Question

【題目】A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms (習語), 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 (打斷) 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

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了一年前老師一次又一次告訴作者習語的重要性，但是他沒有注意起來。后來一次對習語的誤解而弄出了笑話的經歷使他認識到了英語習語的重要性。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文后面的故事描述可知是一次有趣的經歷，故選A。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段描述可知一年前老師一次又一次告訴我們習語的重要性，但是我沒有注意，可知推斷當時沒有注意到習語的重要性，故選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解 題。根據(jù)第二段I thought, perhaps this is not a right topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic.”可知，作者猜想那不是合適的話題，故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段“Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was wonderful.”描述如果我沒有參觀長城就離開中國，回到國內人們都會嘲笑我。由此推斷他參觀過長城。故選B。

【5】歸納理解題。根據(jù)上文作者所犯的錯誤可知，他自以為是的猜錯了詞義，故選A。