A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms,  21   my teacher said again and again that it was important．
One day, I happened to __ 22 _ an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to  __23   ．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  24 ___ , I thought, perhaps this is not a __ 25 __  topic．Well, I’d __ 26  change the topic．So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?  _27 _ the way, have you ever __28__  there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will __29 __ me if I leave China without seeing __30 ．It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of  31  ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ __ 32   !” I couldn’t  _33 __  asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do __34__  ”, he answered, gently surprised．
I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”
Hearing this, the Englishman _ 35__   to tears．He began to __ 36___ ,“‘You don’t say actually means ‘really?’．It is an  _37__   of surprise．Perhaps you don’t pay attention __38___ English idioms．”
Then I knew I had made a fool of __39__ ．Since then I have been more  ___50__  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．interesting B．interest C．interests D．interested

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．himself

A．helpful B．popular C．careful D．satisfied