Mary didn’t understand such sentences as“She is blue today”,“You are yellow”,“He has a green thumb”,“He has told a white lie”and so on.And she went to the teacher Mrs James for help.
Mary:Mrs James,there is a colour in each of the sentences.What do they mean?
Mrs James:In everyday English,Mary,blue sometimes means sad,yellow afraid.A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one.
Mary:I’m afraid I don’t understand them a11.Would you give me an example for“a white lie”?
Mrs James:Certainly.Now I just give you some cakes.In fact you don’t like it,but you don’t want to let me know it.Instead you say,“No,thanks.I’m not hungry.”That’s a white lie.
Mary:It sounds very interesting.Thanks very much.
Mrs James:You are welcome.Colours are meaningful.I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future.Please come to me if you have any questions.
【小题1】Blue sometimes means sad in________English.

A.goodB.spokenC.usualD.poor
【小题2】I don’t have a green thumb,so all my plants________.
A.die offB.grow wellC.look niceD.are good
【小题3】David is yellow and he is________to climb the tall tree!
A.happyB.cleverC.braveD.afraid
【小题4】He didn’t like me to know________of the accident.He told me a white lie at last.
A.the reasonB.the true storyC.the meaningD.the answer
【小题5】He is ________today.He is told that his father is seriously ill.
A.blueB.yellowC.greenD.white

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Grandma was busy cooking in the kitchen and Sera was always to be here for dinner.

There were many photographs of past and present  1  members and many other old things on her grandma’s table. Among them, she especially loved the large clay pot (陶壶). It was beautiful, painted in many colours.

“May I hold it?” asked Sera.

“Yes, but please be  2 . It is very old.” Grandma picked up the pot with gentle hands, gave it to Sera, and then went into the kitchen.

Sera decided to sit on the sofa. The sofa was a few feet  3  her. She went backward.  4  a toy truck was there. The truck rolled (滚动) away when Sera stepped on it. She fell back onto the sofa. The clay pot  5  out of her hands and up into the air! It landed on the floor.

Sera could hear the clay crack (裂痕). “No, no!” she cried. She heard grandma’s footsteps coming toward her. How could she face her grandma now?

“It’s not so  6 , Sera,” Grandma said. “Come on. You can repair the pot.”

“Let me tell you a story about that pot.”

Grandma pointed to another crack in the pot. Sera had never  7  it before. “My grandma made this crack when she was about your age,” said grandma. “She was carrying it back to the village  8  it fell onto the road. It had been full of  9 , so she got all wet!” She pointed to another crack. “This crack came when I dropped the pot on a big boat that brought  10  here from Canada,” said grandma smiling. Sera laughed and held up the pot. She could see now how each crack had become part of the colourful design--and part of her family’s story.

1.                A.school         B.family          C.team D.village

 

2.                A.helpful         B.useful          C.careful   D.peaceful

 

3.                A.behind         B.beside          C.under    D.above

 

4.                A.Suddenly       B.Amazingly       C.Unluckily  D.Surprisingly

 

5.                A.picked         B.threw          C.dropped  D.flew

 

6.                A.bad            B.safe            C.late  D.easy

 

7.                A.known         B.watched        C.heard    D.noticed

 

8.                A.when          B.until           C.if    D.unless

 

9.                A.sand           B.water          C.salt  D.sugar

 

10.               A.we            B.our            C.us    D.ours

 

 

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