A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms,   41  my teacher said again and again that it was important．

    One day, I happened to  42  an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to  43   ．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  44  , I thought, perhaps this is not a  45  topic．Well, I’d  46  change the topic．So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?  47  the way, have you ever 48 there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will  49  me if I leave China without seeing  50  ．It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of   51  ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “  52  !” I couldn’t  53  asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do  54  ”, he answered, gently surprised．

   I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”

   Hearing this, the Englishman  55  to tears．He began to  56 ,“‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really?’．It is an   57  of surprise．Perhaps you don’t pay attention 58  English idioms. ”

   Then I knew I had made a fool of  59 ．Since then I have been more  60  with idioms．

A.though            B. when         C. if                  D. as

A.look           B. meet       C. pick up             D. find out

A.walk           B. talk        C. play              D. go

A.pleased        B. angry      C. afraid             D. surprised

A.proper             B. strange      C. safe              D. polite

A.to                  B. better       C. not                 D. like

A.On                B. In           C. All                 D. By

A.gone                B. visited      C. seen              D. been

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

A.it                B. hem         C. anything       D. something

A.fun            B. interest     C. business            D. mountain

A.Really        B. Good        C. You don’ t say  D. You are right.

A. be               B. help         C. think             D. do

A.this              B. so           C. anything         D. me a favor

A.laughed     B. cried      C. moved             D. came

A.explain         B. shout       C. prove              D. say

A.experience   B. expression  C. explanation       D. example

A.for           B. to           C. at                   D. in

A.me             B. myself      C. him                D. somebody

A.helpful         B. popular    C .careful            D. satisfied

A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms,   21  my teacher said again and again that it was important．

    One day, I happened to __ 22 _ an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to  __23   ．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   24 ___ , I thought, perhaps this is not a __ 25 __ topic．Well, I’d __ 26  change the topic．So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?  _27 _ the way, have you ever __28__ there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will  __29 __ me if I leave China without seeing  __30 ．It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of   31  ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ __ 32  !” I couldn’t  _33 __ asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do  __34__  ”, he answered, gently surprised．

   I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”

   Hearing this, the Englishman _ 35__  to tears．He began to __ 36___ ,“‘You don’t say actually means ‘really?’．It is an   _37__  of surprise．Perhaps you don’t pay attention __38___ English idioms．”

   Then I knew I had made a fool of __39__ ．Since then I have been more  ___50__  with idioms．

21. A. though                       B. when                       C. if                      D. as

22. A. look                      B. meet                   C. pick up                  D. find out
23. A. walk                     B. talk                      C. play                    D. go
24. A. pleased                   B. angry                   C. afraid                  D. surprised
25. A. proper                    B. strange                    C. safe                     D. polite
26. A. to                            B. better                      C. not                        D. like
27. A. On                           B. In                         C. All                        D. By
28. A. gone                       B. visited                     C. seen                 D. been
29. A. look at                   B. think of                 C. send for                 D. laugh at
30. A. it                             B. them                   C. anything                  D. something
31.A. interesting           B. interest                C. interests                   D. interested
32. A. Really                    B. Good                      C. You don’ t say             D. You are right

33. A. be                            B. help                       C. think                 D. do
34. A. this                       B. so                         C. anything                 D. me a favor
35. A. laughed                  B. cried                       C. moved                 D. came
36. A. explain                     B. shout                  C. prove                  D. say
37. A. experience               B. expression             C. explanation              D. example
38. A. for                           B. to                         C. at                          D. in
39. A. me                         B. myself                 C. him                       D. himself
40. A. helpful                      B. popular                  C .careful                 D. satisfied

  Once upon a time，there was no donkey(驴子)in a small village. One day a merchant(商人)brought one to the village. But the 36 had a 37 master. So one day it 38 a forest and decided to stay there. But soon a tiger saw it and immediately  39  at it. At once the donkey started to cry 40 it could. The tiger was so 41 by the donkey’s action 41 it ran away with fear.

   Not long afterwards the tiger met a fox.  43 out of breath，it told the fox what 44 . Then the tiger 45 the fox to the place  46  it had met the donkey. When the fox saw the donkey，it laughed and said，“That’s only a 47 donkey and it only eats  48 ．Come，let’s kill it 49 supper. When the donkey saw them 50，it quickly 51 a plan.” “Hello，old friend! How nice to see you，and how nice 52 you to bring me supper，my favorite food—tiger meat!”

