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     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, ^uYes,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 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 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 saying “Let nie have a try”，he or she will 15 get it. So in the west,you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

() 1. A. excited   B. surprised   C. relaxed   D. frightened

() 2. A. itself   B. herself   C. himself   D. themselves

() 3. A. heard   B. watched   C. listened to   D. looked at

() 4. A. Though   B. Although   C. Or   D. But

() 5. A. when   B. which   C. what   D. how

() 6. A. receive B‘ accept   C. refuse   D. disagree

() 7. A. hardly   B. really   C. rarely   D. badly

() 8. A. east   B. south   C. west   D. north

() 9. A. dutiful   B. modest   C. shameful   D. confident

() 10. A. dishes   B. cups   C. glasses   D. bowls

() 11. A. think   B. say   C. ask   D. mean

() 12. A. as soon as   B. as well as   C. instead of   D. in spite of

() 13. A. Unless   B. Until   C. Whether   D. If

() 14. A. another   B. the other   C. the others   D. others

() 15. A. fail to   B. expect to   C. succeed to   D. believe in

Answer 1

E 閱讀提示：文章通過兩個(gè)中、美孩子的對(duì)話講述了中西方文化的區(qū)別和不同回答所起到的不同效果。

1. B根據(jù)英語習(xí)慣當(dāng)別人夸獎(jiǎng)你的時(shí)候，應(yīng)該說“謝謝”，所以中國女孩的回答使這個(gè)美國男孩很“驚訝”，故答案選   B.

2. C由上文的he和下文的understood可知答案選   C. 可知考査的是 make... done。

3. A聯(lián)系上下文可知男孩認(rèn)為女孩可能沒聽清楚，故答案選A.

4. D由上句和下句的No可知前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故答案選   D.

5. C say是及物動(dòng)詞，后加賓語，故答案選   C. 意為“什么”。

6. B聯(lián)系上下文可知女孩的問題出在沒有“(主觀) 接受”男孩的贊 美，故答案選   B. 而receive是“(客觀) 收到”，故排除。

7. B 由下文“but she thought she should be modest (她認(rèn)為她應(yīng)該 謙虛) ”可知女孩實(shí)際上懂男孩所說的意思，故答案選   B. 意為“事 實(shí)上;確實(shí)”。

8. C由上文可知這是講的中西文化的區(qū)別，故答案選   C.

9. D根據(jù)英語的習(xí)慣當(dāng)別人夸獎(jiǎng)你的時(shí)候，你應(yīng)該感到驕傲和“自 信”，故答案選   D.

10. A由下文delicious“美味可口的”可知做的“飯菜”，故答案選A.

11. D由上文可知在中國，謙虛是一種美德，而驕傲是不好的和but 可知后邊可能與前邊的意思相反，故答案選 D. 意為“意味著”。

12. C聯(lián)系上文自信并不意味著驕傲可推知答案選   C. 意為“代替”。

13. D聯(lián)系下文的“If you often say...”，可知答案選   D. 意為 “如果”。

14. D聯(lián)系上文如果你經(jīng)常說“不”,會(huì)被“別人”看不起的，故答案 選   D. 泛指別人。

15. B聯(lián)系上下文可知在西方國家如果你很自信說“我當(dāng)然行”，會(huì) 被人們很看重的，故答案選   B. 意為“期盼;期待”。