means coffee without（没有）milk.

White coffee is coffee with milk, People tell a white lie（谎言）because they want to be kind. A white elephant is not an elephant but expensive（昂贵的）and useless（无用）things.

1.Which cannot be someone's last name?

A.Yellow. B.Brown. C.Black.

2.When（当……的时候）you have a bad day, you feel（感觉）___________.

A.happy B.blue C.red

3.You are a new teacher, so you are___________

A.a green hand B.a black sheep C.A white elephant

4.According to（根据）the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A.Color words are interesting.

B.Black sheep do not have a good meaning.

C.Black sheep mean expensive and useless things.

5.What is the best title（最佳标题）of this passage?

A.The other meanings of color words.

B.Color words.

C.Brown, black, green, and white.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

【解析】

本篇讲述表示颜色的词包含的其它含义，一些颜色词可以是人们的姓，一些颜色词有有趣的意思。

1.推理判断题。根据第二段“some color words can be people's last names, such as Brown, Black, Green, White and Red. ”，可知“黄色不能成为姓氏”，故选A。

2.推理判断题。根据第三段“blue means unhappy.”，可知“蓝色表示不开心”，故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据第三段“A green hand means you are new to something.”，可知“新手（绿色的手）意味着你对某事不熟悉。”，故选A。

4.推理判断题。由文中陈述 “some color words can be people's last names,some color words have interesting meanings”，可知“有的颜色词可以是姓氏，有的含有其它有趣的意思”，颜色词是有趣的，所以A表述正确；根据第三段“Black sheep mean bad people in a group.”，可知“害群之马是指一群中的坏人”，所以B表述正确；根据第四段“A white elephant is not an elephant but expensive and useless things.”，可知“白象是指昂贵无用的东西”，所以C表述错误；故选C。

5.最佳标题。本篇讲述表示颜色的词包含的其它含义，一些颜色词可以是人们的姓颜色，一些颜色词有有趣的意思；短文围绕“颜色词的其它含义”展开，故选A。