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    【小题1】 .
For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the 15^th  century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed.   【小题2】 . By the 18^th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.
About 100 years ago. Greenhorn was a popular expression in the west of America.   【小题3】  The greenhorn lacked the skills 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.   【小题4】 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.
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”.   【小题5】 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.

A．The plants produced much larger crops．

B．The expression comes from the early 1900s

C．Sometimes, it describes something that is nit yet ripe or finished

D．Later, it meant a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle.

E．It was used to describe a man who adjust arrived from one of the big cities．
F．It was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs．
G．It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants.

Answer 1

【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】E
【小题4】B
【小题5】G

解析试题分析：本文介绍了green这个单词在历史不同时期的不同含义和与green有关的一些英语习语的含义。
【小题1】从前面的句子：It is also the color of most growing绿色表示的是长的很成熟的颜色，和Sometimes, it describes something that is nit yet ripe or finished．意思相近，选C
【小题2】从前面的句子：In the 15^th  century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed.可知在15世纪，绿色指的是没有成熟的东西，和Later, it meant a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. 没有经验的士兵相类似。选D
【小题3】从后面的句子：The greenhorn lacked the skills he would need to live in the hard, rough country.
可知Greenhorn是从大城市刚刚回来的人，缺少在困难的乡村生活的技能，选E
【小题4】从前面的句子：Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. 可知这段讲的是一个和green有关的英语习语，选B
【小题5】从后面的句子：A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else.可知the green-eyed monster 是指对别人拥有他想要的东西的时候一个人的不好的感觉，选G
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