内容正文:
安徽省普通高中学业水平合格性考试(五)
英语
(满分100分,考试时间为90分钟.)
第一部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分
37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选
项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项.
A
Greenisanimportantcolorinnature.
Itisthecolorofgrassandtheleaveson
trees.Itisalsothecolorofmostgrowing
plants.
Sometimes,the word“green”means
young,freshandgrowing.Forexample,a
greenhornissomeonewhohasnoexperiG
ence.Inthe15thcentury,agreenhornwas
ayoungcoworanoxwhosehorns(角)had
notyetdeveloped.Acenturylater,agreenG
hornwasasoldierwhohadnoexperience
inwar.Bythe18thcentury,agreenhorn
hadthe meaningithastoday—aperson
whoisnewinajob.
Someone who is good at growing
plantsissaidtohaveagreenthumb(大拇
指).Theexpressioncomesfromtheearly
20thcentury.Apersonwithagreenthumb
can makeplantsgrow quicklyand wel.
TheGreen Revolution(绿 色 革 命)isthe
namegivensomeyearsagotothedevelopG
mentofnewkindsofriceandothergrains.
ItwastheresultofhardworkbyagriculG
turalscientistswhohadgreenthumbs.
GreenisalsothecolorusedtodeG
scribethepowerfulfeeling,jealousy(嫉
妒).ThegreenGeyedmonsterisnotadanG
gerousanimalfromouterspace.ItisanexG
pressionusedabout400yearsagobythe
British writer Wiliam Shakespearin his
play“Othelo”.Itdescribestheunpleasant
feeling whensomeonehassomething he
wants.
Inmostplacesintheworld,agreen
lightisasignal(信号)tomoveahead.In
everydayspeech,agreenlightmeansapG
proval(赞成)tocontinuewithaproject.
1.Anewsoldierwascaledagreenhornin
the century.
A.15th B.16th
C.18th D.20th
2.Apersonwithagreenthumb .
A.isgoodatgrowingplants
B.realyhasagreenthumb
C.hasnoexperienceinwar
D.isnewinajob
3.AmanmaymeetthegreenGeyedmonster
if .
A.heseesadangerousanimal
B.hecantgetsomething
C.hereadsasadplay
D.hisfriendgetsaprizethathewants
4.Thispassagedoesntmentionthehistory
oftheexpression“ ”.
A.agreenthumb
B.agreenhorn
C.thegreenGeyedmonster
D.agreenlight