Question

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite   1   at the answer. Thinking he had not made    2   understood or the girl had not   3   him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.”   4   the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know   5   to say.
What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t   6  a compliment (恭維) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She   7  understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the   8  , people will feel proud and 9   when they are praised . So if someone says the   10   you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”
In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing , but in my opinion, being confident does not   11  being proud, so sometimes you should be confident   12  being modest.
   13  you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by  14 . When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try”, he or she will   15   get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

小題1:	A．excited B．surprised C．relaxed D．frightened

小題2:	A．itself B．herself C．himself D．themselves

小題3:	A．heard B．watched C．listened to D．looked at

小題4:	A．Though B．Although C．Or D．But

小題5:	A．when B．which C．what D．how

小題6:	A．receive B．a(chǎn)ccept C．refuse D．disagree

小題7:	A．hardly B．really C．rarely D．badly

小題8:	A．east B．south C．west D．north

小題9:	A．dutiful B．modest C．shameful D．confident

小題10:

A．dishes B．cups C．glasses D．bowls

小題11:

A．think B．say C．a(chǎn)sk D．mean

小題12:

A．a(chǎn)s soon as B．a(chǎn)s well as C．instead of D．in spite of

小題13:

A．Unless B．Until C．Whether D．If

小題14:

A．a(chǎn)nother B．the other C．the others D．others

小題15:

A．fail to B．expect to C．succeed in D．believe in

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:C
小題6:B
小題7:B
小題8:C
小題9:D
小題10:A
小題11:D
小題12:C
小題13:D
小題14:D
小題15:B

短文屬于議論文。作者通過對中西方文化的差異的描述，闡明自己的觀點：有時候我們應該用自信代替謙虛。
小題1:由于文化背景不同，外國人對中國人的回答感到驚訝。
小題2:made oneself understood （使他人）明白，此處需要用he的反身代詞。
小題3:這里是“沒聽清”的意思，強調(diào)聽的結(jié)果，用hear；前面用了had，動詞用過去分詞，構(gòu)成過去完成時。
小題4:男孩原以為女孩不明白，重復一篇后，仍舊未聽到女孩符合常理的回答，這是出乎男孩意料的。前后意思有所轉(zhuǎn)折，因此用but。
小題5:what to say“不知說什么”，其中what是say邏輯賓語；且say是及物動物，必須跟賓語，排除A、D選項；這里的說話內(nèi)容沒有選項，也排除which。
小題6:根據(jù)句意，“像美國人那樣…”指的是“接受恭維”，排除C、D；accept“接受”，receive“接收”。
小題7:根據(jù)情節(jié)，她不是不明白男孩所說的話，因此使用肯定結(jié)構(gòu)。
小題8:這里面的內(nèi)容，屬于西方文化。
小題9:通過第三段和最后一段可知，西方人想表現(xiàn)“自信”。
小題10:這里指飯菜。
小題11:這里是“意思是，意謂”。
小題12:這是作者的觀點：用自信代替謙虛。
小題13:本段做了幾個并排的假設，此處要跟下文一致，用If。
小題14:表示復數(shù)，泛指他人。
小題15:expect to do 期待去做；期望做某事。