Question

Mary didn’t understand such sentences as“She is blue today”，“You are yellow”，“He has a green thumb”，“He has told a white lie”and so on．And she went to the teacher Mrs James for help．

Mary：Mrs James，there is a colour in each of the sentences．What do they mean?

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

Mary：I'm afraid I don’t understand them all．Would you give me an example for “a white lie”?

Mrs James：Certainly．Now I just give you some cakes．In fact you don’t like it，but you don’t want to let me know it．Instead you say，“No，thanks．I’m not hungry．”That’s a white lie．

Mary：It sounds very interesting．Thanks very much．

Mrs James：You are welcome．Colours are meaningful．I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future．Please come to me if you have any questions．

1.Blue sometimes means sad in ________ English．

A．good         B．spoken       C．usual         D．poor

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.He is ________today．He is told that his father is seriously ill．

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文是Mary不明白英語中顏色的其他含義，故求助于Mrs James。Mrs James不僅認真地回答了Mary的問題，而且還歡迎她再來。。

1. 細節理解題。根據MrsJames的第一個答語：In everyday English，Mary，blue sometimes means sad，日常英語中。藍色有時意味著悲傷。Everyday English日常英語，一般多指spoken English英語口語。故判斷為B。

2. 推理判斷題。根據文中的A person with a green thumb grows plants well一個種植能手能種好植物。I don’t have a green thumb意思是我不會種植，所有植物都枯萎了。故判斷為A。

3. 細節理解題。根據文中的blue sometimes means sad，有因為題干中說“他被告知他的父親病得厲害，因為他很難過”。故選A。

考點：教育類短文閱讀。