《2025年实验班提优训练九年级英语上册译林版》

Ⅴ. (2025·盐城盐都区五校期中联考)阅读还原(有一个多余选项)
在许多文化中,白色通常意味着积极的事情。阅读下面的短文了解一些和白色有关的事例以及白色在古今的不同含义吧!
实验班提优训练 英语九年级 上 YL
In many cultures, white often means something positive. A white-collar job, for example, is the kind of job many people look for, working with your brain and not your hands.
White represents purity. 1. ____ Women wear white on their wedding day. Sometimes white is used in expressions that are not good, like “white wash”. 2. ____ However, it means something different today: to hide or to cover up mistakes or failures. 3. ____ In ancient Thailand, a white elephant was thought to be a sacred(神圣的) animal, 4. ____ The kings of those days gave a white elephant to the people they disliked. Once they received this sacred animal as a gift, they were not allowed to sell or kill it. 5. ____ In America, when people want to throw away their furniture or clothes, they often have a “white elephant sale”.
A. A “white elephant” is another example.
B. but it was very expensive to keep.
C. so people like it very much.
D. Today, a “white elephant” means something that is big, useless and unwanted.
E. At first, “white wash” meant to paint something with white paint to make it look better.
F. That is why doctors and nurses usually wear white uniforms.

答案： 1~5 FEABD