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

【答案】

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】本文向我們講述了作者因為不明白 “you don?t say”英語習語的確切含義而發(fā)生的一場笑話。

1.A考查連詞。根據句意“盡管老師一次次說英語習語重要，我還是沒有注意”。根據兩句之間的關系，應選A。

2.D考查動詞。我在路上碰巧happen遇見一個英國人。

3.C考查連詞。兩個人相遇，然后開始交談。我告訴他我是如何學英語的。

4.D考查形容詞。當外國人說“You don’t say”時，我理解的是“你不能說”，我很吃驚。所以應選D。

5.A考查形容詞。proper 合適的，適當的。作者認為這是一個不合適的話題，所以應選A。

6.B考查固定短語。had better do sth. 最好做……。作者認為應該換一個話題，所以應用had better，選B。

7.D考查解詞。by the way 是固定搭配，順便說一下。

8.D考查動詞。你曾經去過那兒嗎？have been to some place去過某地。

9.D考查動詞短語。去了中國而未去過長城，會被人嘲笑，所以應選D。laugh at 嘲笑。

10.B考查名詞。 a place of interest名勝

11.C考查動詞。 interrupt打斷。外國人一開始說“You don’t say”，我又被打斷了。

12.C考查習語。見46解析。

13.B考查非謂語動詞。couldn’t help but+動詞原形，意思是：禁不住做某事。

14.D考查助動詞。我并沒有讓你那樣做。do so 那樣做，指的是讓作者not to talk about it。

15.A考查動詞。外國人覺得作者誤會了他的話，覺得很好笑，所以是笑得流出了眼淚。cry“哭”；move“感動”。

16.A考查動詞。他開始解釋You don’t say的意思，所以應選A。explain“解釋”；prove“證明，證實”。

17.B考查名詞。experience 經驗；expression 表達；explanation 解釋； example 例子。句意為：這是表示吃驚的一種表達方式，所以應選B。

18.B考查名詞。作者沒有明白 “you don?t say”的含義，所以外國人建議作者注意英語成語的用法。

19.B考查代詞。 make fool of sb. 愚弄某人。作者沒有聽懂外國人說話的意思，所以感覺愚弄了自己。

20.C考查形容詞。對于習語用法更加小心。be careful with. . . 對……小心，細心。