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 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.
“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(慣用語).”
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
小題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
小題2:What made the foreigner laugh?
A．The English idiomsB．The writer’s talking about the Great Wall
C．The writer’s explanation D．The writer’s question
小題3:The story probably happened in                  .
A．ChinaB．AmericaC．EnglandD．Canada
小題4:The writer was puzzled                  in the passage.
A．onceB．twiceC．three timesD．four times
小題5:The English idiom “You don’t say!” means “                ”
A．Thank you B．OKC．ReallyD． Sorry

小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:C

小題1:根據(jù)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 描述可知選B。
小題1:根據(jù)“Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!”描述可知選D。
小題1:根據(jù)One day I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. 及下文可知這個故事很可能發(fā)生在中國。故選A。
小題1:根據(jù)短文描述可知作者前后共迷惑了兩次，故選B。
小題1:根據(jù)“‘You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’.可知選C。
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