Question

根据短文内容填空，每空不超过4个单词。
Mary didn’t understand such sentences as “You are yellow.” “She has a green thumb( 拇指 ).” “ He has told me a white lie.” And so on. So she went to her English teacher for help.
Mary : Mrs. Smith, there is a color in each of these sentences. Could you tell me what they mean?
Mrs. Smith: In English, yellow sometimes means afraid. Blue means sad. 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 cakes. In fact you don’t like them, but you won’t say so. Instead you say, “No, I’m not hungry.” That is a white lie.
Mary : Oh, I see. Thank you very much.
【小题1】Mary did not understand the sentences and asked Mrs. Smith for ______________.
【小题2】You are blue today means you feel _____________.
【小题3】I don’t have a _______________, so all my plants are dead.
【小题4】My friend didn’t want me to know the fact of the accident. He told me_____________.
【小题5】This passage is about _____________ and their meanings.

Answer 1

【小题1】help
【小题2】sad
【小题3】green thumb
【小题4】a white lie
【小题5】some sentences

解析1. help 根据So she went to her English teacher for help可知Mary向她的老师Mrs. Smith寻求帮助，故用help。
2. sad 根据下面Mrs. Smith的解释：In English, yellow sometimes means afraid. Blue means sad可知蓝色代表的sad。
3. green thumb 文章说A person with a green thumb grows plants well，有a green thumb的植物生长得好，那么没有就可能会死，这里是反着来说的。
4. a white lie善意的谎言。下文举例蛋糕的事，你不想吃可以说我不饿，其实就是一个a white lie。故你不想告诉别人实情，就可用这种方式。
5. some sentences 从文章中Mrs. Smith与Mary的对话，老师提到了许多与颜色有关的句子，故答案为some sentences。