As is known to all, colors appear in every language to express people’s feeling

As is known to all, colors appear in everylanguage to express people’s feeling and thoughts．Then, what is the situation in American English?

Red is a hot color．Americans may say they are redhot about something unfair．They are red hot when they are very angry about something．The small hot-tasting peppersfound in many Mexican foods are called red hot for their color and their fierytaste．Fast loudmusic is popular with many people．They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind calledDixieland Jazz．

Pink is a lighter kind of red．People sometimes say they arein the pink when they are in good health．The expression was first used in America at the beginning of thetwentieth century．Itcomes from the fact that many babies are born with nice pink skin that showsthat they are in good health．

The color black is often used inexpressions．Peopledescribe a day on which everything goes wrong as a black day．People or things on a blacklistare connected with things illegal now．But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who wereon a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations．

The color green is natural for trees andgrass．But it is anunnatural color for humans．A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels alittle green．Apassenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look verygreen．

Sometimes a person may be upset because hedoes not have something as nice as a friend has．That person may say he is green with envy．Some people are green with envybecause a friend has more dollars or greenbacks．Dollars are called greenbacks because green is thecolor of the back side of the paper money．

1.Americans use “red hot” to describe thefollowing EXCEPT _______．

2.People use “in the pink” to express theyare in good health because _______．

3.When we say someone feels a little green,it means he/she _______．

4.In the writer’s eyes, what is related toa black day?

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1.A

2.D

3.C

4.C

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