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