Wang Ying didn't understand such sentences as "He is blue today", "He has a green thumb", "He has told a little white lie" and so on. And she went to her teacher for help.

Wang Ying: Mrs.  Smith, there is a colour in each of these sentences. What do they mean?

Mrs. Smith: In everyday English, "blue" sometimes means "sad", "yellow"一"afraid".  A person with a green thumb grows plants well.  And a white lie is not a bad one.

Wang Ying: Would you give me an example for "a white lie"?

Mrs. Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cakes. In fact you don't like it, but you won't say it.  Instead, you say, "No, thanks.  I'm not hungry. " That's a white lie.

Wang Ying: Oh, I see. Thank you very much.

【小题1】Blue sometimes means "sad" in ____________ English.

A．good

B．every day

C．poor

D．everyday

【小题2】I don't have a green thumb, so my plants ____________.

A．are often dead

B．grow well

C．look nice

D．are good

【小题3】Tom is ___________to climb the tree. He's yellow.

A．happy

B．clever

C．glad

D．afraid

【小题4】He didn't like me to know the __________ of the accident(事故) . He told me a white lie.

A．reason(原因)

B．result

C．meaning

D．time

【小题5】He is ___________today because his father is ill.

A．blue

B．yellow

C．green

D．white