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 puzzled, 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 e 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.
“Did 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.
【小题1】The writer was puzzled because .A．the foreigner has some difficulty in understanding him.B．the writer himself didn’t understand the meaning of “You don’t say!”C．the foreigner was not polite.D．the writer was very clever【小题2】What made the foreigner laugh?A．The English idiomsB．The writer’s talking about the Great WallC．The writer’s explanation D．The writer’s question【小题3】The story probably happened in .A．ChinaB．AmericaC．EnglandD．Canada【小题4】The writer was puzzled in the passage.A．onceB．twiceC．three timesD．four times【小题5】The English idiom “You don’t say!” means “ ” A．Thank you B．OKC．ReallyD． SorryB
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(答案→)B
解析：
【小题1】根据gently shaking his head and saying “You don’t say!” I was puzzled, and I thought , “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” So I said to him 描述可知选B。
【小题1】根据“Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!”描述可知选D。
【小题1】根据One day I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. 及下文可知这个故事很可能发生在中国。故选A。
【小题1】根据短文描述可知作者前后共迷惑了两次，故选B。
【小题1】根据“‘You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’.可知选C。