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A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms, 21 my teacher said again and again that it was important．
One day, I happened to __ 22 _ an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to __23 ．As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was 24 ___ , I thought, perhaps this is not a __ 25 __ topic．Well, I’d __ 26 change the topic．So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? _27 _ the way, have you ever __28__ there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will __29 __ me if I leave China without seeing __30 ．It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of 31 ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ __ 32 !” I couldn’t _33 __ asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do __34__ ”, he answered, gently surprised．
I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”
Hearing this, the Englishman _ 35__ to tears．He began to __ 36___ ,“‘You don’t say actually means ‘really?’．It is an _37__ of surprise．Perhaps you don’t pay attention __38___ English idioms．”
Then I knew I had made a fool of __39__ ．Since then I have been more ___50__ with idioms．

A little boy was visiting his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot(弹弓）to   21 in the woods. He practiced and practiced but could never   22  the target. Becoming somewhat   23 , he headed back for dinner.
As he was returning, he saw Grandma’s   24 duck. Without thinking, he shot his slingshot, hit the duck right   25 the head and killed it. He was shocked and sad. Quickly, he   26 the dead duck in the wood pile, only to see his   27 watching. Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.
After   28 that day, Grandma said, “Sally, you wash the dishes.” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me that he wanted to   29 in the kitchen today, didn't you, Johnny?” And then she   30 to him, “Remember, the duck?” Then Johnny did the dishes.
Later, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to __31__ fishing, and Grandma said, “I’m sorry but I __32__ Sally to help me make supper.” But Sally smiled and said, “Well, that’s all right. Johnny told me he wanted to __33__.” And she whispered again, “Remember, the   34  ?” So Sally went fishing and Johnny   35 at home.
After several days, Johnny finally couldn't   36 it any longer. He went to Grandma and   37 that he had killed her pet duck and asked for her   38 .
Hearing this, Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said, “Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the   39 and saw the whole thing from the house. And because I   40 you, I forgive you, but I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make you her slave.”

【小题1】

A．work on

A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would 21 the water in ten minutes.
Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for 22 sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so 23 that she forget to deliver him the 24 . As a result, the passenger was 25 to take his medicine. She hurried over to him 26 a cup of water, but to her surprise he 27 it.
In the following hours on the 28 , each time the air hostess passed by the 29 , she would ask him with a 30 whether he needed help or not. But the passenger 31 paid attention to her words.
When he was going to get 32 the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess to 33 him the passenger’s booklet(意见簿). She was very 34 . She knew that he would write down 35 words, which might result in the loss of her job. 36 with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she 37 the booklet and cracked a smile, 38 the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times 39 . How can I refuse your twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s 40 ! Who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?

On a cold November afternoon，my mother and 1 were walking home from a 21 ．We were dressed 22 ．1 was feeling a little 23 as 1 was carrying our shopping，and decided to throw away something．So I started to walk towards a 24 when I noticed a poor man walking out of the restaurant in front of us．He 25 over to another nearby dustbin and started looking through it．

I suddenly felt very guilty because 1 was about to throw away a new drink just because it was

26 ．1 walked up to him and handed the 27 and some snacks over to him．The man looked up 28 and took what I gave him．

A huge smile 29 across his face and this 30 me to feel indescribable satisfaction．I felt I couldn’t be happier 31 myself．But then he said：“Wow，this is my son’s lucky day!”

With that，he thanked me happily and started off on his bike，I 32 heard him whistling a song as he rode away．

I got a warm 33 inside．I now understand 34 is meant by the saying “giving is getting”．

Although it only 35 a little action and a few words，I gained and learned more in those two minutes than I did in the rest of the month．Everyone in the world needs 36 ，everyone can 37 help and everyone will be helped by 38 kindness．

The image of that man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind every 39 I have the chance to do something nice．

This is the 40 of charity．

A．store B．school C．hospital D．factory

A．poorly B．coldly C．warmly D．expensively

A．glad B．interested C．bored D．tired

A．street B．dustbin C．toilet D．corner

A．walked B．looked C．thought D．took

A．cheap B．heavy C．tasteless D．full

A．money B．toys C．drink D．clothes

A．in silence B．in surprise C．in interest D．in a hurry

A．spread B．came C．went D．ran

A．forced B．helped C．made D．caused

A．with B．to C．at D．for

A．still B．never C．even D．ever

A．opinion B．mind C．idea D．feeling

A．which B．what C．that D．it

A．cost B．took C．spent D．asked

A．1ove B．money C．help D．drink

A．give B．send C．offer D．have

A．showing B．expressing C．1ending D．saying

A．moment B．day C．minute D．time

A．aim B．meaning C．strength D．power