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     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, ^uYes,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 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 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 saying “Let nie have a try”，he or she will 15 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. itself   B. herself   C. himself   D. themselves

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

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

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

() 6. A. receive B‘ accept   C. refuse   D. disagree

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

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

() 9. A. dutiful   B. modest   C. shameful   D. confident

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

E 阅读提示：文章通过两个中、美孩子的对话讲述了中西方文化的区别和不同回答所起到的不同效果。

1. B根据英语习惯当别人夸奖你的时候，应该说“谢谢”，所以中国女孩的回答使这个美国男孩很“惊讶”，故答案选   B.

2. C由上文的he和下文的understood可知答案选   C. 可知考査的是 make... done。

3. A联系上下文可知男孩认为女孩可能没听清楚，故答案选A.

4. D由上句和下句的No可知前后是转折关系，故答案选   D.

5. C say是及物动词，后加宾语，故答案选   C. 意为“什么”。

6. B联系上下文可知女孩的问题出在没有“(主观) 接受”男孩的赞 美，故答案选   B. 而receive是“(客观) 收到”，故排除。

7. B 由下文“but she thought she should be modest (她认为她应该 谦虚) ”可知女孩实际上懂男孩所说的意思，故答案选   B. 意为“事 实上;确实”。

8. C由上文可知这是讲的中西文化的区别，故答案选   C.

9. D根据英语的习惯当别人夸奖你的时候，你应该感到骄傲和“自 信”，故答案选   D.

10. A由下文delicious“美味可口的”可知做的“饭菜”，故答案选A.

11. D由上文可知在中国，谦虚是一种美德，而骄傲是不好的和but 可知后边可能与前边的意思相反，故答案选 D. 意为“意味着”。

12. C联系上文自信并不意味着骄傲可推知答案选   C. 意为“代替”。

13. D联系下文的“If you often say...”，可知答案选   D. 意为 “如果”。

14. D联系上文如果你经常说“不”,会被“别人”看不起的，故答案 选   D. 泛指别人。

15. B联系上下文可知在西方国家如果你很自信说“我当然行”，会 被人们很看重的，故答案选   B. 意为“期盼;期待”。