B

A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized 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 astonished. Gently shaking his head and shrugging his shoulders, he said, “You don’t say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not a proper 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 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 request 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.” Only then did I know I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions.

5、A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because _______.

A. English idioms were too difficult to master

B. I cared little about the teacher’s instruction

C. my teacher didn’t emphasize the importance

D. I had no interest in English learning

6、When I first heard“You don’t say!”, I thought .

A.the English man was not interested in my English studies

B.the Englishman was only interested in the Great Wall

C.I had talked too much

D.I had to stop talking at once

7、The underlined word“amusing”means .

A.interesting B.important C.terrible D.lucky

8、Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The Englishman was leaving China without seeing the Great Wall.

B.The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.

C.The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.

D.The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.

9、After the Englishman explained the idiom, .

A.the Englishman made me a fool B.the Englishman made a fool of himself

C.I felt very silly D.I felt proud of my understanding

C

It was 1504, and Columbus was making another trip to the New World. Columbus and his men needed fresh water and food after three months at sea. They saw an island and went to the shore. On the island there were unfriendly Indians who refused to give food and water to them. Columbus’ men were afraid of the Indians, but he had a clever plan. He used gesture(手势) language to tell the Indians about his mysterious(神秘的)power to turn off the light in the sky. He knew about a lunar eclipse(月蚀)the next night because the information was in his almanac(天文历书). Columbus told the Indians，“Tomorrow night I’ll turn off the light in the sky.”But they didn’t believe him. When the eclipse began the next night, the Indians became very frightened. They begged Columbus to turn on the light again, and they quickly gave him all the food and water he wanted. Immediately Columbus and his men hurried back to the ship and sailed away in the moonless night.

10、Columbus and his men stopped at the island because .

A.they wanted to meet the Indians there

B.they hoped to get supplies of food and water

C.they had never been on the island before

D.they had planned to visit it

11、The Indians Columbus and his men.

A.were glad to see B.were kind to C.welcomed D.were not kind to

12、Columbus to tell the Indians that he had mysterious power.

A.used sign language B.spoke in the language of the Indians

C.drew a lot of signs D.wrote in the language of the Indians

13、“The light in the sky”here means .

A.the sun B.the moon C.the stars D.the daylight

14、The Indians gave Columbus food and water because they .

A.believed Columbus was a man with mysterious power

B.were interested in Columbus’ trip

C.wanted to help Columbus

D.were clever

D

Many British people like to travel to Spain, Italy and other warm countries for their holidays. They want to live in the sun for a few weeks and many of them like to take their cars on holiday with them. Then they can travel round the warm countries and see many places in a short time.

But there is a problem. It is only twenty-two miles from Dover in England to Calais in France, but between the two towns there is English Channel. It is necessary to take the cars across the sea, and this is not easy.

Some passengers put their cars on a plane and fly across with them, but that is expensive. Others drive their cars onto large ferries(渡船). This is cheap, but the boats are slow and sometimes the sea is rough. There are days when more and more people choose to travel by hovercraft(气垫船).

15、Many British holidaymakers choose to travel .

A.by ship B.by car C.by plane D.by ferry

16、They like to spend their holiday in .

A.the mountainous areas B.Dover in England

C.the sunny countries D.Calais in France

17、What is the disadvantage of going from Dover, England to Calais, France?

A.The impossibility of traveling by air.

B.The impossibility of traveling by ship.

C.The danger of traveling in France.

D.the difficulty of taking cars across English Channel.

四、用所给短语的适当形式填空(每小题1分，共11分)

depend on;as a result;consist of;remind…of;protect…from;in place;expose…to…;be absorbed in;to one’s delight;accuse of;take up

1、The committee ten members.

2、The old photo me my childhood.

3、Don’t the washing machine the sunlight for too long.

4、I was ill, , I couldn’t take the exam.

5、 , I have won the first prize.

6、All living things the sun for their growth.

7、He was murder by the police.

8、He reading a book, so he didn’t hear the doorbell.

9、An umbrella will you rain.

10、You’d better put things back , otherwise, it will be difficult to find them.

11、He decided to photography as his career.

五、语法填空题(10分)

请用方框里所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文意思完整、通顺(每词限用一次)。

Careful, eye, happen, age, minute, big, word, angry, want, when

Mr. Green was an old man. He loved shooting(射击)bears, but his 1 were not so good because of his 2 . Several times he had nearly shot persons. His friends were very careful 3 they went out shooting bears with him.

One day a young friend of his 4 to play a joke on him. He got a big piece of white paper and wrote on it in very 5 letters “I AM NOT A BEAR”. Then he tied it to his back and went off.

But a terrible thing 6 to him. After a few 7 , Mr. Green shot at him and knocked his hat off.

The young man was very 8 .“Didn’t you see this piece of paper?”he shouted to Mr. Green.

“Yes, I did,”said Mr. Green. Then he went nearer, looked 9 at the paper and said，“Oh, I am very sorry. I didn’t see the 10 NOT.”

六、书面表达(15分)

假定一位美国学生刚来你班学习，他想了解一下班主任李老师的一些情况。请你根据下面的提示，用英语为其写一篇100词左右的短文来介绍李老师。要点如下：

1、李老师年近五十，1975年来校任教，工作一贯努力，曾多次受到表扬;sb.(be praised for sth.)

2、他知识渊博，教学有方，上课生动有趣，深受学生欢迎;

3、他与学生关系融洽，但对学生要求严格，他经常鼓励我们努力学习，在他的帮助下，我们取得了很大的进步。

4、他是学生的良师益友，深受大家的尊敬和爱戴。(respect)

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