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 (恭维) 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.

【小题1】
A.excitedB.surprisedC.relaxedD.frightened
【小题2】
A.itselfB.herselfC.himselfD.themselves
【小题3】
A.heardB.watchedC.listened to D.looked at
【小题4】
A.ThoughB.AlthoughC.OrD.But
【小题5】
A.whenB.whichC.whatD.how
【小题6】
A.receiveB.acceptC.refuseD.disagree
【小题7】
A.hardlyB.reallyC.rarelyD.badly
【小题8】
A.eastB.southC.westD.north
【小题9】
A.dutifulB.modestC.shamefulD.confident
【小题10】
A.dishesB.cupsC.glassesD.bowls
【小题11】
A.thinkB.sayC.askD.mean
【小题12】
A.as soon as B.as well as C.instead ofD.in spite of
【小题13】
A.Unless B.UntilC.WhetherD.If
【小题14】
A.anotherB.the otherC.the othersD.others
【小题15】
A.fail to B.expect toC.succeed in D.believe in

There was once a young mouse that lived in a hole in a wall. One day, the young mouse woke up from his sleep and looked out of the hole. As he looked out, a fantastic smell came to his nose. “Cheese!” the mouse said happily to himself. “I’ll go and get it now and have it for breakfast.”

But then he remembered his parents’ words. His parents were very clever mice and often said to their son, “Always wait before you go for a piece of cheese.”

So the young mouse waited quietly. Then he heard a quiet “Miaow” and he knew the cat was there. He stayed in the hole and said to himself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned to wait.”

The next day, he looked out again. He put his nose out of the hole, and the beautiful smell of cheese came to his nose again. He could see the cheese. It was only a few centimetres away. But he sat still and waited quietly. This time he did not hear any cat’s noise. Instead he heard a very quiet “Woof, woof.”

“It’s a dog!” he thought. “If the dog is there, the cat won’t be there. I expect the dog has chased the cat away, so I’m safe.” The mouse ran out of the hole and started eating the cheese. He did not see the cat, which caught him and ate him.

When the cat finished her meal, she said to herself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned a second language.”

1.Who told the mouse to wait before going for a piece of cheese?

A. The cat.          B. The dog.          C . The cat’s parents.     D. The mouse’s parents.

2. How did the young mouse know the cat was there?

A. He heard the cat.    B. He saw the cat.     C. He smelt the cat.      D. He knew the cat.

3.What was the cat’s meal?

A. The mouse’s parents.  B. The cheese.        C. The young mouse.     D. The fish.

4.Which language did the cat learn as a second language?

A. English.             B. Chinese.          C. Dog language.        D. Mouse language.

5.Which of the following sentences is Not True according to the passage?

A. The young mouse lived in a hole in a wall.

B. The next day the mouse didn’t hear any cat’s noise.

C. The cat pretended to be a dog by making the noise “woof”.

D. The mouse’s parents told their daughter to wait before going for a piece of cheese.    

 

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