Question

A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, ____36___ my teacher said again and again that it was important.

One day, I ____37____ to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about ___38_____ I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, ‘You don’t say! You don’t say!’ I was ___39___. I thought, perhaps this was not a ___40__ topic. Well, I’d ___41___ change the topic. So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? ___42___ the way, have you ever ____43___ there?’

‘Certainly. Everyone back home will ____44____ me if I leave China without seeing it. It is great!’

I said, ‘The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of ____45___.’ But soon I was ___46___ again by his words, ‘___47_____!’ I couldn’t help but __48____, ‘Why did you ask me not to talk about it?’

‘Well, I ___49____ ask you to do so,’ he answered, gently surprised.

I said, ‘Didn’t you say “You don’t say”?’

Hearing this, the Englishman ___50_____ to tears. He began to ___51______, “‘You don’t say!” actually means ‘really?’ It is an ___52_____ of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English _____53______.’

Then I knew I had made a fool of ___54___. Since then I have been more __55____ with idioms

1.	A．though B．when C．despite D．because

2.	A．decided B．longed C．looked forward D．happened

3.	A．what B．when C．how D．where

4.	A．pleased B．angry C．scared D．surprised

5.	A．proper B．interesting C．ideal D．polite

6.	A．to B．better C．not D．like

7.	A．On B．In C．With D．By

8.	A．gone B．visited C．seen D．been

9.	A．look up to B．think highly of C．be proud of D．laugh at

10.	A．fun B．interest C．hard work D．China

11.	A．encouraged B．shouted C．interrupted D．disturbed

12.	A．Really B．It was great C．You don’t say D．You are right

13.	A．ask B．to ask C．asking D．asked

14.	A．won’t B．don’t C．couldn’t D．didn’t

15.	A．laughed B．cried C．moved D．came

16.	A．explain B．shout C．prove D．say

17.	A．experience B．expression C．explanation D．example

18.	A．learning B．idioms C．language D．phrases

19.	A．me B．myself C．him D．himself

20.	A．curious B．anxious C．careful D．worried

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A 

16.A

17.B

18.B

19.B

20.C

【解析】本文向我们讲述了作者因为不明白 “you don?t say”英语习语的确切含义而发生的一场笑话。

1.A考查连词。根据句意“尽管老师一次次说英语习语重要，我还是没有注意”。根据两句之间的关系，应选A。

2.D考查动词。我在路上碰巧happen遇见一个英国人。

3.C考查连词。两个人相遇，然后开始交谈。我告诉他我是如何学英语的。

4.D考查形容词。当外国人说“You don’t say”时，我理解的是“你不能说”，我很吃惊。所以应选D。

5.A考查形容词。proper 合适的，适当的。作者认为这是一个不合适的话题，所以应选A。

6.B考查固定短语。had better do sth. 最好做……。作者认为应该换一个话题，所以应用had better，选B。

7.D考查解词。by the way 是固定搭配，顺便说一下。

8.D考查动词。你曾经去过那儿吗？have been to some place去过某地。

9.D考查动词短语。去了中国而未去过长城，会被人嘲笑，所以应选D。laugh at 嘲笑。

10.B考查名词。 a place of interest名胜

11.C考查动词。 interrupt打断。外国人一开始说“You don’t say”，我又被打断了。

12.C考查习语。见46解析。

13.B考查非谓语动词。couldn’t help but+动词原形，意思是：禁不住做某事。

14.D考查助动词。我并没有让你那样做。do so 那样做，指的是让作者not to talk about it。

15.A考查动词。外国人觉得作者误会了他的话，觉得很好笑，所以是笑得流出了眼泪。cry“哭”；move“感动”。

16.A考查动词。他开始解释You don’t say的意思，所以应选A。explain“解释”；prove“证明，证实”。

17.B考查名词。experience 经验；expression 表达；explanation 解释； example 例子。句意为：这是表示吃惊的一种表达方式，所以应选B。

18.B考查名词。作者没有明白 “you don?t say”的含义，所以外国人建议作者注意英语成语的用法。

19.B考查代词。 make fool of sb. 愚弄某人。作者没有听懂外国人说话的意思，所以感觉愚弄了自己。

20.C考查形容词。对于习语用法更加小心。be careful with. . . 对……小心，细心。