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,   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

 

第二节：完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms,  36_my teacher said again and again that it was important．

    One day, I happened to  37  an Englishman, on the road, and soon we began to  38  ． 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  39  , I thought, perhaps this is not a  40  topic. Well, I’d  41  change the topic． So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?  42 _ the way, have you ever   43  there?”

    “Certainly, everyone back home will  44   me if I leave China without seeing  45 . It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of   46  ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “  47  !” I couldn’t  48  asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do  49  ”, he answered, gently surprised．

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

    Hearing this, theEnglishman  50   to tears. He began to  51 , “‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really?’. It is an  52  of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention  53  English idioms．”

    Then I knew I had made fool of   54  ． Since then I have been more  55  with idioms．

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

45．A．It              B．them            C．anything            D． something

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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