2016高考英语阅读理解练习及答案（67）
A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though
my teacher emphasized the importance again and soon, the
importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road,
and soon we began to I was talking about how I was studying
English, the foreigner seemed to be shaking his head,
“You don’t shrugging his shoulders, he said, “You don’t say!”　
say!” I was t hought, perhaps this is not an appropriate topic。

“Well,I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him.”We we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been
there?”　
“Certainly, e veryone back home will laugh at me if I
leave China without seeing was magnificent.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide.”The Great
Soon I
Wall is one of the wonders in the are very proud of it.”
was interrupted again by his words：”You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?”“didn’t request you to do so, “　he answered, greatly said,
“Didn’t you say’ you don’t say?” Hearing this, the Englishman
actually means
laughed to began to explain, ‘You don’t say’　
‘really!’　
It is an expression of you don’t pay attention to English idioms.”O nly then did I know I had made a fool of then I have been more careful with idiomatic : what the English teachers said is always right to us students.
year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because _______.
idioms were not important
was not careful with English idioms
teacher didn’t emphasize the importance of them
had no interest in them
I thought the foreigner
first, on hearing “You d on’t say,”　
meant _______.
was not interested in the topic
was only interested in the Great Wall
had talked too much
had to stop talking
underlined word in the first paragraph probably means _______.
of the following is true according to the passage?
Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.
Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.
Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.
Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.
the Englishman explained the idiom, _______.
thought the Englishman had made me a fool
Englishman became a real fool.
felt very silly
became more carefully in everything
答案。