一篇英语阅读,求原文

一篇英语阅读,求原文
一篇英语阅读,求原文
 

一篇英语阅读,求原文
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 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 fairskinned,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.GermanyD.China
2.The two meanings of the term "redcap" form a difference in _______.
A.pronunciationB.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 redcap is a porter in a station
4.The best title for this passage 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
5.When some Spanish called themselves "blueblood",they actually meant _______.
A.they had heart trouble and their faces looked blue
B.they came from a noble family
C.they had blue blood in their vessels
D.they were fairskinned
答案:CDADB
原文就是英语,下面是机器翻译
许多人想当然地认为黑色是一种颜色的坏事而白应该总是意味着一些好事.这可能是因为,在他们看来,黑与白,黑暗和纯度.然而,这并非总是如此.你知道同样的一个颜色在不同的地方可能意味着不同的世界吗?
在说英语的国家,黑人是哀悼的颜色.人们在葬礼上穿黑色衣服.红色是关心的危险或流血(流血).黄色是害怕这个词.如果你害怕,你是黄色的.然而所有这些话是真的在非英语国家.中国和韩国的白色是哀悼的颜色.在俄罗斯、中国和其他一些国家,红色代表美丽、生命和卓越.在意大利和德国,你是黄色的愤怒,而不是恐惧.
即使在英语区不难发现色彩矛盾(矛盾).一个搬运工在美国是一个波特在一个火车站.然而,在英国,一个搬运工是一个军事警察.两个名字是合乎逻辑的,因为两人都穿红色的帽子.
同样,英国术语一个美国白领工人有时被称为一个黑色涂层工人.
一个不需要跨地区发现颜色差异.你宁愿是强壮的吗?如果我们回到原点,我们发现两个术语是逻辑作为名称显示.表达“贵人”来自西班牙,一些贵族家庭自豪地说,他们已经“蓝血”.但为什么“蓝色”血?因为他们fairskinned,很自然的,他们的血管(血管)突出出现蓝色.