A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, ____36___ my teacher said again and again that it was important.
One day, I ____37____ to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about ___38_____ 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 was 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 it. It is great!’
I said, ‘The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of ____45___.’ But soon I was ___46___ again by his words, ‘___47_____!’ I couldn’t help but __48____, ‘Why did you ask me not to talk about it?’
‘Well, I ___49____ ask you to do so,’ 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 to English _____53______.’
Then I knew I had made a fool of ___54___. Since then I have been more __55____ with idioms

A．though B．when C．despite D．because

A．decided B．longed C．looked forward D．happened

A．what B．when C．how D．where

A．pleased B．angry C．scared D．surprised

A．proper B．interesting C．ideal D．polite

A．to B．better C．not D．like

A．On B．In C．With D．By

A．gone B．visited C．seen D．been

A．look up to B．think highly of C．be proud of D．laugh at

A．fun B．interest C．hard work D．China

A．encouraged B．shouted C．interrupted D．disturbed

A．Really B．It was great C．You don’t say D．You are right

A．ask B．to ask C．asking D．asked

A．won’t B．don’t C．couldn’t D．didn’t

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．learning B．idioms C．language D．phrases

A．me B．myself C．him D．himself

A．curious B．anxious C．careful D．worried