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     Mary 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.

     Mary: 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---afraid. 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 it, but you won't say it.

Instead, you say, " No, thanks. I'm not hungry." That's a white lie.

    Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much.

1. Blue sometimes means sad in _______ English.    

A. good      

B. spoken      

C. written      

D. poor

2. I don't have a green thumb, so my plants _______.     

A. die off    

B. grow well    

C. look nice    

D. are good

3. Tom is _______ to climb the tree. He's yellow.     

A. happy      

B. clever      

C. glad        

D. afraid

4. He didn't like me to know the _______of the accident. He told me a white lie.     

A. reason      

B. result    

C. meaning      

D. time

5. He is _______ today because his father is ill. 

A. blue        

B. yellow      

C. green        

D. white