Dick had a toothache. His mother  36   him to the dentist. Before they saw the dentist, they 37  wait. “Please come in!” said a nurse in a   38  dress.     Dick looked afraid  39   he came into the dentist’s room. “Now tell me. What’s wrong 40  you?” the dentist asked. “I feel terrible. I think I’ve a  41  tooth.” said the boy. “Well, let me have a   42  ”, said the dentist kindly. Dick  43  his mouth 44  the dentist began to examine（检查）his  45  .

There is nobody in the world the same 36_____ you；you are unique(独特唯一的)!Everybody is  37 _____from everyone else．That is good! 38 _____it makes the world an interesting place．
   There are people taller 39______ you, and shorter than you．Maybe your hair is the same color as your friend’s hair, but maybe it is longer than 40_____. Another difference is your hair may be straight, hers may be curly.
   I am sure you have some friends who are 41______ than you. And you also have some friends, they are as 42______ at sports as you. But there are also people around you who are not good at some things. 43_____ does your best friend look like? Do you both 44 _______to finish your homework at school? Do you both want to wear the same clothes every day? I think 45______ some ways you are the same, but in many other ways you are different. So say loudly to the world, “I am who I am – I’m unique!”

（   ）36．A．with    B．as          C．of     D．from
（   ）37．A．better   B．different     C．smart   D．good
（   ）38．A . Because  B．So        C．Although  D．But
（   ）39．A．after    B．than     C．then   D．in front of
（   ）40．A．her     B．she         C．hers     D．she’s
（   ）41．A．smart    B．smarter     C．smartest   D．a smart
（   ）42．A．bad    B．better      C．well       D．good  
（   ）43．A．Where  B．What      C．How    D．How often
（   ）44．A．like    B．enjoy     C．would like   D．going
（   ）45.．A．through  B．by      C．in           D．on

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  41  at the answer. Thinking he had not made  42   understood or the girl had not    43  him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.”   44  the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know    45   to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t   46   a compliment (恭维) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She   47   understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the  48  , people will feel proud and  49   when they are praised . So if someone says the     50    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  51   being proud, so sometimes you should be confident  52   being modest.

     53  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    54  . 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     55    get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

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

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

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

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

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

（   ）46.A．receive          B．accept                    C．refuse                     D．disagree

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

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

（   ）49.A．difficult         B．modest                   C．shameful                 D．confident

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

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

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

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

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

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