If a friend said something bad ______ you, what would you do?

    A. about      B. on       C. for        D. to

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　　Han Meimei has read something with the colour words in them. She doesn't understand what they mean. So she went to her teacher, Mrs Green, for help. Here is what they are talking about:

　　Meimei: Good morning, Mr Green. Have, you got a moment?

　　Green: Yes. What can I do for you, Meimei?

　　Meimei: I've come to some sentences that I don't understand. Can you help me?

　　Green: What are they?

　　Meimei: They are words of colour in these sentences on this list :

　　(1) Jack is blue today.

　　(2) She's yellow.

　　(3) He's told a white lie (谎言).

　　(4) Tom has a green thumb (大拇指).

　　Green: In everyday English the word blue means sad. Yellow means afraid sometimes. A person with a green thumb usually grows plants well. When you tell a white lie, you mean not to trouble someone too much. A white lie is not a bad one.

　　Meimei: Would you please give me an example of “a white lie”?

　　Green: Certainly. If I give you a cake and you don't like it, you won't say that you don't like it. Instead you'll say that you are not hungry. That's a white lie.

　　Meimei: I see. Thank you very much.

1．In everyday English, words of colour sometimes do not mean ________.

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2．The sentence “Jim has a green thumb” means ________.

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3．Someone is blue when he has ________.

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A．got some good news

B．heard that his best friend has been killed in an accident

C．been given a nice and blue suit

D．nothing to eat but rather hungry

4．Which of the following can be a white lie?

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A．Miss Forgetful has broken a beautiful glass but she doesn't say so.

B．Ron likes the fried chicken and says that he hopes to eat some of it.

C．Jill forgot to do the lessons but she said that she was ill last night.

D．The old doctor's daughter told him that all the people in the town were well because she did not want to hurt him.

A king in Africa had a close friend that helped him grow up. The friend had a habit of looking at everything positively(肯定)that happened in his life and saying “This is good”.

One day the king and his friend were out hunting. The friend would prepare the guns for the king. The friend did something wrong in preparing one of the guns, and after the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb(拇指) was blown off. On seeing the situation the friend said as usual, “This is good!” The king replied, “No, this is not good!” He was very angry and sent his friend to jail(监狱).

About a year later, the king was hunting in a forest. Cannibals(食人者) caught him and took him to their village. As they were going to kill him, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb. They never ate anyone who was less than whole, so they sent the king back.

When he returned home, he felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went quickly to the jail to speak with his friend. “You were right”, he said. “It was good that thumb was blown off.” And he told the friend all that had just happened. “And so I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.”

“No,” his friend replied, “this is good!” “What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?”

“If I had not been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been eaten!”

1.From the story we learn that ________.

A. the king was not a good friend indeed

B. the king’s friend always knew what would happen

C. the friend would say “This is Good !” when anything happened

D. the king was not good at hunting at all.

2.The king was sent back by Cannibals because _______.

A. Cannibals never ate a king

B. the king’s friend was in jail

C. the king had a gun with him

D. the king missed his thumb

3.The best title for the reading is _______.

A. The Lucky King

B. The Great Friend

C. Nothing Stops Real Friendship

D. Everything Happens for the Good

A king in Africa had a close friend that helped him grow up. The friend had a habit of looking at everything positively(肯定)that happened in his life and saying,"This is good."

    One day the king and his friend were out hunting. The friend would prepare the guns for the king. The friend did something wrong in preparing one of the guns, and after the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb(拇指) was blown off. On seeing the situation the friend said as usual, "This is good !" The king replied, "No, this is not good !" He was very angry and sent his friend to jail(监狱).

    About a year later, the king was hunting in a forest. Cannibals(食人者) caught him and took him to their village. As they were going to kill him, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb. They never ate anyone who was less than whole. So they sent the king back.

    When he returned home, he felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went quickly to the jail to speak with his friend. "You were right", he said. "It was good that thumb was blown off." And he told the friend all that had just happened. "And so I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this."

    "No," his friend replied, "this is good !"  "What do you mean ? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year ?" 

    "If I had not been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been eaten !"

1  From the story we learn that ________.

A.the king was not a good friend indeed.  

B.the king's friend always knew what would happen.

C.the friend would say "This is Good !" when anything happened.

D.the king was not good at hunting at all.    

2  The king's friend was sent to jail for _______.

A.what he said about the king's thumb.   

B.his cutting off the thing's thumb.

C.his being able to tell the future.     

D.everything he did for the king.

3  The king was sent back by Cannibals because _______.

A.Cannibals never ate a king.   

B.the king's friend was in jail.

C.the king had a gun with him.     

D.the king missed his thumb. 

4  The best title for the reading is _______.

       A. The Lucky King               

 B. The Great Friend

       C. Nothing Stops Real Friendship 

    D. Everything Happens for the Good

“Who did this?” asked my teacher. Thirty children tried to think about not only what they had done, but also what our teacher might have found out.
“Who did this?” she asked again. She never became angry, but she was this time. She held up a piece of broken glass and asked, “Who broke this window?”
“Oh, oh,” I thought. I was the one who broke the window. I did not do it on purpose (故意). It was caused by a bad throw of a baseball. Why did it have to be me?
If I admitted (承认) it, I would be in a lot of trouble. How would I be able to pay for a big window like that? “My father is going to get angry at me,” I thought. I didn’t want to raise (举起) my hand, but something much stronger than me pulled it up.
“I did it,” I said. Then I was silent. It was hard enough saying what I had.
My teacher went to one of our bookshelves and took down a book. She then began walking towards my desk. I had never known my teacher to strike (打) a student, but I feared she was going to start with me.
“I know how you like birds,” she said as she stood looking down at my face. “Here is the field guide about birds (鸟类野外指南) that you always check out from our school library. It is yours now. We have got a new one for the school. You will not be punished (惩罚). But remember, it’s only for your honesty.”
I couldn’t believe it! I wasn’t being punished and I was getting my own bird field guide, the one that I had been saving up all my money to buy.
【小题1】How did the writer feel when he saw his teacher walking towards him with a book from bookshelves?