A．he was not interested in the topic

　　B．he was only interested in the Great Wall

　　C．I had talked too much

　　D．I had to stop talking at once

　　2．After the Englishman explained the idiom, ________．

　　A．I felt proud of my understanding

　　B．the Englishman made a fool of himself

　　C．I felt very silly

　　D．I became more careful in everything

　　3．What does the writer try to tell us?

　　A．When you are speaking to a foreigner, you should be careful.

　　B．English idioms are important.

　　C．Foreigners are hard to understand.

　　D．Learning a foreign language is difficult.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　B

　　A nickname is a shortened form of a person's name. A nickname can also be a descriptive name for a person, place or thing. Many American cities have nicknames.

　　Los Angeles has several nicknames. One is simply the city's initials, LA.It is also called "The City of Angels" because Los Angeles means "the angels" in Spanish.

　　Los Angeles often has warm, sunny weather. So another nickname is "City of Flowers and Sunshine". New York is called"The Big Apple". So Los Angeles is sometimes called"The Big Orange"because of the fruit that grows in that city's warm climate.

　　The American motion picture and television industries are based in Los Angeles. So it is not surprising that it is called"The Entertainment Capital of the World"．Many films are made in the area of Los Angeles called Hollywood. Millions of people visit the area. No trip to Los Angeles is complete without seeing the word "Hollywood"spelled out in huge letters on a hillside.

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