It was Mrs. White’s day off, and Paul was （) duty in her place.

Because of the strong sun, Mrs. White’s new dinning-room curtains ______ from dark blue to gray within a year.

A、disappeared

B、faded

C、paled

D、grew

Mrs. White's husband tried to ______.

A．cheer her up

B．stop her from going to the supermarket

C．stop her from buying unnecessary things

D．make her less happy

them in a notebook. Then, later in the day, she asks, bet teacher about them. "Mrs. Thomas, these expressions are new to me. She's blue today. What's the matter？ You're yellow？ A little white lie. She has a green thumb. Blue and yellow people with green thumbs？ White lie？" After looking at the notebook, Mrs. Thomas says, "In everyday English, Habiba, blue sometimes means sad. Yellow means afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants successfully. And a white lie is not a bad lie." "I don't understand. Please give me an example." "For example, I offer you some cake. The truth is, you don't like my cake. You don't say that. Instead, you say, No, thanks. I'm not hungry. That's a white lie." "I see. Thanks for the explanation."

8. According to the article, "She's blue today" probably means ______ .

(13)

A．She is mad today.

B．She turned into blue today.

C．She is happy today.

D．She is sad today.

hy 【C2】______ over her backyard fence and said to Mrs. Holbrook, "You 【C3】______ those shirts white？" Mrs. Holbrook was 【C4】______ to admit they were as white as she could get them 【C5】______ that ordinary soap.

"What you should use is this Formula Cake Soap which 【C6】______ against the dull grey look that the family wash 【C7】______ had."

Doubtful 【C8】______ adventurous, Mrs. Holbrook tried the Formula soap, 【C9】______ did take the grey out of her husband's shorts. But what she didn't know was that the water eventually 【C10】______ into the Blue Sky River, killing two fish.

Three years later, Mrs. Murphy was 【C11】______ her shirts and Mrs. Holbrook said, "How did you ever get your collars so 【C12】______ , surely not with Formula？"

"Not ordinary Formula. But I did with Super Fortified Formula. You see, it attacks dirt and destroys it. Here, try some 【C13】______ your shirts. "

Mrs. Holbrook 【C14】______ and discovered her husband's shirt collars turned pure white. What she could not possibly know was that it turned the river water pure white as 【C15】______ .

Six months later, the Blue Sky River was 【C16】______ a health hazard. One day as Mr. Holbrook was walking home from work, he accidentally 【C17】______ the Blue Sky River, swallowed a 【C18】______ of water and died immediately. At the funeral service the minister said, "You can say anything you want about Holbrook, but no one can 【C19】______ he had the 【C20】______ shirts in town."

【C1】

A．straight

B．down

C．off

D．back

Here is the story about how the American civil rights movement started in the 1950s. Tired(1)she was, Mrs. Parks walked past the first few—mostly empty—rows of seats(2)"Whites Only". Black people were allowed to sit in these seats(3)no white person was standing.(4)the fact that Rosa Parks hated segregation laws, she had never done anything against the law. She(5)for civil rights for more than 10 years, but always legally. However, that day she did something that was(6).

She found and sat in a(n)(7)seat in the back of the bus. The bus continued along its(8)The driver noticed that all the seats in the "Whites Only" section were already(9). And more white people had just climbed(10). He ordered the people in Mrs. Parks'(11)to move to the back,(12)there were no open seats and people had to stand. No one moved at first, but when the driver(13)at the black passengers a second time, they did what they were told. They all moved to the back —(14)Rosa Parks. She(15)in the prohibited seat.(16), trouble occured. Ms. Parks was thrown in jail for(17)the law.

This(18)inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott (联合抵制) of 1955-1956． It also(19)the 20th-century civil rights movement. Mrs. Parks quickly became the(20)of that day. She has been remembered as a brave fighter in the civil rights movement.

d black folks in the town.()

Mrs. White is different from her friends who were ______.

A．easily satisfied

B．not always hopeful

C．sure to succeed

D．not interested in free food

When the manager told her that she was the lucky customer, Mrs. White would be ______.

A．very tired

B．happier than ever before

C．rather sad

D．enthusiastic

Mrs. White is fond of buying _________ food because she thinks it is much safer. （Aust

ralia)