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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