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
Obamas celebrate King's birthday at worship service
President Obama and his family celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a Sunday worship service. The legacy(遗产) of the civil ____ leader was remembered at events ____ the country.
Obama, his wife, Michelle, and daughters Natasha and Malia sat in the second row of Washington's Zion Baptist Church as the church ____ King's 83rd birthday, which is ____ observed today.
A program for the service bore a photo of ____ on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and the ____ "I Have a Dream". A church deacon welcomed the ____ family and read a passage from King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail".
The sermon(布道), ____ by the Rev. KeithByrd, drew from Chapter 5 of the Gospel of Matthew, which ____ to the salt of the earth. Byrd urged the people at the ____ to "preserve our morals, preserve our values" like salt among political, social,and ____ turmoi1(混乱).
In New York, Occupy Wall Street demonstrators ____ artists, celebrities, and others at a candlelight vigil(守夜) last night. The vigil was at Riverside Church, which hosted a program ____ included performances by Patti Smith and other artists, and speeches by Yoko Ono and Russell Simmons.
Members of Local 100 0f the Transport Workers Union ____ outside a midtown Manhattan hotel for a separate candlelight respect to King. King, a Baptist minister and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, was ____ in Jan. 15,1929 in Atlanta. He was assassinated(暗杀) 44 years ____ in Memphis, Tenn.
A new memorial to King, which ____ in August in Washington, celebrates the ideals he supported. Quotations from his speeches and writings ____ us of his message, and a 30-foot sculpture describes King emerging as a "stone of ____ "from a "mountain of despair", a design inspired by a line of his famous ____ "I Have a Dream".
A．rights B．laws C．wars D．politics
A．among B．in C．over D．across
A．remembered B．forgotten C．memorized D．reminded
A．informally' B．fluently C．sometimes D．officially
A．Martin Luther King B．Lincoln C．Birmingham D．Obama
A．words B．language C．sentence D．phrases
A．first B．second C．last D．late
A．delivered B．delivering C．giving D．making
A．refers B．contributes C．leads D．turns
A．school B．memorial C．street D．church
A．economical B．development C．economy D．society
A．combined B．joined C．met D．linked
A．this B．it C．that D．which
A．collected B．gathered C．crowded D．rushed
A．killed B．born C．lived D．left
A．before B．ago C．ever D．forever
A．closed B．moved C．opened D．began
A．remind B．call C．think D．expect
A．disappointment B．hope C．expectation D．encouragement
A．speech B．1ife C．writing D．article
From the earliest times men seem to have noticed the habits of insects, and to have learnt lessons from them. Ants and bees work very hard during the summer, ____ enough food to last during the winter. They give us a good example to __
__. If we waste time when the conditions are good for work, we shall probably __
__ later and when we really want to work, we are __
__ to do so.
Moths, and some other insects, cannot help flying towards a light of any kind. The attraction seems to be too strong for them. ____, they often __
__ themselves by flying into something that is burning, such as a lighted candle. In some countries, when such insects as flying ants become a nuisance(讨厌的东西), people __
__ themselves by lighting fires at the doors of their cottages. Sometimes the insects fly into the fire in such large __
__ that they put it out. In literature we often find poets warning us of the danger of being attracted by __
__ or beautiful things that will destroy us.
Butterflies are admired for their ____, though they receive very little praise for anything else. They fly __
__ in the sunshine, going from flower to flower, happy all day long, leading a life of __
__. They are beautiful, but it seems that they are not of much __
__ use to anybody. Some human beings lead very much the same sort of life __
__ they are butterflies of society.
Locusts are ____, though. They are active enough. They spend their time eating the food of others. __
_ there are men like this, destroying things wherever they go, taking for themselves __
__ belongs to others, using up everything and __
__ nothing. They are human __
__.
Perhaps it may be said that even the worst insects have one use: they ____ us not to be like them.
A. raising B. picking C. collecting D. growing
A. learn B. copy C. set D. accept
A. work B. realize C. suffer D. miss
A. anxious B. unnecessary C. nervous D. unable
A. As a result B. After allC. In the meanwhile D. What's more
A. destroy B. heat C. devote D. kill
A. prevent B. keep C. protect D. escape
A. teams B. numbers C. groups D. lines
A. bright B. burning C. firing D. lighting
A. colour B. attraction C. beauty D. work
A. about B. up C. down D. high
A. happiness B. pleasure C. business D. value
A. real B. true C. proper D. right
A. but B. and C. or D. though
A. different B. similar C. interesting D. exciting
A. Luckily B. Generally C. Unfortunately D. Usually
A. that B. which C. all D. what
A. preparing B. making C. storing D. producing
A. locusts B. moths C. enemies D. butterflies.
A. tell B. suggest C. warn D. ask
About a year ago, I went to stay at a Detroithotel. I didn't want to ____ too much money withme, so__
_ the desk clerk to put a hundred-dollar bill in the safe for__
__.
The next morning, however, the clerk said thathe knew nothing about my money. I didn't have anyproof(证据)__ __ I had given the man the money.There was clearly__
__ left to do but go to thenearest lawyer at once.
The lawyer____ me to return to the hotel with him and give __
__ hundred-dollar bill to the clerk.__
__ I did. An hour later, I went back to the deskand asked for my money together with the lawyer.__
__ I had the lawyer as an eyewitness to the__
__ hundred-dollar bill,the clerk could not_
_ he knewnothing about it.
