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Many people take it for granted(认为…理所当然) 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 colour may mean differently in different places of the world?
In the English-speaking world, black is the colour of mourning．People wear black clothes at the funeral．Red is concerned with danger or bloodshed (流血)．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 colour 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 colour contradictions (矛盾)．A redcap in the United States is a porter in a railway station．In Britain, however, a redcap 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? 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 said that they had "blue 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．
【小题1】Yellow is concerned with anger in ______.

A．Russia	B．Britain
C．China	D．Germany

【小题2】Both Britain and America would probably agree that ______.

A．a redcap is a porter in a station

B．black is the color of mourning

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

D．red stands for beauty and excellence

【小题3】The best title for this passage is ______.

A．The Development of the Symbolic（象征性的）Use of Colors

B．The Meaning Concerned With Certain Colors

C．Colors that Carry Bad Meanings

D．The Origin(起源) of Blue Blood

【小题4】When some Spanish called themselves “blueblood”, they actually meant ______.

A．they had heart trouble and their faces looked blue

B．they had blue blood in their vessels

C．they were fair-skinned

D．they came from a noble family

答案：【小题1】D
【小题2】B
【小题3】B
【小题4】D

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了不同的颜色，在不同国家代表的不同的意义。
【小题1】D 细节题。根据In Italy and Germany, you are yellow with anger, not with fear．可知在德国，黄色被认为是生气，选D。
【小题2】B 细节题。根据In the English-speaking world, black is the colour of mourning．可知在英国和美国，可能会认为黑色是哀悼的颜色。选B。
【小题3】B 推断题。这篇文章主要讲了不同的颜色，在不同国家代表的意义。
【小题4】D 细节题。根据The expression "blueblood" comes from Spain, where some noble families proudly said that they had "blue 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。可知当西班牙人称自己为“蓝血”时，他们真正的意思是他们来自于贵族家庭。
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