阅读理解

　　Mary did not understand these sentences “She is blue today.” “You are yellow.” “He has a green thumb(大拇指).” “He told a while lie.” She went to her teacher for help.

　　Mary：Excuse me, Miss Smith, there are color words in these sentences. What do they mean?

　　Miss Smith：In everyday English, Mary. “Blue” sometimes means “sad”. “Yellow” means “afraid”. A person with a green thumb means he grows plants(种植植物) very well. And “a white lie” is not a bad one.

　　Mary：Would you give me an example(例子) for a white lie?

　　Miss Smith：Certainly. Now I give you some cakes. But you don't like it. What will you say?

　　Mary：I will say “No, thanks. I'm not hungry.”

　　Miss Smith：That's a white lie.

　　Mary：Oh, I see. Thank you very much.

1．Tom is afraid to climb the tree. He is ________.

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2．Her father was ill in hospital last week. She was ________.

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3．I don't have a green thumb. So all my flowers ________.

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4．He didn't want me to worry about him He told me ________.

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　　Mary didn't understand such sentences as“He is blue today”,“He has a green thumb（拇指）”,“He has told a little white lie”and so on. And she went to her teacher for help.

　　Mary: Would you give me an example for“a white lie”?

　　Mrs. Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cakes. In fact you don't like it, but you won't say it. Instead, you say,“No, thanks. I'm not hungry.”That's a white lie.