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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. For example,a greenhornis someone who has no experience, who is new to
a situation. In the fifteenth century,agreenhornreferred to a young cow or ox whose horns (角) had not yet developed. A century or so later,agreenhornwas for a soldier who had not yet had any experience
in battle. By the eighteenth century,agreenhornhad 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 havea green thumb. The expression
comes from the early nineteen hundreds. A person witha green thumbseems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumbif her
garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
     The Green Revolutionis the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice
and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops.The Green Revolutionwas the result of
hard work by agricultural scientists who hadgreen thumbs.
Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling - jealousy (嫉妒).The green-eyed monster(怪物) 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 that he wants to get. A young man may suffer fromthe green-eyed
monsterif his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. Or, that green-eyed monstermay affect your friend if you get a pay rise and he does not.
1.Greenhornnow refers to _______.
A. a new solider
B. a person with little experience
C. a young horse
D. a fruit that is not yet ripe
2. A person who has a green thumbis a person _______.
A. who is good at growing plants
B. whose thumbs are in green color
C. whose garden is greener than others’
D. who is younger than his neighbors
3. The author is actually talking about _______.
A. colours
B. language
C. culture
D. agriculture
4. Which of the following statements isNOTtrue according to the passage?
A. In about the 16th century, agreenhornmeant an experienced soldier.
B.The Green Revolutionhas connection with agricultural science.
C. We will call a person who is good at gardeninga green thumb.
D. People use“a green-eyed monster”to describe a jealous person.

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