【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ooked very tiredC. asked why the farmer was not riding on his horseD. told the farmer39。s son to get off the horse and walk (B)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 wele. Colours are meaningful. I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future. Please e to me if you have any questions. ( )4. Blue sometimes means sad in _______________ English. A. good B. spoken C. usual D. poor( )5. I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants ________________. A. die off B. grow well C. look nice D. are good( )6. David is yellow and he is ___________ to climb the tall tree! A. happy B. clever C. brave D. afraid( ) 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（C）According to scientists’ research, the month in which babies are born could affect them in some ways. Babies born in spring get sick easily. Children born under Aquarius (Jan. 21st—Feb. 19th) may be less clever than those born in other seasons. They may also have shorter lives than those born in autumn. Scientists believe many of the differences can be explained by the mother’s exposure to sunlight in pregnancy (懷孕). Sunlight helps lead to the production of vitamin D in the body. The lack (缺乏) of vitamin D in the first months of life may have a bad effect on health. Vitamin D is called the “sunshine vitamin”. It has a good effect on health. A study showed that people born from April to June had slightly shorter lives than those born in October, November or December. Similar studies in the US showed that people born in autumn lived about 160 days longer than those born in spring.Professor Russell Foster said the conclusions were surprising and interesting. He added, “These are small effects but they are very, very clear. I am not giving voice to star signs and they are just for fun. But it is true that we are affected by our season of birth.” ( )8. A child’s season of birth can affect all the following things EXCEPT______ according to the first two paragraphs. A. his health B. his height C. his length of life D. his quality of being clever ( )9. What does the underlined word “exposure” mean in Chinese? A. 偏愛 B. 抗拒 C. 過敏 D. 暴露( )10. What can we know about vitamin D according to the passage? A. It es from sunlight. B. It helps people live longer. C. Sunlight prevents its production. D. It does harm to people’s health. ( )11. What does the passage mainly tell us? A. People can know the length of life by star sign. B. Women should choose to give birth to children in spring. C. A child’s season of birth has an effect on him or her. D. Vitamin D is very important to people’s health. （D）How often do you change your hairstyle or ask for new clothes? Do you care much about fashion? A recent s