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 ____37____ to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about ___38_____ I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, ‘You don’t say! You don’t say!’ I was ___39___. I thought, perhaps this was not a ___40__ topic. Well, I’d ___41___ 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 will ____44____ me if I leave China without seeing it. It is great!’

I said, ‘The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of ____45___.’ But soon I was ___46___ again by his words, ‘___47_____!’ I couldn’t help but __48____, ‘Why did you ask me not to talk about it?’

‘Well, I ___49____ ask you to do so,’ he answered, gently surprised.

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

Hearing this, the Englishman ___50_____ to tears. He began to ___51______, “‘You don’t say!” actually means ‘really?’ It is an ___52_____ of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English _____53______.’

Then I knew I had made a fool of ___54___. Since then I have been more __55____ with idioms

小题1:

A．though

B．when

C．despite

D．because小题2:

A．decided

B．longed

C．looked forward

D．happened小题3:

A．what

B．when

C．how

D．where小题4:

A．pleased

B．angry

C．scared

D．surprised小题5:

A．proper

B．interesting

C．ideal

D．polite小题6:

A．to

B．better

C．not

D．like小题7:

A．On

B．In

C．With

D．By小题8:

A．gone

B．visited

C．seen

D．been小题9:

A．look up to

B．think highly of

C．be proud of

D．laugh at小题10:

A．fun

B．interest

C．hard work

D．China小题11:

A．encouraged

B．shouted

C．interrupted

D．disturbed小题12:

A．Really

B．It was great

C．You don’t say

D．You are right小题13:

A．ask

B．to ask

C．asking

D．asked小题14:

A．won’t

B．don’t

C．couldn’t

D．didn’t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．learning

B．idioms

C．language

D．phrases小题19:

A．me

B．myself

C．him

D．himself小题20:

A．curious

B．anxious

C．careful

D．worried

最佳答案：

小题1:A

小题2:D

小题3:C

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:B

小题11:C

小题12:C

小题13:B

小题14:D

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：

本文向我们讲述了作者因为不明白 “you don‟t say”英语习语的确切含义而发生的一场笑话。

小题1:A考查连词。根据句意“尽管老师一次次说英语习语重要，我还是没有注意”。根据两句之间的关系，应选A。

小题2:D考查动词。我在路上碰巧happen遇见一个英国人。

小题3:C考查连词。两个人相遇，然后开始交谈。我告诉他我是如何学英语的。

小题4:D考查形容词。当外国人说“You don’t say”时，我理解的是“你不能说”，我很吃惊。所以应选D。

小题5:A考查形容词。proper 合适的，适当的。作者认为这是一个不合适的话题，所以应选A。

小题6:B考查固定短语。had better do sth.最好做……。作者认为应该换一个话题，所以应用had better，选B。

小题7:D考查解词。by the way 是固定搭配，顺便说一下。

小题8:D考查动词。你曾经去过那儿吗？have been to some place去过某地。

小题9:D考查动词短语。去了中国而未去过长城，会被人嘲笑，所以应选D。laugh at 嘲笑。

小题10:B考查名词。 a place of interest名胜

小题11:C考查动词。 interrupt打断。外国人一开始说“You don’t say”，我又被打断了。

小题12:C考查习语。见46解析。

小题13:B考查非谓语动词。couldn’t help but 动词原形，意思是：禁不住做某事。

小题14:D考查助动词。我并没有让你那样做。do so 那样做，指的是让作者not to talk about it。

小题15:A考查动词。外国人觉得作者误会了他的话，觉得很好笑，所以是笑得流出了眼泪。cry“哭”；move“感动”。

小题16:A考查动词。他开始解释You don’t say的意思，所以应选A。explain“解释”；prove“证明，证实”。

小题17:B考查名词。experience 经验；expression 表达；explanation 解释； example 例子。句意为：这是表示吃惊的一种表达方式，所以应选B。

小题18:B考查名词。作者没有明白 “you don‟t say”的含义，所以外国人建议作者注意英语成语的用法。

小题19:B考查代词。 make fool of sb. 愚弄某人。作者没有听懂外国人说话的意思，所以感觉愚弄了自己。

小题20:C考查形容词。对于习语用法更加小心。be careful with. . . 对……小心，细心。

考点核心：

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