Question

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A)请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student,“You speak very good English.” But the girl said, “ No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite______at the answer. Thinking he had not made______ understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed ,you______ very well.”

______ the girl still kept saying,“No, no.” This time 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 the American people do. She should say “Thank you” instead of “ No”. She ______did understand what the American boy said, but she thought she should be modest (谦虚的). In the______, people feel proud and confident when they are praised. So if someone says the______you cooked are very delicious, you should say, “ Thank you.”

In our country we think being modest is a virtue( 美德) and being______is a bad thing. But in my opinion, being confident does not______ being proud, so sometimes you should be confident as well as modest.

______you are modest and say“No, I’m afraid I can’t do it” while working in a western country, others may think that you really can’t do it . If you often say ”No”, you will certainly be looked down by______. 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______ .So in the west, you______ 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. speak B. talk C. listened D. look

4.A. Since 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. nearly D. badly

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

9.A. dishes B. cups C. glasses D. bowls

10.A. worried B. happy C. lucky D. proud

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

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

13.A. others B. the other C. the others D. another

14.A. fail B. want C. succeed D. believe

15.A. would B. should C. could D. Might

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