题目内容
Mary did not understand such sentences as
“You are yellow.”“She is blue today.”“She has a green thumb（大拇指）.”“He has told a white lie.”and so on, so she went to her teacher for help.Mary: Mrs. Smith, there is a color in each of these sentences. What do they mean?
Mrs. Smith: In English, yellow sometimes means afraid. Blue--sad. A person with a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one.
Mary: Would you give me an example for a white lie?
Mrs. Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cakes. In fact
（实际上）you don't like them, but you won't say so. Instead you say,“No, thanks. I'm not hungry.”That's a white lie.Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much.
(1
）Mary did not understand the sentences and asked Mrs. Smith ________.[ ]
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A ．what color they are |
B ．what they meant |
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C ．how to say the sentences |
D ．to read them |
(2
）He is _______ today because he was told his father was seriously ill.[ ]
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A ．blue |
B ．green |
C ．white |
D ．yellow |
(3
）I don't have a green thumb, so all my plants ________.[ ]
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A ．are sad |
B ．look nice |
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C ．grow well |
D ．are dead |
(4
）He didn't want me to know ________ of the accident. He told me a white lie.[ ]
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A ．the meaning |
B ．the answer |
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C ．the true story |
D ．the beginning |
(5
）This passage is about ________.[ ]
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A ．Mary |
B ．Mary and her teachers |
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C ．colors and their meaning |
D ．some difficult sentences |
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