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(chǎn) 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!”
小題1:“Blue” sometimes means in spoken English “_____”.
A．a(chǎn)ngryB．luckyC．gladD．unhappy
小題2:A person with “green fingers” is one who _____ planting.
A．is a new hand inB．is good at
C．works hard atD．is interested in
小題3:“You’re yellow to fight.” means “_____.”
A．You dare not fightB．You dare to fight
C．You're afraid to see a fightD．You’re able to fight
小題4:If you say “It’s a white lie.”, it means that someone _____.
A．says something unreal and harmfulB．is unfriendly to talk to others
C．refuses to tell the truth in a polite wayD．is telling a big lie

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C

試題分析：
小題1:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三行‘blue’ sometimes means sad.說明D正確。
小題2:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)4,5行A person with ‘green fingers’ grows plants successfully.說明B正確。
小題3:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第四行‘Yellow’ means afraid說明“You’re yellow to fight.”指You dare not fight故A正確。
小題4:C 推理題。根據(jù)And ‘a(chǎn) 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。
點評：文章介紹了英語中幾個與顏色有關(guān)的熟語She’s blue today.’， ‘You’re yellow’, ‘A little white lie’, ‘She has green fingers。以細節(jié)題和推理題的考查為主，本文考生在先看題目再度文章，可以大大提高閱讀的速度和效率。
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