第二节：完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms, 36_my teacher said again and again that it was important．
One day, I happened to 37 an Englishman, on the road, and soon we began to 38 ． 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 39 , I thought, perhaps this is 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 45 . It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of 46 ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ 47 !” I couldn’t 48 asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do 49 ”, he answered, gently surprised．
I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”
Hearing this, theEnglishman 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 53 English idioms．”
Then I knew I had made fool of 54 ． Since then I have been more 55 with idioms．
36．A．though B．when C．if D． as
37．A．look B．meet C．pick up D． find out
38．A．walk B．talk C．play D． go
39．A．pleased B．angry C．afraid D． surprised
40．A．proper B．strange C．safe D． polite
41．A．to B．better C．not D． like
42．A．On B．In C．All D． By
43．A．gone B．visited C．seen D． been
44．A．look at B．think of C．send for D． laugh at
45．A．It B．them C．anything D． something
46．A．fun B．interest C．business D． mountain
47．A．Really B．Good C．You don’ t say D． You are right
48．A．be B．help C．think D． do
49．A．this B．so C．anything D． me a favor
50．A．laughed B．cried C．moved D． came
51．A．explain B．shout C．prove D． say
52．A．experience B．expression C．explanation D． example
53．A．for B．to C．at D． in
54．A．me B．myself C．him D． somebody
55．A．helpful B．popular C．careful D． satisfied
