Once there lived in our town a poor family．They were so poor that there was almost nothing in the house but a pot under a   1    table．In it there was a little rice   2   from their neighbour for the coming New Year．On New Year's Eve（除夕夜），the wife had already fallen asleep，but the husband was   3   in bed，worrying about their life．Suddenly he heard someone breaking into the room．

“It must be a thief，” he thought，“but it doesn’t matter．The thief can   4   nothing．” He didn't shout or move．But he kept watching over the thief．

The thief came into the house and was only interested in the rice under the table．

“But   5   can I take it away?” the thief thought hard．Then he had an idea．He  6   his coat，put it on the ground between the bed and the table and turned around to take the pot．

Now the husband knew what the thief would do．He picked up the coat quickly and  7   himself with it   8   the thief turned back．

The thief took the pot，and put the rice onto the coat．Then he began to feel it．But he was  __9   to find that his coat had gone．

“Hey，” he shouted out．The voice woke up the wife．She asked her husband，“Did you hear any sound? Maybe there is a thief in the room．”

“Shut up!(闭嘴)” replied her husband，“  10   to sleep．There is no thief in the room．”

“That’s impossible，”the thief shouted loudly，“If there isn’t a thief，then，where is my coat?”

1．A．good                     B．bad                      C．nice                       D．broken

2．A．borrowed              B．asked                   C．lent                        D．taken

3．A．thinking                 B．1ying                   C．talking                   D．looking

4．A．lose                       B．bring                   C．carry                     D．steal

5．A．what                     B．why                    C．how                             D．when

6．A．took off                 B．put on                  C．brought                  D．used

7．A．hung                     B．enjoyed                C．covered                 D．provided

8．A．before                   B．after                    C．until                D．because

9．A．afraid                    B．surprised              C．pleased                  D．excited

10．A．Get out                B．Get up                 C．Go down                      D．Go back

阅读理解

　　Han Meimei has read something with the colour words in them. She doesn't understand what they mean. So she went to her teacher, Mrs Green, for help. Here is what they are talking about:

　　Meimei: Good morning, Mr Green. Have, you got a moment?

　　Green: Yes. What can I do for you, Meimei?

　　Meimei: I've come to some sentences that I don't understand. Can you help me?

　　Green: What are they?

　　Meimei: They are words of colour in these sentences on this list :

　　(1) Jack is blue today.

　　(2) She's yellow.

　　(3) He's told a white lie (谎言).

　　(4) Tom has a green thumb (大拇指).

　　Green: In everyday English the word blue means sad. Yellow means afraid sometimes. A person with a green thumb usually grows plants well. When you tell a white lie, you mean not to trouble someone too much. A white lie is not a bad one.

　　Meimei: Would you please give me an example of “a white lie”?

　　Green: Certainly. If I give you a cake and you don't like it, you won't say that you don't like it. Instead you'll say that you are not hungry. That's a white lie.

　　Meimei: I see. Thank you very much.

1．In everyday English, words of colour sometimes do not mean ________.

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2．The sentence “Jim has a green thumb” means ________.

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3．Someone is blue when he has ________.

[　　]

A．got some good news

B．heard that his best friend has been killed in an accident

C．been given a nice and blue suit

D．nothing to eat but rather hungry

4．Which of the following can be a white lie?

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A．Miss Forgetful has broken a beautiful glass but she doesn't say so.

B．Ron likes the fried chicken and says that he hopes to eat some of it.

C．Jill forgot to do the lessons but she said that she was ill last night.

D．The old doctor's daughter told him that all the people in the town were well because she did not want to hurt him.