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

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The Great Wall is wide enough for ten men to walk  38 . Horses can also run along it, too. The Great Wall  39  stones and bricks（砖）. There are huge stones on  40  side and on the highest part. But now some sections of it are worn out.
There are tall watch-towers alone the Great Wall. Once upon  41  time, the soldiers kept watching the enemies（敌人）in the watch-towers day and night. They made  42  on the towers to  43  each other when the enemies came.
Nowadays we don’t use the Great Wall to keep away the enemies any more. It is a famous place of interest to all the people in  44 . Every year  45  people come to visit it form all over the world.
【小题1】A. wide            B. tall                 C. long
【小题2】A. calling         B. call                 C. called
【小题3】A. side by side    B. one by one           C. one after another
【小题4】A. was made of     B. was made from       C. was made in
【小题5】A. both            B. all                  C. each
【小题6】A. an              B. a                    C. the
【小题7】A. fire            B. a kite               C. a face
【小题8】A. tell            B. talk                 C. speak
【小题9】A. Asia            B. the world            C. Europe
【小题10】A. thousand       B. a few thousand      C. thousands of