I was feeling a little blue because my mother had lost her job.

One day, while I was    on the street, I heard the piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people. I walked more slowly to      where it was coming from. Then I saw a young lady sitting at a piano.

She was singing songs about love,      yourself and keeping on trying. The way she was singing made me a little comfortable. I stood there     ，watching her playing on such a crowded New York square. I thought that she must be     enough to perform in front of so many people.

She noticed me. I walked over and told her how good her       sounded. “Thank you.” she said.

“I have been going through a hard time recently,     you’ve made me hopeful again.” I said to her.

“I’m glad that I could help,” she replied, “Why are you so    ?”

“Well, my mom has lost her job, and I’m not sure what to do …”

“Did you noticed the    you were walking? Your head was down.” she said. “Don’t be upset, because      comes in different ways and if your head is down, you might not see it. You should       more… lift your head up.”

I looked      her, amazed at how she was encouraging me. “    are you playing the piano here?” I asked her with a smile.

She     that she saw a lot of unhappy people in the world and she tried to cheer       up by playing music.

I smiled a little wilder, realizing that no difficulties could stop me from going on.

1.A. driving            B. riding                         C. running     D. walking

2.A. find out           B. send out                     C. take out     D. get out

3.A. dressing          B. believing                     C. hurting      D. losing

4.A. nervously         B. rudely                        C. angrily      D. quietly

5.A. brave             B. shy                          C. bored       D. honest

6.A. advice             B. idea                         C. music       D. interest

7.A. or                B. but                           C. so          D. and

8.A. dirty              B. busy                  C. sad         D. lazy

9.A. way               B. time              C. reason       D. station

10.A. opportunity     B. health            C. pain         D. life

11.A. complain       B. rest              C. smile        D. pay

12.A. like           B. after             C. for          D. at

13.A. How          B. Why              C. When       D. Where

14.A. dreamed       B. hoped             C. guessed     D. explained

15.A. us            B. them               C. me        D. her

 

Mary didn’t understand such sentences as “She is blue today”, “You are yellow”, “He has a green thumb”, “He has told a white lie” and so on. And she went to the teacher Mrs. James for help.

Mary:    Mrs. James, there is a colour in each of the sentences. What do they mean?

Mrs. James: In everyday English, Mary, 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:     I’m afraid I don’t understand them all. Would you give me an example for “a white

lie”?

Mrs. James: Certainly. Now I just give you some cakes. In fact you don’t like it, but you don’t want to let me know it. Instead you say, “No, thanks. I’m not hungry.” That’s a white lie.

Mary:      It sounds very interesting. Thanks very much.

Mrs. James: You are welcome. Colours are meaningful. I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future. Please come to me if you have any questions.

1.Blue sometimes means sad in _______________ English.

A．good

B．spoken

C．usual

D．poor

2.I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants ________________.

A．die off

B．grow well

C．look nice

D．are good

3.David is yellow and he is ___________ to climb the tall tree!

A．happy

B．clever

C．brave

D．afraid

4.He didn’t like me to know ___________ of the accident. He told me a white lie at last.

A．the reason

B．the true story

C．the meaning

D．the answer

5.He is ______________today. He is told that his father is seriously ill.

A．blue

B．yellow

C．green

D．white

 

Mary didn’t understand such sentences as“She is blue today”，“You are yellow”，“He has a green thumb”，“He has told a white lie”and so on．And she went to the teacher Mrs James for help．

Mary：Mrs James，there is a colour in each of the sentences．What do they mean?

Mrs James：In everyday English，Mary，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：I'm afraid I don’t understand them all．Would you give me an example for “a white lie”?

Mrs James：Certainly．Now I just give you some cakes．In fact you don’t like it，but you don’t want to let me know it．Instead you say，“No，thanks．I’m not hungry．”That’s a white lie．

Mary：It sounds very interesting．Thanks very much．

Mrs James：You are welcome．Colours are meaningful．I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future．Please come to me if you have any questions．

1.Blue sometimes means sad in ________ English．

A．good         B．spoken       C．usual         D．poor

2.I don’t have a green thumb，so all my plants________．

A．die off       B．grow well    C．look nice      D．are good

3.He is ________today．He is told that his father is seriously ill．

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

 

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   Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp. There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? 60      .

  At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask, “ Mom, what’s for dinner?” No husband will say, “ Oh, dear, I can’t find any clean socks.” 61      . Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job－taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.

  62        . Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.

  Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don’t cook, they don’t clean; they don’t look after their children or husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm , sunny weather , walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. 63___       .They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp. 

A. Some women do not like their husbands and children B. They relax away from home C. Some women say they need time to be alone D. In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home E. In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework