One day, I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying “You don’t say!”

I was confused, and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” Then I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever visited it?”

“Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful! ” “Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don’t say!”

I couldn’t help asking, “Why couldn’t I talk about it?”

“Well, I didn’t stop you talking about it,” he answered, greatly surprised.

“Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say!’?” I asked again.

Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “’You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’. Perhaps you know little about English idioms(习惯用语).”

Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.

1.What made the foreigner laugh loudly?

2.Where does the story most probably happen?

3.The English idiom “You don’t say!” means _______.

4.What does the writer learn from his own experience? He should _______.

5.The story tells us _______ between languages in different countries.

1.There are           activities that people can do indoors.

            A. two                  B. three             C. four               D. five

2.People can taste food from different countries           .

            A. at Yunhai Square                      B. in the City Library Hall

       C. in the City Museum                D. in font of the City Hall

3.If someone wants to find a right job, he should           .

            A. listen to the lecture                B. buy presents

       C. bring food and drink                D. go to the fashion show

4.Mr.Lee wants to take two shirts for her wife after the fashion show, he needs to pay        .

            A. more than 200 yuan                B. at least 300 yuan

       C. less than 200 yuan                            D. nothing at all

5.If people want to get some information about some foreign countries, they can           .

            A. see the movies                                            B. go to the pop concert

       C. see the fashion show                                D. go to the library lecture