Question

Many people take it for granted(認為…理所當(dāng)然) that black is a color of bad things while white should always mean something good．This may be because, in their opinion, black is related to darkness and white to purity．

However, that is not always the case．Did you know that the same one colour may mean differently in different places of the world?

In the English-speaking world, black is the colour of mourning．People wear black clothes at the funeral．Red is concerned with danger or bloodshed (流血)．Yellow is the word for fear．If you are afraid, you are yellow．Yet none of these sayings is true outside the English-speaking world．In China and Korea white is the colour of mourning．In Russia, China and some other countries, red stands for beauty, life and excellence．In Italy and Germany, you are yellow with anger, not with fear．

Even within the English-speaking area it is not difficult to find colour contradictions (矛盾)．A redcap in the United States is a porter in a railway station．In Britain, however, a redcap is a military policeman．Both names are logical because both men wear red caps．Similarly, the British term for an American white collar worker is sometimes called a black-coated worker．

One does not have to cross an area to find color differences．Would you rather be red-blooded? If we go back to the origin, we find that both terms are logical as both names suggest．The expression "blueblood" comes from Spain, where some noble families proudly said that they had "blue blood"．But then why “blue” blood? Because they were fair-skinned, and it is only natural that their blood vessels (血管) stood out appearing blue．

1.Yellow is concerned with anger in ______.

A．Russia B．Britain

C．China D． Germany

2.Both Britain and America would probably agree that ______.

A．a(chǎn) redcap is a porter in a station

B．black is the color of mourning

C．a(chǎn) black-coated worker is employed in an office

D．red stands for beauty and excellence

3.The best title for this passage is ______.

A．The Development of the Symbolic（象征性的）Use of Colors

B．The Meaning Concerned With Certain Colors

C．Colors that Carry Bad Meanings

D．The Origin(起源) of Blue Blood

4.When some Spanish called themselves “blueblood”, they actually meant ______.

A．they had heart trouble and their faces looked blue

B．they had blue blood in their vessels

C．they were fair-skinned

D．they came from a noble family

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了不同的顏色，在不同國家代表的不同的意義。

1.】D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)In Italy and Germany, you are yellow with anger, not with fear．可知在德國，黃色被認為是生氣，選D。

2.】B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)In the English-speaking world, black is the colour of mourning．可知在英國和美國，可能會認為黑色是哀悼的顏色。選B。

3.】B 推斷題。這篇文章主要講了不同的顏色，在不同國家代表的意義。

4.】D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)The expression "blueblood" comes from Spain, where some noble families proudly said that they had "blue blood"．But then why “blue” blood? Because they were fair-skinned, and it is only natural that their blood vessels (血管) stood out appearing blue。可知當(dāng)西班牙人稱自己為“藍血”時，他們真正的意思是他們來自于貴族家庭。

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