题目内容
A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, ____36___ my teacher said again and again that it was important.
One day, I ____37____ to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about ___38_____ 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 was 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 it. It is great!’
I said, ‘The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of ____45___.’ But soon I was ___46___ again by his words, ‘___47_____!’ I couldn’t help but __48____, ‘Why did you ask me not to talk about it?’
‘Well, I ___49____ ask you to do so,’ he answered, gently surprised.
I said, ‘Didn’t you say “You don’t say”?’
Hearing this, the Englishman ___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 to English _____53______.’
Then I knew I had made a fool of ___54___. Since then I have been more __55____ with idioms
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【解析】本文向我们讲述了作者因为不明白 “you don?t say”英语习语的确切含义而发生的一场笑话。
1.A考查连词。根据句意“尽管老师一次次说英语习语重要，我还是没有注意”。根据两句之间的关系，应选A。
2.D考查动词。我在路上碰巧happen遇见一个英国人。
3.C考查连词。两个人相遇，然后开始交谈。我告诉他我是如何学英语的。
4.D考查形容词。当外国人说“You don’t say”时，我理解的是“你不能说”，我很吃惊。所以应选D。
5.A考查形容词。proper 合适的，适当的。作者认为这是一个不合适的话题，所以应选A。
6.B考查固定短语。had better do sth. 最好做……。作者认为应该换一个话题，所以应用had better，选B。
7.D考查解词。by the way 是固定搭配，顺便说一下。
8.D考查动词。你曾经去过那儿吗？have been to some place去过某地。
9.D考查动词短语。去了中国而未去过长城，会被人嘲笑，所以应选D。laugh at 嘲笑。
10.B考查名词。 a place of interest名胜
11.C考查动词。 interrupt打断。外国人一开始说“You don’t say”，我又被打断了。
12.C考查习语。见46解析。
13.B考查非谓语动词。couldn’t help but+动词原形，意思是：禁不住做某事。
14.D考查助动词。我并没有让你那样做。do so 那样做，指的是让作者not to talk about it。
15.A考查动词。外国人觉得作者误会了他的话，觉得很好笑，所以是笑得流出了眼泪。cry“哭”；move“感动”。
16.A考查动词。他开始解释You don’t say的意思，所以应选A。explain“解释”；prove“证明，证实”。
17.B考查名词。experience 经验；expression 表达；explanation 解释； example 例子。句意为：这是表示吃惊的一种表达方式，所以应选B。
18.B考查名词。作者没有明白 “you don?t say”的含义，所以外国人建议作者注意英语成语的用法。
19.B考查代词。 make fool of sb. 愚弄某人。作者没有听懂外国人说话的意思，所以感觉愚弄了自己。
20.C考查形容词。对于习语用法更加小心。be careful with. . . 对……小心，细心。
ide of the prison wall.