“Confidence” is probably one of the most noticeable traits(品质)in the Americans. They show confidence in the way they talk, the way they smile, the way they dress and the way they walk. Living and competing with all these confidence American students, I find it extremely important to be confident as an international student and instructor. As a student, being confident means you should never hesitate to raise your hand whenever a question or a point comes to your mind. Don’t mind if it sounds simple or silly. Otherwise you will never get a chance to speak in class at all. What’s worse, the professors may think you are not prepared for the discussion or you do not have your own opinion on the issue-this is the last comment any graduate would like to receive。  
Being confidence for me as a foreign instructor means calmly asking the student to repeat what he or she has said if I did not get it. Pretending to understand what you actually did not may just bring yourself embarrassment or even disgrace. But the time I most need to be confident is when my students come to my office and bargain about the grades I have given for their Speeches。(The course I’m teaching here is Public Speaking). Modesty is a trait highly valued in China, but it won’t be of much help here if you want to survive and succeed in a good American graduate program.
【小题1】To compete with American students it’s very important to

A.be quite confident
B.be polite and friendly
C.have more discussions with
D.understand what they think about
【小题2】A professor will have the worst opinion of a student who
A.gives a silly or simple answer
B.tries to seize any chance to speak in class
C.shows no interest in the course
D.is considered to have no opinion of his own
【小题3】The author is most likely to feel embarrassed if
A.he asks a student to repeat what he has said
B.the students bargain with him
C.he pretends to know what he doesn’t
D.he has to give a speech
【小题4】We learn from the second paragraph that
A.we should also remain modest in America
B.modesty doesn’t help modest in America
C.American also like modest people
D.modesty can help you through an American graduate program
【小题5】What can we infer from the passage?
A.American students are ready to accept the grades from the teacher.
B.The writer teaches in Europe for a living.
C.Students are encouraged to present simple questions.
D.One’s ignorance will give away in time.

 

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A 、B、C 、和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The child in the hospital bed was just waking up after having a throat(喉咙)operation. His throat 1, and he was afraid. However, the young nurse 2by his bed smiled 3that the little boy smiled back . He 4to be afraid. The young nurse was May Paxton 5she was deaf(聋的). May Paxton graduated 6the Missouri School for the Deaf near the year 1909. Three years 7, she went to see Dr. Richardson about 8a nurse. Dr. Richardson was one of the founders of Mercy Hospital of Kansas City. 9had never heard of a deaf nurse. She told May that her 10would be very low and that the work would be 11. However, May said that hard work did not frighten her. Dr. Richardson was 12her, and accepted May as a student nurse.

Dr. Richardson never 13her decision. 14, she was so pleased with May’s work that she later accepted two other deaf women as students nurses. The 15was Miss Marian Finch, who was hard of 16. The second was Miss Lillie Bessie. These three were 17“the silent angles(天使)of Mercy Hospital” during the 18they worked there.

Dr. Richardson often 19her faith in the girl’s ability to learn nursing. She wrote to May ,“For three years, you have been with us… It is wonderful to me that no man, 20or child ever, to my knowledge , made a complain(投诉)against you …”

1.A. damaged            B. cut          C. hurt         D. wounded

2.A. lying              B. standing     C. crying           D. jumping

3.A. cheerfully         B. sadly            C. shyly            D. weakly

4.A. began          B. forgot           C. continued        D. stopped

5.A. but                B. so           C. for          D. and

6.A. as                 B. in               C. with         D. from

7.A. ago                B. later            C. then         D. before

8.A. becoming           B. hiring           C. seeking      D. changing

9.A. You                B. We           C. She          D. He

10.A. money         B. check            C. pay          D. price

11.A. easy              B. difficult        C. joyful           D. disappointing

12.A. satisfied with        B. ashamed of       C. sorry for        D. angry with

13.A. liked             B. thought of       C. regretted        D. believed

14.A. In public         B. In a hurry       C. In surprise      D. In fact

15.A. first             B. one          C. other            D. others

16.A. reading           B. listening        C. hearing      D. writing

17.A. told              B. called           C. chosen           D. offered

18.A. year              B. month            C. term         D. time

19.A. spoke of          B. said         C. heard of     D. noticed

20.A. boy               B. person           C. woman        D. girl

 

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