Below is adapted from an English dictionary.
小题1:What does the phrase “green shoots” mean in “Green shoots have begun to appear in different markets”?
A．Change in policy.
B．High prices.
C．Environmental protection.
D．Signs of recovery.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 up
C．shot through
D．shot down小题3:When you are talking about unimportant things, we say you are ________.
A．shooting the breeze
B．shooting yourself in the foot
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．shooting
D．shot
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
题目分析：
小题1:D 细节题。根据shoot作为名词的用法中的The first green shoots（hopeful signs） of economic recovery have started to appear.说明该词指signs of recovery.故D正确。
小题2:B 推理题、根据动词短语shoot up的讲解中的grow in size说明该词是指人的成长，故符合本句的语义：我不敢相信这是Joshua，自从上次见面到现在他长了很高。故B正确。
小题3:A 推理题。根据动词短语shoot the breeze中的讲解talk with someone about things which are not important.故本题的A项符合上下文。故A正确。
小题4:C 语法题。本题所需要填的是做主语，故使用动名词的形式做主语。C正确。Shooting指枪击事件。
点评：本文本句新颖。是从字典上截取下的部分内容，是对shoot的用法的描述，讲解了该词的词性，搭配，以及一些熟语的用法介绍。以推理题的考查为主，不能以自己的观点代替作者的观点，最主要的方法是根据词义关系推断具体细节。