A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms, 36 ___my teacher said again and again that it was important.
One day, I happened to 37 ___an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to 38____. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was 39 ____, I thought, perhaps this is not a 40 topic. Well, I’d 41____ change the topic. So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? 42 ___the way, have you ever 43 ____ there?”
“Certainly, everyone back home will 44 ___me if I leave China without seeing 45 ___” It was great. I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of 46 ____.” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ 47 _____ !” I couldn’t 48 ____asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do 49___”, he answered, gently surprised.
I said, “Didn't you say 'You don’t say'?”
Hearing this, the Englishman 50 ____to tears. He began to 51 ____, “'You don't say' actually means 'really?'. It is an 52 ___of surprise. Perhaps you don't pay attention 53____ English idioms.”
Then I knew I had made fool of 54____. Since then I have been more 55 ____with idioms.
A.though B.when C.if D.as
A.look B.meet C.pick up D.find out
A.walk B.talk C.play D.go
A.pleased B.angry C.afraid D.surprised
A.proper B.strange C.safe D.polite
A.to B.better C.not D.like
A.On B.In C.All D.By
A.gone B.visited C.seen D.been
A.look at B.think of C.send for D.laugh at
A.it B.them C.anything D.something
A.fun B.interest C.business D.mountain
A.Really B.Good C.You don't say D.You are right
A.be B.help C.think D.do
A.this B.so C.anything D.me a favor
A.laughed B.cried C.moved D.came
A.explain B.shout C.prove D.say
A.experience B.expression C.explanation D.example
A.for B.to C.at D.in
A.me B.myself C.him D.somebody
A.helpful B.popular C.careful D.satisfied