Another hour later, I put the second part of thelawyer's plan into action. This time both the lawyerand I went to the____ to ask for the hundred-dollaronce again. No matter（不管）__
__ I said, the clerkwho kept my bill__
__ that he had given it to me. Isaid it was not__
__. The lawyer said to him,"I __
__ this gentleman give you a hundred-dollar bill. If you don't hand it in immediately, I will beforced to call the__
__."Now the clerk felt quite__
__,so he gave me back the first hundred-dollarbill.
"I don't know ____ to thank you enough forgetting my money back,"I said to the lawyer. Andwhat do you suppose he answered? He said, "Oh, don't __
__ me.That will be one hundred dollars,please."
A. borrow B. spend C. waste D. carry
A. made B. asked C. allowed D. let
A. me B. her C. him D. us
A. that B. which C. where D. when
A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
A. hoped B. agreed C. insisted D. advised
A. theother B. another C. others D. other
A. Such. B. All C. So D.Much
A. For B.Though C. Evenif D. Because
A. first B. second C. third D. one
A. say B. admit C. permit D. recognize
A. restaurant B. bank C. hotel D. hospital
A. what B. whatever C. which D. how
A. suggested B. insisted C. remembered D. forgot
A. true B. sure C. exact D. nice
A. forced B. made C. allowed D. saw
A. police B. judge C. official D. officer
A. content B. nervous C. angry D. sad
A. when B. what C. where D. how
A. thank B. praise C. leave D. fool
The passengers on the bus watched with sympathy(同情)as Susan made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver and then, using her hands to ____ the seats, settled in one of them.
It had been a year since Susan became blind. As the result of an accident she was suddenly thrown into a world of____. Susan's husband Mark watched her____ into hopelessness and he was____ to use every possible means to help his wife.
Finally,Susan felt ready to ____ to her job, but how would she get there? She used to take the bus, but she was now too____ to get around the city by herself. Mark____ to ride the bus with Susan each morning and evening____ she could manage it by herself. For two weeks, Mark____ Susan to and from work each day. He taught her how to rely on her other____, specifically her hearing, to decide where she was and how to adapt to(适应) her new____.
At last, Susan decided that she was ready to try the trip ____. Monday morning arrived. Before she left, she hugged her husband ____, her eyes filled with tears of gratitude(感激) . She said goodbye and, for the first time, they went their____ ways. Each day went perfectly, and a wild excitement____ Susan. She was doing it!
On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work____. As she was getting off the bus, the driver said, "Miss, I sure____ you. "Curious, Susan asked the driver____.
"You know ,every morning for the____ week, a fine-looking gentleman in a military uniform has been standing across the corner watching you until you enter your office building safely, "the bus driver said.
Tears of happiness poured down Susan's cheeks. She was so lucky for he had given her a gift more powerful than____. That is the gift of love that can bring light where there is darkness.
A．touch B．catch C．count D．feel
A．weakness B．sickness C．darkness D．sadness
A．run B．sink C．jump D．step
A．inspired B．determined C．honored D．pleased
A．return B．adjust C．contribute D．stick
A．tired B．surprised C．sad D．frightened
A．volunteered B．attempted C．continued D．struggled
A．when B．as C．until D．after
A．drove B．directed C．accompanied D．sent
A．feeling B．organs C．skills D．senses
A．position B．environment C．status D．role
A．on her own B．in person C．to her benefit D．on foot
A．politely B．calmly C．briefly D．tightly
A．mixed B．separate C．fixed D．lonely
A．took charge of B．took place of C．took advantage of D．Took hold of
A．as usual B．as a rule C．as well D．as a result
A．respect B．envy C．know D．support
A．what B．how C．why D．who
A．past B．same C．first D．next
A．courage B．will C．sight D．wisdom
Mr West wanted to buy his wife a Christmas present,but he was always very ____, so he was never able to find time to go to the shop. At last, when it was the week _ __ Christmas,and the shops were very crowded, he decided that he couldn't __ __ any longer. He worked in an office, and __ __ had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches,ate them ____ and went out to a big shop near his ____ during his lunch hour.
The shop was full of women, who were also buying ____ during their lunch hour. Mr West stood ____ at the edge of a crowd of ____ who were pushing forward to try to get to the people who were ____ necklaces and earrings. He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were ____ into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly ____ him. Afterhalf an hour, he was just as ____ from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been when he came in,and his lunch hour was' coming in ____, so he decided to change his ____ 0f doing things. He put his head down, gave a sudden loud shout andstarted to ____ his way towards the ____ of the crowd as hard as he could.
The women around him became very ____ when they saw what he was doing,and began to scold（责备）him."Why can't you behave like a ____?" they shouted.
"Ladies," he answered them, "I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half an hour, and it has got me ____, so now I am starting to behave like a lady!"
A. busyB; lazyC. freeD. bored
A．behind B．around C．before D．after
A．work B．stay C．think D．wait
A．never B．seldom C．sometimes D．usually
A．slowly B．quickly C．worriedly D．happily
A．car B．house C．office D．restaurant
A．clothes B．sandwiches C．food D．presents
A．politely B．timely C．alone D．freely
A．men B．women C．children D．strangers
A．examining B．choosing C．selling D．buying
A．knocking B．coming C．entering D．jumping
A．past B．behind C．over D．against
A．near B．far C．up D．out
A．an end B．a top C．a stop D．the limit
A．idea B．way C．measure D．plan
A．step B．go C．push D．pull
A．center B．edge C．back D．front
A．surprised B．angry C．afraid D．nervous
A．woman B．lady C．man D．gentleman
A．nowhere B．anywhere C．somewhere D．everywhere