3. What made the foreigner laugh?

2. When did they begin to talk about the Great Wall?

1. What did the writer and the Englishman talk about at first?

5.　　　 When did she write her first story?

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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 (困惑的), 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?" "Well, I didn't ask you to do so," 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 (惯用语)." Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.　

4.　　　 Are her books about Harry Potter very popular all over the world?

3. When she finished her first book about Harry Potter, was the book published at　 once?

2. Why was her house small and cold When Joanne lived in Edinburgh?

1. When did Joanne study in Paris?

Many people go to school for a good education. They learn languages, history, maths and other subjects. School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. No matter how much a teacher knows, he cannot teach his students everything they want to know. His work is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.

It is always more important to know how to study by oneself. It is quite easy to learn something in language or a formula in maths, but it is difficult to use a formula in finding the answer to a maths problem. Great inventors do not get everything from school, but they can invent many things and change the world a lot. Though Thomas Edison invented many things, he didn’t have much school education. How do they do all this? A lot of things are not taught in the classroom. They get knowledge from books outside school. They work hard all their lives, and the most important thing is that they know how to use their heads.

1.why do many people go to school?　 ( A )

2.what should a student do since he can’t learn everything from school? ( C )

3.How can an inventor invent things?　 ( B )

4.who changes the world a lot?　 ( C )

5.which of the following shows the most important idea of this passage?　 ( B)

1.　　　 W: I think it’s going to snow.

M: Starting to snow? The ground’s already covered.

Q: What does the woman mean?　 ( B )

2.　　　 M: don’t make a sound and you won’t get hurt. Now hand over your handbag. Make it fast!

W: Here . Take what you want. I won’t shout. But please don’t hurt me.

Q: What’s happening?　 ( A )

3.　　　 M: Can I come to your library and borrow some books?

W: Sure. We are open until 5:50.

Q: When does the library close?　 ( C )

4.　　　 W: how many students are there in your class?

M: forty but how many of them have got the books?

W: twenty-five.

Q: How many students haven’t got the books?　 ( B )

5.　　　 W: Lucy is taller than Kate.

M: Yes, but Sam is taller than Lucy.

Q: who is the tallest of the three?　 ( B )

6.　　　 M: How much is the pen?

W: Ten dollars, sir.

M: Ten dollars?

Q: What does the man think of the pen?　 ( A )

7.　　　 M: Hello. May I speak to Mr Smith?

W: Hold on, please. He’s answering another call.

Q: What’s Mr Smith doing?　 ( B )

8.　　　 M: Did you listen to the radio weather report?

W: Yes. It says most of South China will have a cold and wet day tomorrow.

Q: What will the weather be like in most of South China tomorrow?　 ( B )