A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized 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 astonished, gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, he said,“You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an appropriate 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 magnificent.” 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 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 request 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.”
Only then did I know 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.
小題1:A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because_________.
A．English idioms were not important
B．I had no interest in English learning
C．my teacher didn’t emphasize the importance of them
D．I cared little about the teacher’s instruction
小題2:At first, on hearing “You don’t say”, I thought the foreigner meant_________.
A．I had talked too much
B．he was only interested in the Great Wall
C．he was not interested in the topic
D．I had to stop talking
小題3:The underlined word “amusing” in paragraph 1 means_________.
A．funnyB．importantC．luckyD．terrible
小題4:After the Englishman explained the idiom, _________.
A．I thought the Englishman had made me a fool
B．the Englishman became a real fool
C．I felt very silly
D．I became more careful in everything
小題5:Which of the following is true according to the passage？
A．The Englishman left china without seeing the Great Wall.
B．The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.
C．The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.
D．The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:D

試題分析：本文向我們講述了作者因為不明白 “You don’t say”英語習語的確切含義而發(fā)生的一場笑話。
小題1:事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms though my teacher emphasized the importance again and again盡管老師對英語習語強調(diào)了很多次但我還是沒注意可知作者對學英語習語是很粗心的即答案為D。
小題2:事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)I thought perhaps this is not an appropriate topic可知答案為C。
小題3:詞義猜測題。閱讀全文可知這是一次非常有趣的經(jīng)歷amusing意為“有趣的”即答案為A。
小題4:事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)Only then did I know I had made a fool of myself可知答案為C。
小題5:推理判斷題。根據(jù)他的回答Certainly everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was magnificent可知答案為D。
點評：本文考查了細節(jié)題推理題，要求考生仔細閱讀全文，做好相應的標志，以提高閱讀的效率和速度。
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