三、短文填空
There's a fruit that you eat in parts or squeeze (榨汁) to drink 1.______ (
its
) juice. What is it? It's orange. The name of the fruit is also the name of the colour you use to paint carrots or flowers.
Many words have 2.______ (
come
) into English from other languages since long ago. The word "orange" came into English from Arabic. Arabic 3.______ (
farmers
) developed the orange, known as "naranjl" there. Later, the word came into Spanish as "la naratia". 4.______ (
Finally
), it came into English as "orange". At that time, "orange" only referred to (指的是) fruit. Later, "orange" was 5.______ (
used
) for the colour as well.
Some words keep their meanings when they come into another language. Others change their meanings. Many languages have words that came from Indo-European, which was 6.______ early language. The word "blue" came 7.______ an Indo-European word that meant "yellow". Later, the word came into Greek, where it meant "white". Then it came into Old English, where it meant "pale". "Blue" started referring to the colour we know today when the word came into 8.______ (
French
). Today, you may choose blue to paint the sky or blueberries, not the sun or snow.
"Red", which came from Greek, also kept the same meaning 9.______ what it meant before. You can see the word "red" in colour words which are shades (浓淡深浅) of red, 10.______ (
including
) ruby (深红) and rust red (铁锈红). You may use the colour red to draw apples or cherries.
