浙江省杭州市春蕾中学九年级第一学期开学检测 第一部分听力（略） 第二部分阅读理解 第一节： A A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms (习语), though my teacher told us the importance again and again. But 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 talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be surprised. Gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, he said, “You don’t say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought , perhaps this is not a right topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him. “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was wonderful.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.” Soon I was interrupted (打断) again by his words: “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. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say’?” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “ ‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really!’ It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” “_____” Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students. 16. What does the underlined word “amusing” probably means in this passages? A. exciting B. important C. amazing D. interesting 17. A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because_____.?? A. I had no interest in them my teacher didn’t tell us the importance of them I did not realize the importance of them they are too hard to learn At first, on hearing “You don’t say,” I thought the foreigner meant_____. I had talked too much I had to stop talking he was not interested in the topic He couldn’t get what I meant. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide. The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall. The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it. The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting. The sentence “_____” will be the missing one in this passage. A. I realized I had made a fool of myself. B. You had better pay more attention to it. C. I realized the Englishman made me a fool. D. I realized the Englishman was laughing at me. B Taking away a city's rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is?made up of things we can't eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.? ???? In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of city to a dump. Often the city ... ...
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