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

A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms,   1  my teacher said again and again that it was important．

One day, I happened to  2  an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to  3   ．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  4  , I thought, perhaps this is not a  5  topic．Well, I’d  6  change the topic．So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?  7  the way, have you ever 8 there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will  9  me if I leave China without seeing  10  ．It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of   11  ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “  12  !” I couldn’t  13  asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do  14  ”, he answered, gently surprised．

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

Hearing this, the Englishman 15  to tears．He began to  16 ,“‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really?’．It is an   17  of surprise．Perhaps you don’t pay attention 18  English idioms．”

Then I knew I had made fool of  19 ．Since then I have been more 20  with idioms．

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

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

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．to                           B．better                    C．not                       D．like

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．anything            D．something

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

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

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

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

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．somebody

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