Question

A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms (习语), though my teacher told us the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.

One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be surprised. Gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, he said，“You don’t say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not a right topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him. “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was wonderful.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.” Soon I was interrupted (打断) again by his words: “You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say’？” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “ ‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really!’ It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” “_____” Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.

1. What does the underlined word “amusing” probably means in this passage?

A. interesting    B. important     C. amazing

2..A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because       .

A. I had no interest in them

B. my teacher didn’t tell us the importance of them

C. I did not realize the importance of them

3..At first, on hearing “You don’t say,” I thought the foreigner meant       .

A. I had talked too much

B. I had to stop talking

C. he was not interested in the topic

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.

B. The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.

C. The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.

5. The sentence “_____” will be the missing one in this passage.

A. I realized I had made a fool of myself.

B. You had better pay more attention to it

C. I realized the Englishman made me a fool

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一年前老师一次又一次告诉作者习语的重要性，但是他没有注意起来。后来一次对习语的误解而弄出了笑话的经历使他认识到了英语习语的重要性。

1.

2.

3.I thought, perhaps this is not a right topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic.”可知，作者猜想那不是合适的话题，故选C。

4.“Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was wonderful.”描述如果我没有参观长城就离开中国，回到国内人们都会嘲笑我。由此推断他参观过长城。故选B。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。