高三英语周测(四)

高三英语周测（四）

(本试题满分43分)

一、阅读理解(共9小题；每小题2分，满分18分)

A

Many people take it for granted that black is a color of bad things while white should always mean something good. This may be because, in their opinion, black is related to darkness and white to purity. However, that is not always the case. Did you know that the same one color may mean something differently

in different places of the world?

In the English-speaking world, black is the color of mourning.People wear black at the funeral. Red is concerned with danger or bloodshed(伤亡). Yellow is the word for fear. If you are afraid, you are yellow. Yet

none of these sayings is true outside the English-speaking world. In China and Korea white is the color of mourning. In Russia, China and some other countries, red stands for beauty, life and excellence. In Italy and Germany, you are yellow with anger, not with fear.

Even within the English-speaking area, it is not difficult to find color contradictions(矛盾). A red cap in the United States is a porter in a railway station. In Britain, however, a red cap is a military policeman. Both names are logical, because both men wear red caps. Similarly, the British term for an American white-collar worker is sometimes called a black-coated worker.

One does not have to cross an area to find color differences. Would you rather be red-blooded or a blue-blooded? If we go back to the origin, we find that both terms are logical as both names suggest. The expression "blueblood" comes from Spain, where some noble families proudly told the world that they had

"blue blood". Actually they meant that they had no Moorish or Jewish blood. But then why "blue" blood?

Because they were fair-skinned, and it is only natural that their blood vessels (血管) stood out appearing blue.

1. Yellow is concerned with anger in _____.

A. Russia

B. Britain

C. Germany

D. China

red cap” form a difference in _____.

2. The two meaning of the term “

A. Pronunciation

B. climate

C. logical relationship

D. custom

3. Both Britain and America would probably agree that _____.

A. black is the color of mourning

B. a black-coated worker is employed in an office

C. red stands for beauty and excellence

D. a red cap is a porter in a station

4. The best title for this reading selection is _____.

A. The Origin of Blue Blood

B. The Development of the Symbolic Use of Colors

C. Colors that Carry Bad Meanings

D. The Meaning Concerned with Certain Colors

B（阅读填空“七选五”）

Sharks have been around for hundreds of millions of years. 5 Some sharks live near the surface, some live deep in the water, and other on or near the ocean floor.

We tend to think of sharks as big dangerous creatures. We sometimes read about shark attacks in the newspaper, and in 1975 the film Jaws terrified moviegoers with the story of a great white shark which attacked holiday-makers in a small seaside town in USA. 6 It can reach 6 metres in length and up to

2,000 kilograms in weight. It has as many as 3,000 needle sharp teeth, so it can sever(切断) a man’s leg in a single bite.

But not all sharks are like the great white. 7 There are almost 400 species of sharks and more