Question

根據短文內容填空，每空不超過4個單詞。
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.
【小題1】Mary did not understand the sentences and asked Mrs. Smith for ______________.
【小題2】You are blue today means you feel _____________.
【小題3】I don’t have a _______________, so all my plants are dead.
【小題4】My friend didn’t want me to know the fact of the accident. He told me_____________.
【小題5】This passage is about _____________ and their meanings.

Answer 1

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

解析1. help 根據So she went to her English teacher for help可知Mary向她的老師Mrs. Smith尋求幫助，故用help。
2. sad 根據下面Mrs. Smith的解釋：In English, yellow sometimes means afraid. Blue means sad可知藍色代表的sad。
3. green thumb 文章說A person with a green thumb grows plants well，有a green thumb的植物生長得好，那么沒有就可能會死，這里是反著來說的。
4. a white lie善意的謊言。下文舉例蛋糕的事，你不想吃可以說我不餓，其實就是一個a white lie。故你不想告訴別人實情，就可用這種方式。
5. some sentences 從文章中Mrs. Smith與Mary的對話，老師提到了許多與顏色有關的句子，故答案為some sentences。