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 confused, and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” Then I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever visited it?”

“Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful! ” “Yes, it is one of the wonders 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 couldn’t I talk about it?”

“Well, I didn’t stop you talking about it,” 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(习惯用语).”

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

1.What made the foreigner laugh loudly?

A．English idioms.

B．The writer’s question.

C．Their talking about the Great Wall

D．The writer’s way of learning English

2.Where does the story most probably happen?

A．In China.	B．In America.
C．In England.	D．In Japan.

3.The English idiom “You don’t say!” means _______.

A．Thank you

B．Excuse me

C．OK

D．Really

4.What does the writer learn from his own experience? He should _______.

A．improve his spoken English

B．speak with foreigners in a polite way

C．pay attention to English idioms

D．be brave enough talking with foreigners

5.The story tells us _______ between languages in different countries.

A．the difference	B．the popularity
C．the grammar rule	D．the change

 

【小题1】There are           activities that people can do indoors.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

【小题2】People can taste food from different countries           .

A．at Yunhai Square	B．in the City Library Hall
C．in the City Museum	D．in font of the City Hall

【小题3】If someone wants to find a right job, he should           .

A．listen to the lecture	B．buy presents
C．bring food and drink	D．go to the fashion show

【小题4】Mr.Lee wants to take two shirts for her wife after the fashion show, he needs to pay        .

A．more than 200 yuan	B．at least 300 yuan
C．less than 200 yuan	D．nothing at all

【小题5】If people want to get some information about some foreign countries, they can           .

A．see the movies	B．go to the pop concert
C．see the fashion show	D． go to the library lecture

 

 

1.There are           activities that people can do indoors.

            A. two                  B. three             C. four               D. five

2.People can taste food from different countries           .

            A. at Yunhai Square                      B. in the City Library Hall

       C. in the City Museum                D. in font of the City Hall

3.If someone wants to find a right job, he should           .

            A. listen to the lecture                B. buy presents

       C. bring food and drink                D. go to the fashion show

4.Mr.Lee wants to take two shirts for her wife after the fashion show, he needs to pay        .

            A. more than 200 yuan                B. at least 300 yuan

       C. less than 200 yuan                            D. nothing at all

5.If people want to get some information about some foreign countries, they can           .

            A. see the movies                                            B. go to the pop concert

       C. see the fashion show                                D. go to the library lecture

 

(ENGLISH COACHING PAPER, March 3, 2011) The biggest shopping center will open on March 6. Everybody with today’s ENGLISH COACHING PAPER will get a small present that day. You are welcome. Telephone: 3899068; No. 6 Tonghua Road

 

(ENGLISH NEWS PAPER, March 19) English News Paper needs a foreign editor(编辑). He or she must have worked in China for more than 2 years. British nationality is necessary. The wage(工资) is $ 100, 000 a year. The term is 3 years. In ten days, this piece of add will be useless. Telephone: 3890666; Address: No. 6 Xinling Road

 

CHINA FOOTBALL, February 3 2011. Shanghai Shenhua Team VS Beijing Guo’an team. TIME: February 8, Sunday(3:00) PLACE: Hongkou Stadium NAME: China Cup Football Martch

【小题1】If the reader has an English Coaching Paper of March 3, 2011, he will get a small present __________..
A. every day                       B. from English Coaching Paper   
C. on March 6, 2011                 D on February 3, 2011
【小题2】If a Britain editor who has worked in China for three years comes to English News Paper office to ask for the job on time, he should___________.

A．call 3890666	B．call 3899068
C．go to No. 6 Tonghua Road	D．go to Hongkou Stadium

【小题3】Where and when will the football match be?

A．In Guo’an on February 8	B．In Hongkou Stadium on February 3
C．In Hongkou Stadium on Sunday	D．In Shenhua Stadium on February 8

problems	causes	Advice
Feeling stressed	Too much homework; Don’t have enough tome for their hobbies.	Make a plan for study and hobbies. Find time to relax as possible as you can.
Getting short-sighted  (近视的)	Too much homework; Bad reading and writing habits.	Do homework and reading in a correct way.
Fighting with each other	Don’t know how to get on well with classmates.	Make more friends and understand each other. Share your problems with them.
Feeling tired of study	Computer games’ bad influence.	Don’t be crazy about computer games. Play them just for a short time when you are tired.
Getting fat	Having more pocket money to buy snacks; Dislike doing exercise.	Use your pocket money to do something meaningful. Spend some time doing exercise every day.

【小题1】There are ______ main problems in the survey.

A．four

B．five

C．six

D．seven

【小题2】What problems are caused by too much homework?

A．Feeling stressed and fighting with each other.

B．Feeling tired of study and getting fat.

C．Feeling stressed and getting short-sighted.

D．Getting short-sighted and feeling tired of study.

【小题3】If Simon is feeling stressed, he should __________.

A．do much more homework

B．make a plan to spend time on study and hobbies

C．donate(捐赠) his pocket money to Project Hope

D．buy some snacks

【小题4】Peter is tired of study, maybe because he __________.

A．has no close friends

B．has no pocket money

C．plays too many computer games

D．gets fatter and fatter

【小题5】 __________ is a good way for the teenagers to stop fighting.

A．Doing less homework

B．Playing computer games

C．learning how to make friends

D．Paying no attention to each other