A year ago I paid no attention to English

题目内容：

A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms, 36 ___my teacher said again and again that it was important.

One day, I happened to37 ___an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to 38____. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was39 ____, I thought, perhaps this is not a40 topic. Well, I’d41____ change the topic. So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? 42 ___the way, have you ever 43 ____ there?”

“Certainly, everyone back home will44 ___me if I leave China without seeing45 ___” It was great. I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of46 ____.” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “47 _____ !” I couldn’t48 ____asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do 49___”, he answered, gently surprised.

I said, “Didn't you say 'You don’t say'?”

Hearing this, the Englishman 50 ____to tears. He began to51 ____, “'You don't say' actually means 'really?'. It is an52 ___of surprise. Perhaps you don't pay attention53____ English idioms.”

Then I knew I had made fool of54____. Since then I have been more55 ____with idioms.

小题1:

A．though

B．when

C．if

D．as小题2:

A．look

B．meet

C．pick up

D．find out小题3:

A．walk

B．talk

C．play

D．go小题4:

A．pleased

B．angry

C．afraid

D．surprised小题5:

A．proper

B．strange

C．safe

D．polite小题6:

A．to

B．better

C．not

D．like小题7:

A．On

B．In

C．All

D．By小题8:

A．gone

B．visited

C．seen

D．been小题9:

A．look at

B．think of

C．send for

D．laugh at小题10:

A．it

B．them

C．anything

D．something小题11:

A．fun

B．interest

C．business

D．mountain小题12:

A．Really

B．Good

C．You don't say

D．You are right小题13:

A．be

B．help

C．think

D．do小题14:

A．this

B．so

C．anything

D．me a favor小题15:

A．laughed

B．cried

C．moved

D．came小题16:

A．explain

B．shout

C．prove

D．say小题17:

A．experience

B．expression

C．explanation

D．example小题18:

A．for

B．to

C．at

D．in小题19:

A．me

B．myself

C．him

D．somebody小题20:

A．helpful

B．popular

C．careful

D．satisfied

最佳答案：

小题1:A

小题2:B

小题3:B

小题4:D

小题5:A

小题6:B

小题7:D

小题8:D

小题9:D

小题10:A

小题11:B

小题12:C

小题13:B

小题14:B

小题15:A

小题16:A

小题17:B

小题18:B

小题19:B

小题20:C

答案解析：

文章讲述虽然我的老师一遍又一遍说英语习语重要，我都不注意它，一次和英国人的对话让我对英语习语有了新的认识，让我对习语不敢掉以轻心。

小题1:考查连词：A. though虽然，B. when当…时候，C. if 如果，D. as正如，因为，虽然我的老师一遍又一遍说英语习语重要，我都不注意它，这两句话是转折关系，选A

小题2:考查动词和动词短语：A. look看，B. meet遇见，C. pick up收听，接送，捡起，D. find out弄清，查明，有一天我碰巧在街上遇到一个英国人，选B

小题3:考查动词：A. walk步行，B. talk谈话，C. play玩，打比赛，D. go去，从后面的句子：As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head,可知他们很快谈起话来，选B

小题4:考查形容词：A. pleased高兴的，B. angry生气的，C. afraid害怕的，D. surprised惊讶的，从后面的句子：perhaps this is not a 40 topic.可知作者很惊讶，选D

小题5:考查形容词：A. proper适合的，B. strange 奇怪的，C. safe 安全的，D. polite礼貌的，英国人说：“You don’t say! You don’t say!”作者还以为这是不适合的话题，选A

小题6:考查词组：A. to去，B. better 更好，C. not不是，D. like喜欢，象，我最好换一个话题。Had betterdo“最好做…”选B

小题7:考查介词：A. On在…上面，B. In在…里面，C. All所有的，D. By通过，by the way顺便说一下，选D

小题8:考查动词：A. gone去，B. visited参观，C. seen看见，D. been是，你去过长城吗？have been to曾经去过，have gone to已经去了，选D

小题9:考查动词短语：A. look at看，B. think of想到，C. send for派人请，D. laugh at嘲笑，如果我离开中国没有去过那里，人们会嘲笑我的，选D

小题10:考查代词：A. it它，B. them他们，C. anything 任何事，D. something某件事，这里用it代替the Great Wall，选A

小题11:考查名词：A. fun乐趣，B. interest兴趣，C. business 商业，D. mountain山，a place ofinterest名胜，长城是世界奇观之一，是一个名胜，选B

小题12:考查上下文串联：A. Really真地，B. Good 好，C. You don't say真的？D. You are right你是对的，从前面的句子：“You don’t say! You don’t say!”可知这次又被这句话打断了，选C

小题13:考查动词：A. be是，B. help帮助，C. think思考，D. do做，couldn’t help doing情不自禁的做…，选B

小题14:考查上下文串联：A. this这个，B. so因此，C. anything任何是，D. me a favor帮忙，英国人说，“我没有让你这么做”，选B

小题15:考查动词：A. laughed笑，B. cried哭，C. moved感动，D. came来，从后面的to tears可知英国人眼泪都笑出来了，.选A

小题16:考查动词：A. explain解释，B. shout叫喊，C. prove 证明，D. say说话，后面是“'You don't say' actually means 'really?'.这是英国人的解释，选A

小题17:考查名词：A. experience经历，B. expression表达，表情，C. explanation解释，D. example例子，这是惊讶的表达，选B

小题18:考查词组：A. for为了，B. to给，C. at在…地方，D. in，pay attention to注意，选B

小题19:考查代词：A. me我，B. myself我自己，C. him他，D. somebody有人，我知道我很傻，选B

小题20:考查形容词：A. helpful有帮助的，B. popular流行的，C. careful仔细的，D. satisfied满意的，be careful with小心（做/处理）某物，经过这次教训作者对英语习语很小心，选C

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。