Question

【題目】閱讀短文，下列問(wèn)題
（B）
Mary did not understand such sentencesas “She is in blue today.” “You are yellow.” “He has a green thumb.（大拇指）” “He has told a white lie.” and soon. And 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 everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad. Yellow means afraid. 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 cake. In fact you don't like it, but you won't say it. Instead, you say,“No, thanks, I'm hungry.” That's a white lie.
Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much.
（1）Blue sometimes means sad and is ________ English.”
A.good
B.spoken
C.poor
D.useful
（2）I don't have a green thumb , so all my plants _________.
A.die off
B.grow well
C.look nice
D.are good
（3）Tom is _______ to climb the tree. He's yellow.
A.happy
B.clever
C.sad
D.afraid
（4）He didn't like me to know ________ of the accident . he told me a white lie.
A.the reason
B.the meaning
C.the answer
D.the true story
（5）He is ________ today . His father is ill.
A.blue
B.yellow
C.green
D.white

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）B
（2）A
（3）D
（4）A
（5）A
【解析】這篇文章說(shuō)的是有關(guān)顏色代表的含義的內(nèi)容，在一定的語(yǔ)境中顏色并不是它的本意，而是代表另一種意思。
（1）推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中原句In everydayEnglish, Mary , blue sometimes means sad. 可知everydayEnglish 是指口語(yǔ)，故選B。
（2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中原句A person witha green thumb grows plants well.可知此題答案應(yīng)是A。
（3）推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中原句Yellow meansafraid.可知此題選D。
（4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中原句And a whitelie is not a bad one.及題干分析，他對(duì)我說(shuō)了善意的謊言，所以應(yīng)選A。
（5）推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中原句blue sometimesmeans sad 及題干中他爸爸病了可知此題選A。