B

One day I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying "You don't say!" I was puzzled, and I thought, "Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about." So I said to him, "Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?"  

"Certainly! Everyone at home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!" "Yes, it is one of the mysteries in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it." As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, "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.  

"Didn’t you say 'You don't say!'?" I asked again.  

Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, "'You don't say!' means 'Really'. Perhaps you know little about English idioms（习语）. "

Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.

(    )51. The writer was puzzled（疑惑） because ____________.

A. the foreigner has some trouble in understanding him. 

B. the writer himself didn’t understand the meaning of  “You don’t say!” 

C. the foreigner was not polite. 

D. the writer thought there was something wrong with the foreigner.

(    )52. What made the foreigner laugh? ___________.

A. The English idioms    B. The writer’s talking about the Great Wall 

C. The writer’s question   D. The writer’s country

(    )53. The story probably happened in  ________.

      .A. China        B. America      C. England       D. Australia

(    )54. The writer was puzzled _______ in the passage.

A. once       B. twice       C. three times      D．four times 

(    )55. The English idiom “You don’t say!” means “_____”.

 A. Really      B. OK       C. Thank you       D. I don’t like it

C

If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak. When you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.   

    When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.   

    If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed, and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write but they still have to remember things. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory has been exercised.　　　

    So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practice remembering things in a way as other people do.　　　

(    )56. Someone can't have a good memory if __________.

A. he can't read or write             

B. he doesn't use his memory

C. his parents haven't a good memory  

D. he doesn't use his arms or legs for some time

(    )57. If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, _________.

A. you can't use them any more

B. they will become stronger

C. they become weak but they slowly become strong again

D. they become weak and won't become strong until you use them again

(    )58. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Your memory works in different way as your arms or legs.

B. Your memory becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice.

C. Don't learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory.

D. A good memory comes from one’s parents.

(    )59. Few people know that it is ________ if a friend has a poor memory.

A. his own fault   B. his parents' fault   C. his teachers' fault   D. nobody's fault

(    )60. In the passage, the writer wants to tell us to practice _________.

A. using our arms or legs very often      

B. reading and writing as much as we can

C. remembering things to improve our memory

D. having enough sleep and rest and being relaxed