完形填空练习

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Cloze ( 完形填空。共8题，每小题1分，满分8分。)

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  green means young, fresh and growing . Sometimes, it describes something that is ripe or finished.  For example,  a greenhorn is someone who has no  , who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox    horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a  who had no experience in battle. By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had 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 have a green thumb. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb  her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died. The Green Revolution is the name some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the  of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.

33. A. phrase         B. sentence         C. word           D. passage

34. A. already        B. always           C. not yet         D. never

35. A. property       B. experience        C. wisdom        D. ability

36. A. that           B. whose           C. which          D. whom

37. A. soldier         B. cowboy         C. farmer          D. poet

38. A. however       B. although         C. if              D. whether

39. A. give           B. given           C. gave           D. giving

   40. A. research        B. goods          C. reason          D. result

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