Mary did not( 1 )such sentences as “She is blue today.”, “You are yellow.”, “He has a( 2) thumb（大拇指）.”, “He has told a little white lie.”, and so on. And she went to her teacher (3 )help.

“Mrs. Smith, there is a (4 )in each of these sentences. What do they mean?” she asked.

“In( 5 )English, Mary, blue( 6) means sad. Yellow—afraid. A person( 7 )a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one, “ the teacher said.

“Would you give me an( 8) for a white lie, teacher?”

“Certainly. Now I give you a cake. In fact you don’t like it, but you won’t say it.( 9 )you say, ‘No, thanks, I’m not( 10 ).’ That’s a white lie.”

( ) 1. A. know 　　　 B. understand 　　 C. read　　 D. see

( ) 2. A. blue 　　　　 B. yellow 　　　　C. white 　　 D. green

( ) 3. A. for　　　　　　 B. to　　　　　　　 C. with 　　　 D. by

( ) 4. A. word　　　　 B. colour 　　　　 C. mistake 　 D. question

( ) 5. A. today　　　　 B. common　　　C. everyday 　D. usual

( ) 6. A. sometimes　 B. some times　C. sometime 　D. some time

( ) 7. A. to 　　　　　　 B. with 　　　　　 C. of　　　　　　　D. at

( ) 8. A. answer 　　 B. book 　　　　　C. question 　D. example

( ) 9. A. And 　　　　 B. Instead　　　　C. But 　　　　　 D. Also

( ) 10. A. ill 　　　　　 B. happy 　　　　 C. full 　 　　　　 D. hungry

I’m sorry I took your backpack　　 .

　 A. because mistake　 B. with mistake　　

C. by mistake D. by mistakes

In a small town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day, he 　 41 　 a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker（面包师）. One day the baker decided to 　42 　 the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn’t. The baker then took 　 43 　farmer to the judge(法官).

The judge asked the farmer if he had any 44 to weigh the butter. The farmer replied, “I’m so 　 45 　that I do not have enough 　 46 　to buy anything to weigh it, 　 47 　 I do have a kind of scale(天平).” The judge asked, “Then how do you weigh the butter?” The farmer replied, “Before the baker started buying butter from 　 48 　, I have bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the 　 49 　from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter the same weight.

We 　 50 　what we give to others in life. 　 51 　you take action, ask yourself this 　 52 　, “ Am I honest?”

Honesty or dishonesty can become a 　 53 　. Some dishonest people can lie without a 　 54 　 face. Others lie so much that do not even 　 55 　 what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? In fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behaviour.

(　 )41. A. gave　 　　　 B. fed 　　 　　　　　　C. threw 　　　 　　　　 D. sold

(　 )42. A. weigh 　　　 B. watch　　　　　　 C. cut 　 　　　　 D. use

(　 )43. A. / 　　 　　　 B. a　 　　　　　　　 C. an　　　 　　　　 D. the

(　 )44. A.strength　　 　 B.way　　　　　　　 C. chance　　　　 D. time

(　 )45. A. rich　 　　　 B. poor　　 　　　　　 C. honest 　　　　 D. quiet

(　 )46. A.money 　　　 B.time　　　 　　　　　 C.energy 　　　 　　 D.thing

(　 )47. A. and　 　　　 B. so 　　　　　　　 C. but　　　　　 D. or

(　 )48. A. I 　　　　　 B. my 　　 　　　　　　C. me　　 　　　　 D. mine

(　 )49.A. butter 　　　 B.scale　　 　　　　　 C.bread　 　　　　 D.cheese

(　 )50. A. get back　 　 B. look back　　　　　 C. give back　　　 D. turn back

(　 )51. A.Because　　 　 B.Although　　　 　　　 C.Why　 　　　　 D. Whenever

(　 )52. A. answer　　 　 B. question　　　　　 C. help　 　　　　 D. idea

(　 )53. A. difference 　 B. habit　　 　　　　　 C. mistake　　 　　 D. difficulty

(　 )54. A. red　　 　　　 B. white　　　　　　 C. green　 　　　　 D.grey

(　 )55. A. study 　　　 B. mean　 　　　　　 C. imagine　　 　　 D. know

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　　Many years ago, two friends 1 to a very small town. Their names were Joe and Tom. It was dark when they came into a little inn (旅馆). They asked for a room 2 two beds. The owner of the inn showed them a room and gave them a candle, 3 there was no light in the room. When they 4 to the room, Joe dropped the candle. It was dark.

　　They found the door of the room and went in. They took their clothes 5 and went to bed. The bed was very big and by mistake they went into the same bed. Tom from one side, and Joe from 6

　　After some time Joe said ,“You know, Tom, there 7 a man in my bed. Here are his feet near my neck. ”

　　“Yes, Joe, there is a man in my bed, too. But the man is bigger because his feet are near my face. What should we do?” “Let's 8 them off our beds. ”

　　They began to push each other. After some time two heavy bodies fell to the floor. “Joe, the man is 9 than I. He pushed me down to the floor. ” Cried Tom.

　　“I'm on the floor, 10 ,” answered Joe. “I think we must go and tell the owner of the inn about it.”

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