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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 (战争). 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 (农业的) scientists who had green thumbs.
1.According to the passage, a greenhorn means________ now.
A. a young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed
B. a soldier who has not had any experience in war
C. a person who is new in a job
D. a man who doesn’t have the skills to live in the country
2.The meaning of the underlined word “ripe” in the second paragraph is ________.
A.未完成的 B. 成熟的 C. 青涩的 D. 老练的
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.
4.We can know from the passage that _______.
A. all growing plants is green
B. green is the most important color in nature
C. a person with a green thumb can make plants grow well
D. the expression “a green thumb” has a history of two hundred years
5.The main idea of the passage is ________.
A. a greenhorn B. a green thumb
C. the Green Revolution D. the word “green” and its story
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My 1
0-year-old Donna said, “Mom, I made a new friend at school today. Can she come over tomorrow?” Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell.
“Sure, honey, that sounds great.” I said, thinking back to my own best friend, Lillian. We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights, New York. We met at the age of 10, too. Like my daughter, I was shy, but Lillian drew me out. She was one of the friendliest people in school, with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile.
In senior high school, Lillian went on a trip to Florida. This was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days. “I’ll be back soon.” she told me. But three days later, Lillian’s sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn’t come out any more. Soon, my family moved to New Jersey. Whenever I thought of her, tears came into my eyes.
The next day Donna brought her new friend home. “Hi, Mrs. Loggia.” the little girl said. Her hair was so shiny and black and she shot me a big smile. “My name is Laura.”
My daughter’s new friend was so much like Lillian. I was still puzzled (迷惑) when Laura’s mom came to pick her up later that afternoon. I opened the door to let her in. “Judy!” she cried. “It’s me, Lillian’s sister, from Washington Heights.” Yes, my daughter’s friend looked familiar. She was Lillian’s niece.
1.The underlined words in the first paragraph “to bring her out of her shell” mean ___________.
A. to help her become less shy
B. to help her become smart
C. to help her live happily
D. to help her walk out of her house
2.Laura looked familiar to the writer because she ______________.
A. was Lillian’s niece
B. was as old as her daughter
C. was from Washington Heights
D. had shiny black hair and a big smile, too
3.Why did the writer lose her best friend? Because ____________________.
A. she moved to New Jersey
B. they were different from each other
C. her best friend travelled to Florida
D. her best friend lost her life on a trip
4.“I knew we would be best friends forever.” is a sentence from the passage and should be put at the end of _______．
A. Paragraph 2 B. Paragraph 3 C. Paragraph 4 D. Paragraph 5
5.We can infer (推断) from the passage that______.
A. Laura is outgoing
B. Laura helps Donna a lot
C. Laura and Donna are of the same age
D. Judy moved to New Jersey because of Lillian’s death
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| I’ve always tried to tell Willianms She fell in love with broadcasting She has also attended a Coldplay concert She hopes to become a television anchor(主播) Williams had sent a few broadcasts(广播)she had done. |
Williams, 15, is a student at Nation Ford High, South Carolina, 1.________. She is quickly making herself noticed.
Not long ago she got a call from Teen Kids News in New York, which is a weekly show. 2.__________for her school news program to the show. The producer contacted Williams, and asked if she would work for them.
“All I could say was, yes, yes, yes!” Williams said. “I didn’t even hesitate(犹豫).”
Williams said she became interested in broadcast journalism when she was in the sixth grade. One day she heard that forest fires were burning nearby. After P.E., she went out into the forest and reported on the fires. 3.__________. From then on she tried to do it as much as she could.
Williams had to face both good and bad comments from audiences (听众).
“Everyone has a different opinion and 4.__________that you can’t listen to it, ”said Lori Williams, a former Atlanta CNN producer. “If it’s what you love to do, it will be more important than everything else.”
Williams’ advice to other young broadcasters is to look for support from friends and family. “With every negative(消极的)comment, there’s five positive, and that’s how I think about it,” she said.
The first program Williams held was about an artist’s pumpkin patch. In the program she asked teenagers what they thought of the artist’s work.
“I was a little nervous. I was going through my lines thinking, ‘No pressure’,”Williams said.
5._______and met Kathie Lee Gifford, an American TV host, singer, songwriter and actress. Gifford told Williams to continue doing what she loved because it would lead to big things.
“Getting advice from her was great,” Williams said.
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