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A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized (强调) 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 astonished. Gently shaking his head and shrugging his
shoulders, he said, "You don't say!" "You don't say!" I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an appropriate
topic."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 magnificent."
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 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 request 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." Only then did I know 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.
B. I was not careful with English idioms
C. My teacher didn't emphasize the importance of them
D. I had no interest in them
B. he was only interested in the Great Wall
C. I had talked too much
D. I had to stop talking
B. important
C. terrible
D. unlucky
B. The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.
C. The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.
D. The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.
B. the Englishman became a real fool
C. I felt very silly
D. I became more careful in everything
"Let's set a price limit on our gifts this year,"I suggested to my best friend Joanie.
"That's a good idea," Joanie agreed. "How about something over five dollars?"
"How about sixty cents?" I felt like the biggest cheapskate in the world.
"I guess this is where I'm supposed to say it's not the gift but the thought that counts," Joanie smiled.
It is almost impossible to buy anything under sixty cents, so it was really going to have to be very
small gifts with very big thoughts.
Finally, Christmas Day arrived. I gave my mother a candle with a note that said, "You are the brightest
light in my life." She almost cried when she read the note.
I gave my brother a wooden ruler. On the back of it I had painted, "No brother in the world could
measure up to you." He gave me a bag of sugar and wrote on it, "You're my sweet sister."
For Joanie, I painted a pair of shoes with a note that said, "No one could ever fill your shoes. "She
thanked me and said I always tickled (使……高兴) her and made her laugh.
To my other two friends, I gave Annie a paper fan and a note on it, "I'm your biggest fan." I gave
Helen a calculator that cost one dollar and I painted a message on the back, "You can always count
on me."
My mother knows she is the most important person in my life. My brother thinks I'm sweet. Joanie
thinks I'm funny and make her laugh, which is important because her dad moved away last year and she
misses him and is sad sometimes...
B. had little money to buy gifts for others
C. didn't know what gifts her friends would like
D. didn't have enough time to go shopping
B. buys the cheapest skateboards
C. spends as little money as possible
D. buys the cheapest things in the world
B. her mother's life
C. the girl's role in her mother's life
D. the mother's role in the girl's life
B. It is the thought not the gift that matters.
C. How to choose cheap gifts.
D. Giving gifts improves friendships.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas(胰腺). I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which was doctor’s code for preparing to die. It meant to try to tell your kids everything you thought you’d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It meant to make sure everything was buttoned up so that it would be as easy as possible for your family. It meant to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy(活组织检查). I was calm, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
This is the closest I’ve been to facing death. No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by the principle — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
【小题1】The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to let the readers __________.
A.be brave when facing a cancer |
B.treasure their lifetime to fulfill their own business |
C.know a sorrowful experience of his won |
D.know how he treasured his family. |
A.He prepared everything in order. | B.He had a biopsy. |
C.His pancreatic cancer can be curable with surgery. | D.His wife helped him. |
A.he was so optimistic that the incurable illness wouldn't bring him down. |
B.he could leave death alone and had enough courage to become what he wanted to. |
C.he was so determined that he wasn't scared at death. |
D.he was such a responsible man that he prepared well before he died. |
A.Gods. | B.The doctors |
C.Heart and intuition | D.Other persons |
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas(胰腺). I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which was doctor’s code for preparing to die. It meant to try to tell your kids everything you thought you’d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It meant to make sure everything was buttoned up so that it would be as easy as possible for your family. It meant to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy(活组织检查). I was calm, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
This is the closest I’ve been to facing death. No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by the principle — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
1.The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to let the readers __________.
A.be brave when facing a cancer
B.treasure their lifetime to fulfill their own business
C.know a sorrowful experience of his won
D.know how he treasured his family.
2.Why can the author's illness be cured so soon?
A.He prepared everything in order. B.He had a biopsy.
C.His pancreatic cancer can be curable with surgery. D.His wife helped him.
3.The impression the author gave readers is that __________.
A.he was so optimistic that the incurable illness wouldn't bring him down.
B.he could leave death alone and had enough courage to become what he wanted to.
C.he was so determined that he wasn't scared at death.
D.he was such a responsible man that he prepared well before he died.
4.What does the underlined word "they" in the last paragraph refer to?
A.Gods. B.The doctors
C.Heart and intuition D.Other persons
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