A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher stressed 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 a proper 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 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.

Always remember: what the English teachers say is always right to us students.

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

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

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

4.After the Englishman explained the idiom, _______. 

When he saw we were upset, he began to ____ us for hours with his stories and jokes.

1. A.
   encourage
2. B.
   educate
3. C.
   entertain
4. D.
   astonish

He began to __________ because every means _______ tried already.

 A. lose heart; has been   B. lose heart; had been

 C. lose his heart; was    D. lose his heart; had

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Mother’s Day was coming，but John had been visiting customers．He was now in a small town just outside a flower shop and he knew what to do．

He went into the shop and saw a young man  36  the clerk(店员) to sell him some roses for six dollars，but the clerk just explained that roses were    37   and that his money was not enough.

The clerk looked up at John，  38  her head．Something inside of John was   39  by the boy’ s voice．John had been   40  with his business，and he looked at the clerk and  41    mouthed that he would pay for the roses．

The clerk looked at the young man and told him to get the roses for six dollars. The young man almost jumped into the  42  and ran from the store with the  43 ．It was worth the extra dollars just to see that kind of   44 ．

John ordered his own flowers and made sure that the  45  would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her．He drove away from the shop，feeling very  46 ．He caught a  traffic light about two blocks away．As he  47  at the light，he saw the young boy walking down the sidewalk．He watched him cross the street and enter a park through two huge gates．Suddenly，he  48  that it wasn’t a park but a cemetery（公墓）．

The light  49 ，and John slowly crossed the intersection．He  50   and on an impuise（冲动）got out and began to follow the boy．The young man stopped by a small monument(墓碑) and went to his  51  . He began to cry after he carefully  52  the roses on the grave(墓地)．He stared at the little boy’s heaving（起伏的）body and listened to his crying．

John turned with  53 ，and walked back to his car．He drove  54  to the shop and told her he would  55  the flowers personally．He wanted to tell his mother one more time just how much he loved her．

36．A．begging              B．ordering             C．forcing               D．threatening

37．A．cheap                  B．beautiful         C．expensive        D．special

38．A．shaking              B．waving               C．shocking                 D．holding

39．A．sensed                   B．touched                  C．hurt                   D．lightened

40．A．influenced                 B．ruined                    C．buried                    D．satisfied

41．A．loudly                    B．silently                   C．gently                    D．calmly

42．A．river                  B．air                          C．lake                   D．hole

43．A．money                    B．flowers                   C．basket                    D．cards

44．A．surprise                  B．fright                        C．excitement             D．sadness

45．A．sending                  B．message                  C．transportation     D．export

46．A．inspired                  B．disappointed            C．good                      D．sorry

47．A．sang                       B．waited                    C．looked                   D．stood

48．A．remembered            B．found                     C．discovered              D．realized

49．A．flashed                  B．changed                  C．disappeared            D．shone

50．A．drove back              B．pulled over             C．broke down            D．settled down

51．A．arms                      B．palms(手掌)            C．feet                   D．knees

52．A．laid                        B．removed                 C．set                         D．grew

53．A．laughter                  B．anger                  C．tears                      D．cruelty

54．A．slowly                    B．quickly                   C．carefully            D．excitedly

55．A．bring                  B．fetch              C．take                   D．fasten

Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling（赌博）and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was nearly sent away. After he came out of lock-up(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him. It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly a few policemen opened the door and came in.

“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, Daddy” said the boy “So I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”

1.Mr. Lang was paid much because _______.

2.Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______.

3.The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.

4.Which of the following is right? _________.