Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants, too.
Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.
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 war (戰(zhàn)爭). By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job.
About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn’t have the skills that he would need to live in the hard, rough country.
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 (革命) is the name which was 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 (農(nóng)業(yè)的) scientists who had green thumbs.
小題1:According to the passage, a greenhorn means________ now.
A．a(chǎn) young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed
B．a(chǎn) soldier who has not had any experience in war
C．a(chǎn) person who is new in a job
D．a(chǎn) man who doesn’t have the skills to live in the country
小題2:The meaning of the underlined word “ripe” in the second paragraph is ________.
A．未完成的B．成熟的C．青澀的D．老練的
小題3:Which of the following about the Green Revolution is NOT right?
A．If there weren’t the Green Revolution, we would have no rice to eat.
B．The expression “the Green Revolution” appeared several years ago.
C．Because of the Green Revolution, we have more kinds of rice and other grains.
D．Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution.
小題4:We can know from the passage that _______.
A．a(chǎn)ll growing plants is green
B．green is the most important color in nature
C．a(chǎn) person with a green thumb can make plants grow well
D．the expression “a green thumb” has a history of two hundred years
小題5:The main idea of the passage is ________.
A．a(chǎn) greenhornB．a(chǎn) green thumb
C．the Green RevolutionD．the word “green” and its story

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:D
文章主要告訴了我們green這個單詞以及這個單詞的歷史和幾個green構(gòu)成的合成詞。
小題1:C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job.說明C正確。
小題21:B 猜測詞義題。根據(jù)the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.說明這里的是指綠色的植物，或者說的不成熟的植物，故B正確。
小題3:A 根據(jù)最后一段The new plants produced much larger crops.說明增加了產(chǎn)量，不是說如果沒有這樣的革命就不會有米飯吃。
小題4:C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第六段A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well說明C正確。
小題5:D 主旨大意題。文章主要告訴了我們green這個單詞以及這個單詞的歷史和幾個green構(gòu)成的合成詞。故D正確。
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A．New immigrants will have to take a test
B．New immigrants should speak perfect English
C．New immigrants must bring enough money
D．New immigrants must be healthy
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A．20B．12C．200D．10
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A．equalityB．freedomC．fairnessD．friendship
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Some people eat   53  fruit and vegetables. They do not eat meat or fish or   54  that comes from animals. They eat only food from   55 . Some people say that food from plants is better for us than meat.
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A．SometimesB．SometimeC．Some timeD．Some times
小題2:
A．drinkB．eatC．haveD．boil
小題3:
A．makeB．turnC．changeD．eat
小題4:
A．a(chǎn)sB．likeC．withD．together
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)pplesB．fishC．meatD．vegetables
小題6:
A．trainsB．planesC．fishing boatsD．life boats
小題7:
A．buyB．weighC．holdD．catch
小題8:
A．the worldB．countriesC．the eastD．developing countries
小題9:
A．breadB．cakeC．flourD．vegetables
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A．takeB．eatC．makeD．cook
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A．LikeB．AsC．BeingD．With
小題12:
A．ofB．fromC．intoD．up to
小題13:
A．the sameB．differentC．everyD．each
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A．richB．poorC．strongD．weak
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A．meatB．maizeC．flourD．bread
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A．soB．a(chǎn)sC．becauseD．but
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A．riceB．cakesC．fruitD．potatoes
小題18:
A．not onlyB．onlyC．besidesD．except
小題19:
A．somethingB．a(chǎn)nythingC．porkD．beef
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A．A hamburger.B．Fish and chips. C．Both.D．Neither.
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D．Price increase has a bad effect on economy.
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D．rising housing prices has made life very difficult for people
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A．orderedB．boughtC．cookedD．finished
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A．withB．fromC．byD．in
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A．wantedB．hadC．ownedD．enjoyed
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A．Jet Ski Tours of Miami
B．Coconut’s Watersports
C．15th Street Boat Company
D．American Watersports
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C．Choose Jet Ski Tours of Miami.
D．Visit Coconut’s Watersports.
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B．One must wear bathing suits and shorts.
C．One must apply plenty of sun block.
D．One must be accompanied by parents.
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B．You need a boat with comfortable seats with a stereo.
C．You’d like to choose American Watersports.
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What is great art? On the one hand, we can all see that great art is old art which is called great. But how do we know which art of our own times is great, and which will be forgotten? And who decides?
