Consult the page adapted from an English dictionary and do Questions

小题1:

What does the phrase “green shoots” mean in “Green shoots have begun to appear in different markets”?

A．Signs of recovery.

B．High prices.

C．Environmental protection.

D．Change in policy.小题2:

Fill in the blank in the sentence “I can’t believe this is Joshua—he’s ______ since we last met!”

A．shot out

B．shot through

C．shot up

D．shot down小题3:

When you are talking about unimportant things, we say you are ______.

A．shooting yourself in the foot

B．shooting the breeze

C．shooting your mouth off

D．shooting questions at somebody小题4:

Choose a word to complete the sentence “The ______, which killed a policeman and wounded a passer-by, was reported to have lasted only 13 seconds.”

A．shooter

B．shoot

C．shot

D．shooting