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(習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)).”
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
小題1:What made the foreigner laugh loudly?
A．English idioms.
B．The writer’s question.
C．Their talking about the Great Wall
D．The writer’s way of learning English
小題2:Where does the story most probably happen?
A．In China.B．In America.
C．In England.D．In Japan.
小題3:The English idiom “You don’t say!” means _______.
A．Thank youB．Excuse meC．OKD．Really
小題4:What does the writer learn from his own experience? He should _______.
A．improve his spoken English
B．speak with foreigners in a polite way
C．pay attention to English idioms
D．be brave enough talking with foreigners
小題5:The story tells us _______ between languages in different countries.
A．the differenceB．the popularity
C．the grammar rule D．the change

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:A

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句““Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say!’?” I asked again.”理解可知。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句““Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful! ””理解可知。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句“He began to explain, “’You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’. Perhaps you know little about English idioms(習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)).””理解可知。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句“Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.”理解可知。
小題5:理解歸納題，根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句理解可知。
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