Question

    A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms (习惯用语), _________ my teacher said again and again that it was important.

One day, I happened to _________ an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to _________. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was _________, I thought, perhaps this is not a _________ topic. Well, I’d _________ change the topic.

So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? _________ the way, have you ever _________ there?”

“Certainly, everyone back home will _________ me if I leave China without seeing __________“ It was great. I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of __________.” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “__________!” I couldn’t __________ asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t __________ you to do so”, he answered, gently surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”

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

Then I knew I had made fool of __________. Since then I have been more __________ with idioms.

1.A.though B.when C.because D.as

2.A.look B.meet C.call D.take

3.A.walk B.play C.talk D.go

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

5.A.proper B.strange C.safe D.polite

6.A.to B.better C.not D.like

7.A.On B.In C.To D.By

8.A.gone B.visited C.been D.seen

9.A.look after B.think of C.send for D.laugh at

10.A.it B.them C.he D.she

11.A.fun B.interest C.business D.play

12.A.Really B.Good C.You don’t say D.You are right

13.A.have B.do C.think D.help

14.A.say B.ask C.let D.have

15.A.laughed B.cried C.moved D.came

16.A.explain B.shout C.prove D.say

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

18.A.words B.idioms C.phrases D.sentences

19.A.me B.myself C.him D.himself

20.A.helpful B.popular C.careful D.satisfied

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.A

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.B

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了我和一位外国人在一次交谈中，由于对于英语习惯用语不太了解，造成的一个小误会。从而告诉我们学习英语习语的重要性。

1.考查连词词义辨析。句意：一年前，我不注意到英语习语，尽管我的老师一再说它很重要。A. though尽管；B. when当……时候；C. because因为；D. as由于。根据语境可知，此处是though引导的让步状语从句。故选A。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天，我在路上碰巧遇到一个英国人，很快我们就开始交谈。A. look 看；B. meet遇见；C. call呼叫；D. take拿走。根据happened to和 an Englishman on the road可知，此处指碰巧“遇到”。故选B。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天，我在路上碰巧遇到一个英国人，很快我们就开始交谈。A. walk散步；B. play玩；C. talk谈论；D. go去。根据第3空后As I was talking about how I was studying English可知，他们开始“交谈”。故选C。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我很惊讶，我想，也许这不是一个合适的话题。A. pleased感到高兴的；B. angry生气的；C. afraid害怕的；D. surprised感到惊讶的。根据上句的“You don’t say! You don’t say!”可知，我感到“惊讶”。故选D。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我很惊讶，我想，也许这不是一个合适的话题。A. proper 正确的，合适的；B. strange奇怪的；C. safe安全的；D. polite有礼貌的。根据第6空后的change the topic可知，这个话题不“合适”。故选A。

6.考查固定搭配。句意：好吧，我最好换个话题。固定搭配：had better do sth.“最好做某事”。故选B。

7.考查介词词义辨析。句意：“那么，我们谈谈长城好吗? 顺便问一下，你去过那儿吗?”固定词组：by the way“顺便问一下”。故选D。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：“那么，我们谈谈长城好吗? 顺便问一下，你去过那儿吗?”A. gone去；B. visited访问；C. been是；D. seen看见。此处用现在完成时态have been to，意思是“曾经去过某地”。故选C。

9.考查动词词组联系。句意：当然，如果我离开中国时没有看到它，回国后每个人都会嘲笑我。A. look after照顾；B. think of 记起，想起；C. send for派人去叫；D. laugh at嘲笑。长城是中国的一个标志，“不到长城非好汉”，来到中国不去看长城，人们会“嘲笑”。故选D。

10.考查代词。句意：当然，如果我离开中国时没有看到它，回国后每个人都会嘲笑我。此处用it代指“长城”。故选A。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是一个有趣的地方。A. fun乐趣；B. interest兴趣；C. business商业，生意；D. play玩。固定结构：a place of interest“名胜古迹”。故选B。

12.考查固定短语。句意：是真的吗？不见得吧A. Really真正地；B. Good好的；C. You don’t say是真的吗？不见得吧；D. You are right你是对的。这里是情景交际。根据上文中的“You don’t say! You don’t say!”结合语境，故选C。

13.考查固定搭配。句意：我不禁问道:“你为什么让我不要谈这件事?”A. have有；B. do 做；C. think 认为；D. help帮助。固定搭配：can’t help doing sth.“情不自禁做某事”。故选D。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：“啊，我没让你这么做，”他回答道，语气中带着些许惊讶。A. say说；B. ask问；C. let让；D. have有。动词let/have后面用带to的动词不定式作宾语补足语，而ask sb. to do sth.的意思是“请求某人做某事”，不符合语境，故选A。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：听到这话，那个英国人笑出了眼泪。A. laughed大笑；B. cried哭；C. moved移动；D. came来。对语言的理解产生了误解，再根据Hearing this和to tears可知，“笑”出了眼泪。故选A。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他开始解释。A. explain解释；B. shout大喊；C. prove证明；D. say说。根据第16空后的“’You don’t say’ actually means ‘really?’可知，此处指进行“解释”。故选A。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是一种惊讶的表达。A. experience经历，经验；B. example 例子；C. explanation解释；D. expression表现，表达。根据I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”可知这是一种“惊讶的”表达。故选D。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意：也许你不注意英语习语。A. words单词；B. idioms习惯用语；C. phrases 词组；D. sentences句子。根据“You don’t say! You don’t say!”和第20空后的with idioms.可知，这是英语“习语”。故选B。

19.考查反身代词。句意：这时我才明白我是在愚弄自己。A. me我；B. myself我自己；C. him他；D. himself他自己。误解了习语的意思，所以说是自己愚弄自己。故选B。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：从那以后，我对习语更加小心了。A. helpful有帮助的；B. popular 受欢迎的；C. careful细心的；D. satisfied感到满意的。根据Since then 和with idioms.可知，以后对习语更加“细心”。故选C。