一、根据句意及所给首字母提示将下列句子补充完整。
1. The bird l an egg yesterday morning.
2. Gina and her parents took a t to Beijing last week.
3. The old man lost his son in the w.
4. The teacher speaks so q that I can't follow him.
5. She p her daughter's hard work yesterday.

1. laid
2. trip
3. war
4. quickly
5. praised

二、阅读理解。
Mary did not understand such sentences as “She is blue today.” “He has a green thumb(大拇指).” “He told a little white lie.” And she went to her teacher for help.
“Mrs Smith, there is a colour in each of these sentences. What do they mean? ”“In everyday English, blue sometimes means sad. Yellow means afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one,” said Mrs Smith.
Then Mary asked, “Would you give me an example for ‘a white lie’?”
“Certainly. Now I give you some cake. 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.”
“Oh, I see. Thank you very much.”
()1. What does “blue” sometimes mean in everyday English?
A. Sad. B. Good. C. Poor.
()2. What will happen to plants if you have a green thumb?
A. Die off. B. Grow well. C. Look bad.
()3. How does Tom feel about climbing the tree when he is yellow?
A. Happy. B. Clever. C. Afraid.
()4. What is the meaning of “a white lie”?
A. A kind and polite lie. B. A lie about white things. C. A bad and hurtful lie.

1. A 【解析】根据文章第二段第三句可知。
2. B 【解析】根据文章第二段第五句可知。
3. C 【解析】根据文章第二段第四句可知。
4. A 【解析】根据文章第三段和倒数第二段可知,a white lie 意为“善意的谎言”。