---- Yang Yang carried off the first Winter Olympic _____ medal for China.
---- Great! What _____ she won for our motherland!
A. golden; honour B. gold; honour
C. golden; honours D. gold; honours
---- Yang Yang carried off the first Winter Olympic _____ medal for China.
---- Great! What _____ she won for our motherland!
A. golden; honour B. gold; honour
C. golden; honours D. gold; honours
B
形容词golden修饰名词通常表示“金黄色的；金子般的；宝贵的”，如golden hair/opportunity/age/wedding，而gold修饰名词通常指材质，如gold medal“金牌”，gold rush“淘金热”。其次，honor在本句中是抽象名词，表示“光荣；荣耀”，当honor作“光荣的人/物/事”是可数名词，honors用复数还可表示“勋章”。