These are important questions, for the great art of the past often was not considered great during its own time. When Shakespeare and Charles Dickens were writing, for example, most critics considered them as hack (平庸的) writers with little or no literary ability.
Similarly, Van Gogh and many of the other Impressionist painters of the late nineteenth century were not allowed to participate in events involving what were thought to be the "real" painters of the time, and often they were very poor. Yet today their paintings often sell for millions of dollars, while those so-called "real" painters are now barely remembered.
So what makes great art? Can, for example, rock music be great art? Music videos? Cartoons and comics? Those who call themselves critics of the fine arts often have been the last to recognize great art in the past, and we can probably expect this to be the situation today.
Critics often don’t recognize great art because they tend to be prejudiced against what is popular. Popular works, whether they are novels, movies, or comics, are usually considered to be produced for the sake of money only, and not for the sake of art.
But popularity, it seems to me, is one of the three signs that a present-day work of art may come to be thought of as great. The other two are that it is groundbreaking, and that it is inherently (內(nèi)在的) beautiful.
Many works have one or even two of these qualities of being popular, unusual, and beautiful. But having all the three often will mean that a work of art will someday be seen to be great, though it may take a good spoonful of time, such as a century or two, to know for sure.
小題1:The first paragraph is intended to__________.
A．lead to the following and arouse the reader’s curiosity
B．introduce some real painters to the readers
C．introduce the questions the writer wants to answer
D．explain what kind of art will become popular
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A．these masters’ works have some shortcomings
B．these masters wouldn’t have been so successful without the critics
C．truly beautiful works of art are never understood when first created
D．great masters are often not acknowledged while they were alive
小題3:According to the author, great works _______.
A．may be presented in different forms
B．a(chǎn)re generally valued by critics
C．a(chǎn)re thought valuable because of their sale price
D．will lose their value if they’re not accepted
小題4:What can be inferred from the passage?
A．Critics have changed their attitudes to great works.
B．Most of the opinions of critics are valueless.
C．The work of art itself, not the critics, determines its greatness.
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There are two ways to save money traveling. The first way is to get the best deals on the specific things you want. There is a limitation to this type of approach (途徑，方法) though. If you find the lowest price on the best hotel in Honolulu at the height of the season, you will save money, but still have a very expensive vacation. Trying to get exactly what you want will generally be an expensive proposition, in travel and in life.
The other approach is to be a true opportunist. This will be difficult for some of you, and entirely unacceptable to others. Nonetheless (盡管如此)，the travelers who get to travel the most, go to the widest variety of places, learn the most and do the most, are the opportunists. This will be true until you are so wealthy that you have no monetary (貨幣的；錢的)limits.
The first time I went to Ecuador, I went there because it was cheap. If it wasn’t, I would have had a great time—somewhere else. The trip lasted a month, and cost $1045, which included airfare and even the $130 fee for a guide to take me to the top or glacier (冰川) covered Mount Chimborazo.
I cut the cost by taking a bus from my home in Michigan to Miami, and back again when I returned from Ecuador. The round-trip ticket cost $158. The round-trip flight to Quito from Miami was only $256, because it was a courier (信使，通訊員) flight, which meant I signed for some luggage(car parts), and  could only take carry-on luggage.
Never did I feel deprived, or bored. I had a great time, eating wherever it was cheap and clean, doing all sorts of inexpensive, but interesting things, and traveling across the country to climb Chimborazo. I also met and fell in love with my wife Ana.
Being an opportunist means you’ll have just as much variety, and probably almost everything you want—eventually. You just have to stop trying to get exactly what you want exactly when you want it. If the guide that took me up Chimborazo hadn’t dropped his price from $200 to $130, I would have spent $2 for a bus and gone hiking on EI Altar, another great Andean mountain. That would have left me with enough money for several other minor adventures.
小題1:The underlined phrase “the best deals” in the first paragraph probably refers to ______.
A．the best serviceB． the lowest price
C．the cheapest goodsD． the best approaches
小題2:The return tickets from his hometown to Quito cost the author ______.
A．$128B． $256C． $207D． $414
小題3:The last paragraph was to tell us how to ______.
A．save money for minor adventures
B．cut down traveling costs.
C．deal with different situations
D．become opportunist travelers
小題4:It’s suggested that the author _____.
A．went hiking on El Altar
B．traveled with his wife in Ecuador
C．is an opportunist traveler
D．likes traveling around the world
小題5:Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?
A．Cheap Travel SecretsB． Travel Secrets
C．A Travel OpportunistD． Travel Tips

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