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A．Could you tell me something about it?

B．Thank you for telling me something about the Games.

C．Beijing is going to hold the 2008 Olympic Games.

D．I feel very excited about the 2008 Olympic Games.

E．Well, I hope your dream will come true.

F．You are a good player.

G．I practise very hard every day.

A: Good morning, Mr. Wang. I'm a news reporter from the Youth Sports. Nice to meet you.

B: Nice to meet you, too.

A: You know, 1 As a ping-pong player of our national team, you must have a big plan. 2 .

B: I'm very glad I'm a member of the national team. 3 I do hope that I can take part in it. I plan to do my best.

A: Do you think you can win a medal at the Games?

B: That's my dream, 4 At the same time, I'm trying to improve my English, so I can make more friends.

A: 5 Good luck. And thank you for your time.

B: You're welcome.

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 heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” But the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know   3   to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t   4   a compliment (恭维)in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She     5      understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and   6  when they are praised(赞扬). So if someone says the dishes 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   7  being proud, so sometimes you should be confident    8   being modest.

  9    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 on by others. 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  10  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．her            B．herself         C．himself   D．him

3.                A．when          B．which          C．what D．how

4.                A．accept         B．receive         C．refuse    D．disagree

5.                A．hardly          B．really          C．rarely    D．badly

6.                A．kind           B．modest         C．shy  D．confident

7.                A．think           B．say            C．ask  D．mean

8.                A．different from   B．as well as        C．instead of D．the same as

9.                A．Unless         B．Until           C．Whether  D．If

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