As soon as he finished his homework，Erie jumped onto his bicycle and rode off in the direction of the beach．While he was   1   along，he thought about the whales（鲸鱼）．He hoped he would see them again today．After he got to the beach，Eric   2   his bicycle behind a bush so that no one could see it from the road．Then he ran down onto the sand．  3   it was only four in the afternoon，the sky was already growing dark．Eric frowned（皱眉）．If it  4   he wouldn't be able to see the whales because they would stay in deeper water．He hurried along the beach   5   the rocks．They were the best place to watch the whales from because of their __6  ．Before Erie reached the rocks he felt a drop of water on his head．“Oh no!” he thought．“Now the whales will stay in the deep water and l won’t be able to   7   them!” But just then he saw a large shape on the beach．It was a young whale! The whale had come too close to the shore（海岸）and got stuck（搁浅）on the   8  ! At first the whale didn't move at all and Eric thought it was   9  ．Then he saw its tail move weakly．Eric turned and ran through the rain as fast as he could back to his bicycle．He had to get   10  ! Unless they got the whale back in the water soon，it would die and Eric couldn't let that happen．

1．A．riding             B．running                C．getting                   D．walking

2．A．sent                      B．hid                      C．took                             D．got

3．A．As                        B．Since                   C．Because                 D．Although

4．A．shone             B．snowed                C．rained                    D．blew

5．A．into                       B．off                      C．to                          D．from

6．A．1ength            B．size                     C．height                    D．shape

7．A．watch            B．kill                       C．catch                     D．save

8．A．soil                       B．beach                         C．grass                     D．water

9．A．dead                      B．pretty                         C．lovely                    D．alive

10．A．care                    B．water                   C．medicine                D．help

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.

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