In our country we think being modest(谦虚的) is a virtue(美德) and being proud is a bad thing. One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese student, “you speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite _______at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself understood or the girl had not heard him ______. He said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” _______ the girl still kept saying. “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know ______ to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t ______ a compliment(恭维) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer “Thank you” instead of “No.” She ______ understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the ______ , people will feel ______ and confident when they are praised. So if someone says the ______ you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you”.

If you are modest and say. “No, I’m ______ I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, people may think that you really can not do it. If you often say, “No”, you’ll certainly be looked down upon by _____ . When asking _____ a job, if one says something like, “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “ Let me have a try”, he or she will_____ get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence. In my opinion, being confident doesn’t _____ being proud, so sometimes you should be confident _____ being modest.

1.A. excited B. surprised C. frightened

2.A. clear B. clearly C. not clearly

3.A. Though B. And C. But

4.A. which B. what C. how

5.A. accept B. refuse C. disagree

6.A. hardly B. really C. badly

7.A. east B. south C. west

8.A. proudly B. pride C. proud

9.A. dishes B. cups C. glasses

10.A. afraid B. active C. angry

11.A. the other B. other C. others

12.A. for B. as C. to

13.A. fail to B. expect to C. succeed in

14.A. think B. say C. mean

15.A. as soon as B. as well as C. instead of

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Some students, parents and teachers in Shanghai were surveyed last month. According to the result of the survey, the generation gap (代沟) between students and parents as well as teachers is becoming wider. Here is what they said.

Voice of the students:

“Our parents hold too high expectations(期待)which put us under lots of pressure(压力. They care too much about our lives and studies,” one student said.

“It’s impolite that some students’ parents read their children’s diaries without permission!”one student said angrily.

“Some of our teachers are so serious that we can’t make friends with them at all,” another student said sadly.

Voice of the parents:

One mother said, “After school, my daughter usually locks herself into her room and spends lots of time talking with others on the phone. And I can’t stand her clothes and hairstyle!”

“I thought my son was doing very well in his studies. I didn’t realize I was being cheated (欺骗)by him until I got a call from his teacher,” said a father.

Voice of the teachers:

An English teacher said, “Today, the role of the teacher is to put knowledge into students’ brain. The power teachers have kept students away from them.”

“Some parents pay too much attention to their children’s grades. They never create a lively and colorful environment at home,” another teacher said.

“In the past, teachers and students often played games together or talked with each other. Today, only studies and grades are talked about,” said a teacher.

Voice of scientists:

Scientists say that a school should be a place where students can learn not only knowledge, but also how to face failure bravely enough.

The generation gap (代沟)1. students and parents as well as teachers

Voice of the students

● Parents expect us too much and2. too much about our lives and studies.

● It’s not3. of our parents to read our diaries without permission.

● Some of our teachers are so4. that we can’t make friends with them at all.

Voice of the 5.

● Some children keep themselves6. in their own rooms and only chat with others on the phone after school.

● Some children 7. us until we get a call from the teachers.

● We can’t stand their clothes and hairstyle.

Voice of the teachers

● The power teachers have kept students away from them.

● Some parents pay too much attention to their children’s grades instead of8. a lively and colorful environment at home.

● We9.______to play games together with our students or talk with each other. Today, only studies and grades are talked about.

Voice of scientists

● At school students should not only learn knowledge, but also learn to be 10. when they face failure.

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