Question

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.
小题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

小题2:Where does the story most probably happen?

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

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

A．Thank you

B．Excuse me

C．OK

D．Really

小题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

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

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

Answer 1

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A

小题1:细节理解题，根据文中语句““Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say!’?” I asked again.”理解可知。
小题2:细节理解题，根据文中语句““Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful! ””理解可知。
小题3:细节理解题，根据文中语句“He began to explain, “’You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’. Perhaps you know little about English idioms(习惯用语).””理解可知。
小题4:细节理解题，根据文中语句“Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.”理解可知。
小题5:理解归纳题，根据文中语句理解可知。