题目内容：

Mary did not ____ such sentences as “She is blue today.”,“You are yellow.”,“He has a ____ thumb（大拇指）.”,“He has told a little white lie.”, and so on. And she went to her teacher ____ help.“Mrs. Smith, there is a _____ in each of these sentences. What does that mean?” she asked.“In ___ English, Mary, blue ____ means sad. Yellow—afraid. A person ____ a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one, “ the teacher said. “Would you give me an _____ for a white lie, Sir?”“Certainly. Now I give you a cake. In fact you don’t like it, but you won’t say it. ___   you say, ‘No, thanks, I’m not____.’That’s a white lie.”

1.A. know      B. understand      C. read        D. see

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

3.A. for        B. to             C. with        D. by

4.A. word      B. colour          C. mistake     D. question

5.A. today      B. common        C. everyday    D. usual

6.A. sometimes  B. some times      C. sometime   D. some time

7.A. to         B. with           C. of          D. at

8.A. answer     B. book           C. question    D. example

9.A. Anyway    B. So             C. But        D. Also

10.A. ill        B. happy          C. full        D. hungry