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单元综合测评Ⅰ.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)A(2016·河南新乡佳誉中学高一检测)Every person has their own way of saying things, their own special expressions.Many everyday American expressions are based on colours.Red is a hot colour. Americans often use it to express heat.They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something. The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hots for their colour and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot，especially the kind called Dixieland jazz.Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say theyre in the pink when theyre in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the 20th century.It probably came from many babies who were born with a nice pink colour showing good health.Blue is a cool colour. The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow, sad and soulful. Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song—Mood Indigo—about the deep blue colour, indigo. In the words of the song：“You arent blue till youve had that Mood Indigo.” Someone who is blue is very sad.The colour green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural colour for humans. A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as his friends, like a fast new car. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars of greenbacks.Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the colour of the back side of the paper money.The colour black is often used in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day.The date of a major tragedy is re