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! 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 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?”
The foreigner said, “I don’t say that. Why do you think so?”
“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.”
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
【小題1】 The writer began to talk about the Great Wall because ______.
A. the Englishman told him to do so     
B. he tried to find a new and right topic
C. he couldn’t talk about his study any more
【小題2】When the writer asked, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?”,
the Englishman felt ______.
A. angry                        B. interested                   C. surprised
【小題3】Here “You don’t say!” means ______.
A. “Stop talking!”               
B. “really?”                 
C. “Look out.”
【小題4】The story may happen in ______.
A. China                        B. England                  C. Australia
【小題5】This is a story about ______.
A. nice trips                  
B. good manners            
C. English idioms

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】A
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：這篇短文說的是我在街上遇到一個英國人，很快我們交談起來。當我與他談學英語這件事情時，英國人回答“You don’t say! You don’t say!”，我以為他不讓我說下去了。我開始談長城，因為我想設法找到一個新的合適的話題。英國人依然回答那句話。最后我才明白，那是一句英國習語，意思是“真的嗎？”。
【小題1】推理判斷題。因為作者設法找到一個新的合適的話題,所以他開始談長城，。根據文中“Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?可知作者以為談學英語不合適，由此可以推斷出答案，故選B。
【小題2】推理判斷題。當作者問：“為什么你不讓我談這件事情？”，英國人感到很驚訝。根據文中The foreigner said, “I don’t say that. Why do you think so?” 可知，作者對這句話的理解和英國人恰恰相反，故英國人感到驚訝，故選C。
【小題3】細節理解題。這兒“You don’t say!”的意思是“真的嗎”？根據文中 “‘You don’t say!’ means ‘Really?’ ”可知答案，故選B。
【小題4】推理判斷題。這個故事可能發生在中國。據文中“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.”可知，文中談論長城時說的“ here”，應該指中國。故選A。
【小題5】細節理解題。這個故事是關于英國習語的。根據文中“Perhaps you know little about English idioms.” Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.”可知答案， 故選C。
考點：習語類短文閱讀。