Question

One day, I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was puzzled, and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?”

“Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!” “Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don’t say!”

I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?”

The foreigner said, “I don’t say that. Why do you think so?”

“Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say!’?” I asked again.

Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “’You don’t say!’ means ‘Really?’ Perhaps you know little about English idioms.”

Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.

1. The writer began to talk about the Great Wall because ______.

A. the Englishman told him to do so     

B. he tried to find a new and right topic

C. he couldn’t talk about his study any more

2.When the writer asked, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?”,

the Englishman felt ______.

A. angryB. interested C. surprised

3.Here “You don’t say!” means ______.

A. “Stop talking!”

B. “really?”

C. “Look out.”

4.The story may happen in ______.

A. ChinaB. EnglandC. Australia

5.This is a story about ______.

A. nice trips

B. good manners

C. English idioms

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文说的是我在街上遇到一个英国人，很快我们交谈起来。当我与他谈学英语这件事情时，英国人回答“You don’t say! You don’t say!”，我以为他不让我说下去了。我开始谈长城，因为我想设法找到一个新的合适的话题。英国人依然回答那句话。最后我才明白，那是一句英国习语，意思是“真的吗？”。

1.推理判断题。因为作者设法找到一个新的合适的话题,所以他开始谈长城，。根据文中“Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?可知作者以为谈学英语不合适，由此可以推断出答案，故选B。

2.推理判断题。当作者问：“为什么你不让我谈这件事情？”，英国人感到很惊讶。根据文中The foreigner said, “I don’t say that. Why do you think so?” 可知，作者对这句话的理解和英国人恰恰相反，故英国人感到惊讶，故选C。

3.这儿“You don’t say!”的意思是“真的吗”？根据文中 “‘You don’t say!’ means ‘Really?’ ”可知答案，故选B。

4.这个故事可能发生在中国。据文中“Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?”“Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it.”可知，文中谈论长城时说的“ here”，应该指中国。故选A。

5.这个故事是关于英国习语的。根据文中“Perhaps you know little about English idioms.” Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.”可知答案， 故选C。

考点：习语类短文阅读。