Question

  Everyone has his own way of saying things and his own special expressions. Many everyday American expressions are based on colors.

  Red is a hot color. 1       (America) often use it to express heat. They 2       say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something. Fast loud music is popular 3        many people. They may say the music is red hot,4       (especial) the kind called Dixieland jazz.

  Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink 5        they are in good health. The expression was first used inAmericaat the beginning of the 6      (twenty) century.  It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows they are in good health.

  Blue is a cool color. The 7       (tradition) blues music in theUnited Statesis the opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow,sad and soulful. Someone 8       is blue is very sad.

  The color green is natural for trees and grass. 9       it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling may say she feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.

  The color black 10       (use) often in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day. The date of a serious tragedy (灾难) is remembered as a black day.

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Answer 1

1. Americans考查名词。American的复数直接加s。

2. may考查情态动词。may在此处表示"可能"。 

3. with考査介词。be popular with 在……中受欢迎。 

4. especially考査副词。especially尤其是。

5. when考查状语从句引导词。when当... 时候。    

6. twentieth 考查序数词。at the beginning of the twentieth century在二十世纪初；twenty的序数词为twentieth。

7. traditional考查形容词。traditional作定语修饰其后的blues music。

8. who考査定语从句引导词。先行词为someone,引导词用who。

9. Bul 考査连词。根据上下句间的转折关系可知用but。

10. is used考査被动语态。句意：黑色经常被用在表达中。