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Mary did not 1such sentences as 'She is blue today', 'You are yellow', 'He has a2thumb
(大拇指)', 'He has told a little white lie', and so on. And she went to her teacher3help.
'Mrs. Smith, there is a4in each of these sentences. What do they mean?' she asked.
'In5English, Mary, blue6means sad. Yellow-afraid. A person7a green thumb grows
plants well and a white lie is not a bad one,' the teacher said.
'Would you give me an8for a white lie, teacher?'
'Certainly. Now I give you a cake. In fact you don't like it, but you won't say it.9you say,
'No, thanks, I'm not10 .' That's a white lie.'
( )1. A. know
()2. A. blue
()3. A. for
()4. A. word
()5. A. today
()6. A. sometimes
()7. A. to
()8. A. answer
()9. A. And
( )10. A. ill B. understand
B. yellow
B. to
B. colour
B. common
B. some times
B. with
B. book
B. Instead
B. happy C. read
C. white
C. with
C. mistake
C. everyday
C. sometime
C. of
C. question
C. But
C. full D. see
D. green
D. by
D. question
D. usual
D. some time
D. at
D. example
D. Also
D. hungry