Question

【题目】A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms, my teacher said again and again that it was important.

One day, I happened to an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to . As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, "You don't say! You don't say!" I was , I thought, perhaps this is not a topic. Well，I change the topic. So I said to him, "Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? the way, have you ever —— there?" "Certainly, everyone back home will me if I leave China without seeing . It was great. "I said, "The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of ." Soon I was interrupted by his words, "You don’ t say!" I couldn't asking, "Why do you ask me not to talk about it?" "Well, I didn't ask you to do so" he answered, very surprised.

I said, "Didn't you say 'You don't say'?"

Hearing this，the Englishman to tears. He began to ， "You don't say actually means' really?'. It is an of surprise. Perhaps you don't pay attention English idioms." Then I knew I had made a fool of . Since then I have been more with idioms.

【1】A. though B. when C. if D. as

【2】A. teach B. meet C. hear D. recognize

【3】A. walk B. talk C. play D. go

【4】A. pleased B. angry C. afraid D. surprised

【5】A. proper B. strange C. safe D. polite

【6】A. would rather B. had better C. have to D. ought to

【7】A. On B. In C. All D. By

【8】 A. gone B. visited C. seen D. been

【9】A. look at B. think of C. send for D. laugh at

【10】 A. it B. them C. one D. that

【11】 A. recall B. interest C. birth D. origin

【12】 A. Really B. rudely C. again D. alone

【13】A. wait B. help C. think D. do

【14】A. smelling B. sounding C. tasting D. falling

【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. for B. to C.at D. in

【19】A. me B. myself C. him D. himself

【20】 A. helpful B. popular C. careful D. satisfied

Answer 1

【答案】【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【4】D

【5】A

【6】B

【7】D

【8】D

【9】D

【10】A

【11】B

【12】C

【13】B

【14】B

【15】A

【16】A

【17】B

【18】B

【19】B

【20】C

【解析】本文作者因为不注意英语习语的学习，在与外国人交谈的过程中，闹出了一个笑话。

【1】though引导让步状语从句。

【2】 “我”碰巧在路上遇到了一个英国人。

【3】 “我们”开始交谈起来。

【4】 作者误以为这个英国人不让他说了，故他感到“吃惊”。

【5】 他以为这个话题不合适。

【6】 “我”最好要改变一下话题。

【7】 by the way意为“随便问一问”，通常用来引出另一个话题。

【8】 随便问一问，你曾去过长城吗？

【9】 laugh at是“嘲笑”之意，符合句意。

【10】 it指代前面提到的the Great Wall。

【11】 place of interest意为“名胜”，符合句意。

【12】 “我”的话再次被他打断了。

【13】 can't help doing sth意为“情不自禁地做某事”，符合句意。

【14】 他的话听起来有点吃惊。

【15】 听到这个话，这个英国人笑出了眼泪。

【16】 他接着解释。

【17】 expression意为“表达，惯用语”，符合句意。

【18】 pay attention to为固定搭配，意为“注意”，文章第一句也出现过。

【19】 这时“我”才知道“我”自己愚弄了自己。

【20】 be careful with “小心，当心”，符合句意。