The boy----in bed----to me that the hen had----two eggs.

答案为D.躺在床上的男孩对我撒谎说母鸡下了两个蛋.
（1）lie用作规则动词(lie,lied,lied)时意为“说谎”.如：
①He wasn't telling the truth.He lied again/He was lying.
他没讲实话,他又撒谎了./他在撒谎.
②She lied to us about her job.她就她的工作对我们撒了谎.
③Your watch must be lying.你的表肯定不准.
【注意】表示这一意思时,lie可用作名词.我们一般说tell a lie或tell lies,而不说say/talk/speak a lie(或lies).再如：Lies cannot cover up facts.(谎言掩盖不了事实.)如要说“我痛恨说谎话”,可以说I hate lying或I hate telling lies,一般不说I hate lie或I hate to lie.hate to lie尽管句法正确,但似乎含有“虽然不愿,但仍不得不说谎”之意.
（2）lie用作不规则动词(lie,lay,lain)时,表示“躺”,“(东西)平放”,“位于”等意.如：
①He's still lying in bed.他还躺在床上.
②He felt tired,so he went and lay down for a rest.他感到疲劳,所以去躺下休息了.
③His books lay open on the desk when I went in.我进去时,发现他的书平摊在书桌上.
④Snow lay thick on the fields.田野里覆盖着厚厚的一层雪.
⑤Don't leave your things lying about.别把东西四处乱丢.
⑥The city lies in the north of China.那座城市位于中国的北部.
⑦His success lay in hard work.他的成功在于努力.
（3）动词lay也是不规则动词(lay,laid,laid),是及物动词,后面必须接宾语.表示“放置、产卵”等多种意思.如：
①He laid his shoulder on my shoulder.他把手放在我的肩上.
②Don't lay the glass on the corner of the table.别把玻璃杯放在台角上.
③Mother laid the baby gently on the bed.母亲把婴儿轻轻放在床上.
④John laid the table.约翰摆好餐具.
⑤The hen is laying an egg.母鸡在下蛋.