— Yesterday I lost my pencil sharpener. I couldn’t find 　　　 anywhere.

— Oh, what a pity! You’d better buy 　　　 this afternoon.

　　 A. it; it　　　　 B. one; it　　　　　 C. one; one　　 D. it; one

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?

A．English idioms.

B．The writer’s question.

C．Their talking about the Great Wall

D．The writer’s way of learning English

2.Where does the story most probably happen?

A．In China.	B．In America.
C．In England.	D．In Japan.

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

A．Thank you

B．Excuse me

C．OK

D．Really

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

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

A．the difference	B．the popularity
C．the grammar rule	D．the change

 

在下列各句的空格内填上一个适当的完整的单词，该词的首字母已给出。
1. Tony is really p______. He keeps waiting outside the house for almost three hours.
2. The f________ stood on the board, laughing happily, because they caught lots of fish this time.
3. When I heard of my grandma’s d________, I couldn’t help crying.
4.Parents hope their children can do best in the class, so they usually e_______ too much of
their children.
5. There is nothing in the box. It’s e______.

根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“A”来表示，错误的用“B”来表示。

A young man couldn’t sleep well every night. He was very worried. One day he went to see the doctor. The doctor looked him over carefully. But nothing was wrong with him. The doctor told him to count from 1 to 10 again and again. “Keep doing it until you fall asleep,” the doctor said.

After a few days, the young man came to the doctor again. But to his surprise, the doctor found the young man was even worse than before! “Didn’t you count as I told you?” the doctor asked. “Yes, I did,” the young man answered.   “But every time when I reached eight, I couldn’t help jumping(跳) from bed.”

“But why?” the doctor wanted to know. The young man said, “I am a boxer.”(拳击运动员)

1.The young man had a very terrible illness(疾病).

2.The doctor told him to count numbers from 1 to 1000 .

3.After a few days the young man was even worse.

4.The young man didn’t do the things that the doctor told him.

5.The young man was a boxer.

 

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       .

A．I had no interest in them

B．English idioms were very difficult

C．I did not realize the importance of them

D．my teacher didn’t tell us the importance of them

【小题2】At first, on hearing “You don’t say,” I thought the foreigner meant       .

A．I had talked too much

B．I had to stop talking

C．he was not interested in the topic

D．he was only interested in the Great Wall

【小题3】“… was shown in an amusing experience.” The word “amusing” probably means       .

A．interesting

B．important

C．terrible

D．unlucky

【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.

B．The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.

C．The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.

D．The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.

【小题5】After the Englishman explained the idiom, ___________.

A．I felt very silly

B．the Englishman became a real fool

C．I became more carefully in everything

D．I thought the Englishman had made me a fool