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!" 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 at home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!" "Yes, it is one of the mysteries 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?"

"Well, I didn't ask you to do so," he answered, greatly surprised.

"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（习语）. "

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

1.The writer was puzzled（疑惑） because ____________.

A. the foreigner has some trouble in understanding him.

B. the writer himself didn’t understand the meaning of “You don’t say!”

C. the foreigner was not polite.

D. the writer thought there was something wrong with the foreigner.

2. What made the foreigner laugh? ___________.

A. The English idioms

B. The writer’s talking about the Great Wall

C. The writer’s question

D. The writer’s country

3.The story probably happened in ________.

A. China B. America

C. England D. Australia

4.The writer was puzzled _______ in the passage.

A. once B. twice

C. three times D．four times

5.The English idiom “You don’t say!” means “_____”.

A. Really B. OK

C. Thank you D. I don’t like it

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这是一个由于语言差异而引起误会的小故事。

1.B细节理解。根据文中“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!" I was puzzled, and I thought, "Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about." 可知作者不知道“You don’t say!”的意思。故选B.

2.2】C细节理解。根据文中“"Didn’t you say 'You don't say!'?" I asked again. Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly.”可知答案是C。

3.3】A细节理解。根据文中第一自然段作者在街上遇到一名英国人于是和他谈论如何学英语后又和他谈论长城可推断故事可能发生在中国。

4.4】B细节理解。根据文中“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!" I was puzzled,” 以及“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?"”可知作者有两次被这句话所迷惑。故选B.

5.5】A细节理解。根据文中“He began to explain, "'You don't say!' means 'Really'. Perhaps you know little about English idioms（习语）””可知答案是A.

考点：故事性短文