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 plants.
Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished. A greenhorn is someone who has no experience. who is new to a situation. But in the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose home had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job.
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-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." It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants. Green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay raise and she does not.
In most places in the world, a green light is a signal to move ahead. A green light on a traffic signal means your car can continue on. In everyday speech, a green light means approval to continue with a project.
29 . How many expressions including "green" are mentioned in the passage?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.
30. What does "a greenhorn" mean now?
A. A person who has rich job experience.
B. A soldier who has not yet any experience in battle.
C. A young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed.
D. A person who is a green hand without any experience.
31. Which expression can be used if your friend is good at growing plants?
A. A green thumb. B. A green light. C. A greenhorn D. The green-eyed monster.
32. What will make you suffer from the green-eyed monster?
A. You meet a frightening creature. B. You watch the play "Othello";
C. Your have a trouble D. You get a pay raise.