A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms(习语), though my teacher told us the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.

One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be surprised. Gently shaking his head,shrugging his shoulders, he said,“You don’t say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not a right topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him. “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was wonderful.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.” Soon I was interrupted(打断)again by his words: “You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say’?” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “ ‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really!’ It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” I realized I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.

1.A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because       .

A.I had no interest in them

B.English idioms were very difficult

C.I did not realize the importance of them

D.my teacher didn’t tell us the importance of them

2.At first, on hearing “You don’t say,” I thought the foreigner meant       .

A.I had talked too much                    B.I had to stop talking

C.he was not interested in the topic           D.he was only interested in the Great Wall

3.“…was shown in an amusing experience.” The word “amusing” probably means     .

A.interesting        B.important         C.terrible           D.unlucky

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.

B.The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.

C.The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.

D.The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.

5.After the Englishman explained the idiom, ___________.

A.I felt very silly                          B.the Englishman became a real fool

C.I became more careful in everything         D.I thought the Englishman had made me a fool

 

Computers are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future we will use computers in everyday life. It is thought that we won’t have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get all texts from computers. People will use the Internet to play games, see films and buy food. Also,we can use the Internet to make telephone calls.

Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communication (交际). Others do not think that computers will replace our old ways.

Let’s look at books, for example. Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books using computers. We’ll read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won’t need to turn to lots of pages and we will save lots of paper. We will use more and more computerized (计算机化的) books

Is Internet shopping such a pleasure(愉快的事) as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. It is also unlikely (不大可能) that many people will want to read large texts on our computers, because paper books may be more friendly. Maybe computers won’t change these two habits .

1.In the future , people will use computers for ___.

A.playing games, shopping and making telephone calls

B.making telephone calls, having meals and seeing films

C.seeing films, buying food and going for holidays

D.playing games, making telephone calls and seeing the doctors

2.In the passage, the word “replace” means ___.

A.更新

B.取代

C.交换

D.放弃

3.Which reason for using computerized books is not said in the passage?

A.Computerized books won’t be very expensive.

B.Computers can keep many different books in them.

C.We won’t have lots of pages.

D.We won’t need any paper.

4.It tells us _________ in the last paragraph

A.about the old and new ways of shopping and communicating

B.if the Internet will change our habits

C.about computerized books

D.about future uses of computers

5.The title for this passage is ___.

A.Computers will replace shops and books

B.Computers are the future

C.Computers will do everything for man

D.How computers change our life

 

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