was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an appropriate topic(适当的话题). "Well, I'd __5.B__ change the topic. "So I said to him. "Well,__6.A__ we talk about the Great Wall? __7.D__ the way, have you ever __8.D__ there?" "Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing __9.A__. It was magnificent. "He was __10.C__ in thought when I began to talk __11.D__ a tourist guide. "The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very __12.C__ of it."Soon I was interrupted again by his words: "You don't say!" I couldn't help asking, "Why do you ask me __13.C__ about it?" "Well, I didn't request you to do __14.B__," he answered, greatly __15.D__. I said, "Didn't you say'you don't say'?" __16.C__ this , the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to __17.A__,_'You don't say' actually means 'really?' It is an __18.B__ of surprise. Perhaps you don't pay attention to English idioms."__19.D__ then did I know I had made a fool of __20.B__. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.
文章大意: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。
1.A.in B.for
C.by D.to
解析:在一次有趣的经历中,用in。
2.A.came B.happened
C.seemed D.wanted
解析:happen to do sth."碰巧......"。
3.A.would talk B.had talked
C.was to talk D.was talking
解析:强调过去正在谈论如何学英语,所以用过去进行时。
4.A.nodding B.packing
C.shaking D.attacking
解析:这名英国人很吃惊,所以应该是"摇头耸肩"。shake one's head"摇头"。
5.A.to B.better
C.not D.like
解析:I'd better do sth. 最好做某事。
6.A.shall B.will
C.must D.do
解析:shall用于征求对方意见。
7.A.On B.In