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    　　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 ________.

    [　　]

    A．what color they are

    B．what they meant

    C．how to say the sentences

    D．to read them

    (2）He is _______ today because he was told his father was seriously ill.

    [　　]

    A．blue

    B．green

    C．white

    D．yellow

    (3）I don't have a green thumb, so all my plants ________.

    [　　]

    A．are sad

    B．look nice

    C．grow well

    D．are dead

    (4）He didn't want me to know ________ of the accident. He told me a white lie.

    [　　]

    A．the meaning

    B．the answer

    C．the true story

    D．the beginning

    (5）This passage is about ________.

    [　　]

    A．Mary

    B．Mary and her teachers

    C．colors and their meaning

    D．some difficult sentences

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    　　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 ________.

    [　　]

    A．red
    B．yellow
    C．green
    D．blue

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

    [　　]

    A．red
    B．yellow
    C．green
    D．blue

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

    [　　]

    A．grow badly
    B．look nice
    C．are good
    D．grow well

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

    [　　]

    A．a small lie
    B．a big lie
    C．a white lie
    D．a black lie

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    阅读理解，阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

    　　I bought a jasmine plant for my office．When I bought it, I was told it would bloom(开花)and the sweet smell would fill my office．I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it, but there weren't any flowers or pleasant smell．I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda．

    　　One day, another friend Mary called and invited me to her office．When I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me．I reached out to touch the flowers．Mary cut some and gave them to me．I couldn't help smelling them．Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I suddenly understood something．

    　　Mary bought her plant the same time I did．It took a year for her jasmine to bloom．I was so impatient for mine to bloom; regretfully, I gave it away．

    　　In a way my life is like the jasmine plant．I need to be patient and let things happen．

    　　Last Sunday Linda told me that she was going abroad the next week．Before she left, she returned the plant to me．This time I am going to wait．I have learned that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient．I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom．

    (1)

    Before she gave the jasmine away, the writer had it for．

    [　　]

    A．

    one day

    B．

    one year

    C．

    two weeks

    D．

    two months

    (2)

    When the writer saw Mary's jasmine, she felt ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    unhappy

    B．

    peaceful

    C．

    hopeful

    D．

    surprised

    (3)

    What has the writer learned from her experience?

    [　　]

    A．

    Patience is needed in life．

    B．

    Flowers can make life better．

    C．

    Friendship is necessary for us．

    D．

    Jasmine can be a wonderful plant．

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    Edison's Marriage (婚礼)

    　　

    　　After marriage Edison took his new wife to the new house he had bought at 97 Wright Street, in New York. As soon as they were in the house alone together for the first time, Edison began to think about a problem he was having with one of his inventions. He told Mary, his new wife, that he had to go to his office, but would soon return, Mary didn't want to anger him by asking him not to go. So, married only for one hour, the new husband ran to his business.

    　　Mary spent her first day as a wife alone, fearful (害怕的) and tearful. Late the night Joseph Murray, one of Edison's friends and workers, came to the office.

    　　“Why are you here, Tom?”Murray answered. “I must go home,”said Edison.

    　　Only then did he realize (认识到) that he was married that day.

    1．Which of the following is right?

    [　　]

    A．In the night of his marriage, Edison was still busy with his invention.

    B．Edison didn't like to live with his new wife.

    C．Edison liked to be alone.

    D．Edison was a person with bad manners (行为).

    2．In this story, “run” means to ________.

    [　　]

    A．work
    B．jump up rapidly(快的)
    C．make a quick trip
    D．go in a hurry

    3．Why did Edison go to his office? Because he ________.

    [　　]

    A．didn't love Mary

    B．put his heart into his invention

    C．wanted to see Murray

    D．quarreled (争吵) with his new wife

    4．At that night, Edison's new wife ________.

    [　　]

    A．felt very angry

    B．felt very sad

    C．was very happy

    D．thought she shouldn't have got married to Edison

    5．In this story the writer tells us that Edison ________.

    [　　]

    A．had made a new invention

    B．didn't love his new wife

    C．devoted (献身于) his life to the invention

    D．was a great scientist

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    　　Mary and her husband Tom lived in the tiny village of a small town in Southern America. One of Mary's prized possessions was a little white lamb which her husband gave her. She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening. One evening, however, the lamb was missing. Obviously, someone stole the lamb.

    　　When Tom came in from the fields, his wife told him everything. Tom at once set out to find the thief. He knew it would not be difficult in such a small village. Tom found out that his neighbor, John, had suddenly acquired a new lamb. But his lamb was black. Seeing that, Tom was very sorry to John.

    　　Suddenly, it began to rain. He was surprised to find that the little black lamb was almost white.

    True or false.

    (1) One of Mary's prized possessions was a little black lamb.

    (2) Mary and her husband lived in a small village.

    (3) It would be easy to find the thief because Tom knew the thief.

    (4) John's lamb was Mary's lamb.

    (5) John has got a little black lamb.

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