Question

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 at home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!" "Yes, it is one of the mysteries 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 do you ask me not to talk about it?"

"Well, I didn't ask you to do so," 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（习语）. "

Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.

1.The writer was puzzled（疑惑） because ____________.

A. the foreigner has some trouble 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 thought there was something wrong with the foreigner.

2. What made the foreigner laugh? ___________.

A. The English idioms

B. The writer’s talking about the Great Wall

C. The writer’s question

D. The writer’s country

3. The story probably happened in ________.

.A. China B. America

C. England D. Australia

4. The writer was puzzled _______ in the passage.

A. once B. twice

C. three times D．four times

5. The English idiom “You don’t say!” means “_____”.

A. Really B. OK

C. Thank you D. I don’t like it

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是作者在学习英语的时候，不注意习惯用语的学习，例如有一次他遇到了一个英国人，跟他聊了起来，但是那个外国人老是说：You don’t say。作者一开始不明白是什么意思，后来外国人给他解释了之后，他才明白。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第一段中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,可知，作者在和一个外国人聊天的时候，那个外国说：You don’t say。这让作者感到很迷惑，因为他不知道这个习语是什么意思，他以为他说的话题让别人不感兴趣。由此可知选B。

2.细节理解题。根据短文后半部分中"Didn’t you say 'You don't say!'?" I asked again. Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly可知，当那个外国人听到作者问：你为什么说不要说了？这个问题的时候，他大笑起来。因此是作者问的问题让他觉得好笑。故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据短文的开头One day I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk.可知，作者在街上遇到了一个英国人，而且作者还和这个外国人提到很多人都来中国参观长城，由此我们可以推断出这个故事发生在中国。故选A。

4.细节理解题。根据短文第一段中I was puzzled, 可知，当作者谈论他是怎样学习英语的时候，那个外国人说：You don’t say，这让作者很迷惑；后面作者换了一个话题，谈到长城的时候，那个外国人又说：You don’t say，这时作者又感到很迷惑，所以I couldn't help asking,作者情不自禁的问了。所以一共是两次。故选B。

5.细节理解题。根据短文倒数第二段中He began to explain, "'You don't say!' means 'Really'.可知，那个外国人给作者解释说You don’t say 的意思是Really，真的吗？故选A。

考点：教育类短文阅读。