Red is used in many American expressions. It can be used to show happiness, as in the expression “a red-letter day”. This is a day when something special happens. The expression is probably based on church customs. For almost 600 years, church calendars have been marked with red to show special holy(神圣的)days. Today’s calendars are still marked that way with the dates of holidays and special days printed in red.
The expression “a red-letter day”is often heard in daily life. “A red-letter day” is a day that people are especially happy. It may be a day that you have waited for a long time, a wedding day, for example. Or it may be a day with a happy surprise. You might tell a friend that yesterday was a red-letter day, because you won some money in the lottery.
“Rolling out the red carpet” is another commonly heard expression. It describes an especially warm welcome of any kind. A city may “roll out the carpet ”for its baseball team, when the team arrives home after winning a championship. A group of supporters go to the air port to the greet the team. The red-carpet welcome includes a lot of cheering by thousands of fans, a parade, music and speech of praise by local statesmen.
Red is also used in some expressions that are not happy. “Red-handed ” is an example. To be caught “red-handed” is to be found in an act of wrong doing. The evidence is clear. You are guilty. Today we use the expression “ to be caught red-handed ”in situation(情況)that are not serious. For example, a mother might say she caught her son red-handed, taking cookies out of the cookie jar.
Some American Expressions with __小題1:___
Be used for_小題2:__
happiness
a red -letter day
a day that people are happy
a day with a ___小題3:__
rolling out the red carpet
describes an especially warm___小題4:_____
Be used in_小題5:expressions
to be caught red-hanged
to be found doing a wrong action can’t be used in a serious situation

小題1:red
小題2:showing
小題3:surprise
小題4:welcome
小題5:unhappy

試題分析：這篇文章主要介紹了red紅色在很多美國用語表達中的文化意義。一方面，紅色用于表示快樂和驚喜，如a red-letter-day節(jié)日,假日,大喜日, 紅色也可以表示歡迎，如rolling out the red carpet隆重地歡迎(熱忱接待); 另一方面，紅色也可以表示不開心，如red-handed當(dāng)場，正在作案。
小題1:標(biāo)題歸納題。這篇文章主要講的是有關(guān)紅色的美國用語。故用red。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。從It can be used to show happiness從得知應(yīng)用動詞show，而for是介詞，介詞后用動詞-ing形式。故填showing。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。從Or it may be a day with a happy surprise這句話中得知，應(yīng)填surprise。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。“Rolling out the red carpet” is another commonly heard expression. It describes an especially warm welcome of any kind.從這句話中可以看出紅色還可用于表示歡迎的用語中。故填welcome。
小題5:細節(jié)理解題。Red is also used in some expressions that are not happy.紅色還可以用于一些表示不高興的用語中。故用unhappy。
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