Heating this，the tiger was very 53 as well as angry. “I’ll teach you a lesson.” It 54 angrily at the fox，and 55 one jump，killed it. Then it ran away as fast as it could.

  36．A．monkey    B．donkey    C．tiger   D．fox

  37．A．cruel      B．good      C．kind    D．selfish

  38．A．moved to   B．ran away across C．ran away into D．went through

  39．A．stared      B．came        C．saw        D．watched

  40．A．as loud as   B．so loud as    C．as aloud as   D．so aloud as

  41．A．surprised   B．pleased      C．excited      D．worried

  42．A．as         B．when       C．that        D．and

  43．A．Hardly     B．Almost     C．Already     D．Mostly

  44．A．appeared   B．happened    C．had happened  D．was taken

  45．A．carried    B．watched     C．showed       D．led

  46．A．where     B．that        C．which       D．when

  47．A．dangerous  B．harmful    C．terrible     D．harmless

  48．A．tiger meat  B．grass      C．animals     D．birds

  49．A．on        B．with       C．for        D．about

  50．A．coming along  B．gone away  C．coming in D．going along

  51．A．make    B．got     C．found out  D．thought over

  52．A．for    B．with      C．about     D．of

  53．A．afraid    B．fear    C． frightened  D．horribly

  54．A．spoke    B．shouted  C．said  D．told

  55．A．with     B．have    C．take   D．for

   Once upon a time，there was no donkey(驴子)in a small village. One day a merchant(商人)brought one to the village. But the 36 had a 37 master. So one day it 38 a forest and decided to stay there. But soon a tiger saw it and immediately  39  at it. At once the donkey started to cry 40 it could. The tiger was so 41 by the donkey’s action 41 it ran away with fear.

   Not long afterwards the tiger met a fox.  43 out of breath，it told the fox what 44 . Then the tiger 45 the fox to the place  46  it had met the donkey. When the fox saw the donkey，it laughed and said，“That’s only a 47 donkey and it only eats  48 ．Come，let’s kill it 49 supper. When the donkey saw them 50，it quickly 51 a plan.” “Hello，old friend! How nice to see you，and how nice 52 you to bring me supper，my favorite food—tiger meat!”

Heating this，the tiger was very 53 as well as angry. “I’ll teach you a lesson.” It 54 angrily at the fox，and 55 one jump，killed it. Then it ran away as fast as it could.

  36．A．monkey    B．donkey    C．tiger   D．fox

  37．A．cruel      B．good      C．kind    D．selfish

  38．A．moved to   B．ran away across C．ran away into D．went through

  39．A．stared      B．came        C．saw        D．watched

  40．A．as loud as   B．so loud as    C．as aloud as   D．so aloud as

  41．A．surprised   B．pleased      C．excited      D．worried

  42．A．as         B．when       C．that        D．and

  43．A．Hardly     B．Almost     C．Already     D．Mostly

  44．A．appeared   B．happened    C．had happened  D．was taken

  45．A．carried    B．watched     C．showed       D．led

  46．A．where     B．that        C．which       D．when

  47．A．dangerous  B．harmful    C．terrible     D．harmless

  48．A．tiger meat  B．grass      C．animals     D．birds

  49．A．on        B．with       C．for        D．about

  50．A．coming along  B．gone away  C．coming in D．going along

  51．A．make    B．got     C．found out  D．thought over

  52．A．for    B．with      C．about     D．of

  53．A．afraid    B．fear    C． frightened  D．horribly

  54．A．spoke    B．shouted  C．said  D．told

  55．A．with     B．have    C．take   D．for

A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms,  31_my teacher said again and again that it was important．

One day, I happened to  32  an Englishman, on the road, and soon we began to  33  ． 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  34  , I thought, perhaps this is not a  35  topic. Well, I’d  36  change the topic． So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?  37 _ the way, have you ever   3 8  there?”

“Certainly, everyone back home will  39   me if I leave China without seeing  40 . It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of   41  ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “  42  !” I couldn’t  43  asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do  44  ”, he answered, gently surprised．

I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”

Hearing this, the Englishman  45   to tears. He began to  46 , “‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really?’. It is an  47  of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention  48  English idioms．”

Then I knew I had made fool of   49  ． Since then I have been more  50  with idioms．