A man made a nice talk machine. It could weigh people’s weight. The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of them. He put the machine into the waiting of a station. There were a lot of people in and out.

       The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine. The machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak.

       “Good morning, madam,” it said in Indian, “Your weight is 72 kilos. That’s three kilos more. If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you’ll be soon all right. Please have a nice day.”

       The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl. She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight.

       “Good morning, Miss,” The machine said in Chinese .Your weight is 45 kilos .It’s all right for your age and height. Go on to eat what you eat every day. Please have a nice day.”

       The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman .She thought for a long time to stand on the machine. The machine spoke highly in English, “ Good morning, Will one of you get off?”

1.       What did the man make?

2.       Who was the first person to use the machine?

3.       How many languages did the machine speak in this passage?

4.       How much did the first woman weigh at most if she wanted to be healthier?

5.       What is the meaning of the last sentence in this passage?

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! You don’t say!” I was puzzled, and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?”
“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 do you ask me not to talk about it?”
The foreigner said, “I don’t say that. Why do you think so?”
“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.”
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
【小题1】 The writer began to talk about the Great Wall because ______.
A. the Englishman told him to do so     
B. he tried to find a new and right topic
C. he couldn’t talk about his study any more
【小题2】When the writer asked, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?”,
the Englishman felt ______.
A. angry                        B. interested                   C. surprised
【小题3】Here “You don’t say!” means ______.
A. “Stop talking!”               
B. “really?”                 
C. “Look out.”
【小题4】The story may happen in ______.
A. China                        B. England                  C. Australia
【小题5】This is a story about ______.
A. nice trips                  
B. good manners            
C. English idioms

用括号中动词的适当形式填空

He said it was nice ________ (talk) to you.

  My first time taking part in the English corner was very interesting.  I went there with my classmate, who also wanted to  ___36______his spoken English . We agreed with each other that if we couldn`t find ___37_____person to join us , we could at least talk with each other in English . At the same time we could also encourage each other . At the beginning , ___38____of us talked actively with the other people , but then we met an American teacher . He was ___39_____and invited us to join his group . We attended their discussion , ___40____we didn`t say anything , either . The American __41_____was very surprised and said , “Anything is OK, If you don`t say anything , __42____do you come here ?”

     The second time I attended the English corner , I felt more ___43_____..I first invited a girl whose spoken English was very good  After talking , I knew she learned English all by herself . She was busy ___44____in a company , but she came to the English corner every week . She said I would __45____in the end if I persisted(坚持)in practicing it .

Now my English is very good !

（   ）36. A. speak  B. say  C. learn  D improve

（   ）37.A. other   B. many C. another  D. no

（   ）38.A .both   B any   C. neither  D. either

（   ）39.A. happy B .excited C. surprised D. nice

（   ）40.A. and  B. but  C. or  D. so 

（   ）41. A. classmate B. teacher C. doctor D scientist

（   ）42.A . why  B. when C. where D. how

（   ）43. A. embarrassed B. confident C. careful D. honest

（   ）44.A. working B. living C. learning D. speaking

（   ）45.A.speak  B. do  C. succeed  D. understand