Question

John keeps a record of new words and expressions in English. He usually writes them in a note-book. Then, later in the day, he asks his teacher about them. “Mrs. Thomas, these expressions are new to me. ‘She’s blue today.’， ‘You’re yellow’, ‘A little white lie’, ‘She has green fingers’.” After looking at the note-book, Mrs. Thomas says, “In everyday English, John，‘blue’ sometimes means sad.  ‘Yellow’ means afraid. A person with ‘green fingers’ grows plants successfully. And ‘a white lie’ is not a bad lie.” “I don’t understand. Please give me an example.” “ For example, I offer you some cake. The truth is that you don’t like my cake. You don’t say that. Instead, you say, ‘No, thanks, I'm not hungry.’ That’s a white lie.” John says, “I see , thanks for the explanation!”

1.“Blue” sometimes means in spoken English “_____”.

A．angry

B．lucky

C．glad

D．unhappy

2.A person with “green fingers” is one who _____ planting.

A．is a new hand in	B．is good at
C．works hard at	D．is interested in

3.“You’re yellow to fight.” means “_____.”

A．You dare not fight	B．You dare to fight
C．You're afraid to see a fight	D．You’re able to fight

4.If you say “It’s a white lie.”, it means that someone _____.

A．says something unreal and harmful	B．is unfriendly to talk to others
C．refuses to tell the truth in a polite way	D．is telling a big lie

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：

1.D 細節題。根據第三行‘blue’ sometimes means sad.說明D正確。

2.B 細節題。根據4,5行A person with ‘green fingers’ grows plants successfully.說明B正確。

3.A 推理題。根據文章第四行‘Yellow’ means afraid說明“You’re yellow to fight.”指You dare not fight故A正確。

4.C 推理題。根據And ‘a white lie’ is not a bad lie.”和文章最后所給的例子說明It’s a white lie是指不想用一種禮貌的方式說出真相。故C正確。

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