At a quarter to six， 　　1　　 Alison heard 　　2　　 park the car outside the house and at once went out to the front door．

　　“What’s the matter？”he asked．“You look 　　3　　 ．”

　　“I’ve made a big mistake，Jim，”she said．“Mrs Johnson rang me up about half an hour ago．We got 　　4　　 and then without thinking．I asked her and her husband to come and have 　　5　　 with us this evening．”

　　“Well，that’s 　　6　　 to be worried about，”Mr Alison said．“We should have a 　　7　　 time together．We haven’t seen 　　8　　 for a long time．”

　　“I’d like them to come．”said Mrs Alison，“but I’ve just found there’s 　　9　　 in the house．Did you remember to buy some steak(牛排)？I asked you to get some on your way home 3 days ago．”

　　“Steak？”Mr Alison said，“Oh，dear！I remember now．I got some．It’s in the boot(行李箱)of 　　10　　 ．It has been there for the past 3 days．”

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完形填空，通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文空白处的最佳选项。

“You speak very good English”

　　The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student of English．“You 　　1　　 very good English．” But the student answered, “ No, my English is very poor．” The foreigner was quite

　　　　2　　 at the answer．Thinking he had not made himself 　　3　　 or the student had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak it very well．” But the Chinese student still 　　4　　 saying “No”．　　5　　 the foreigner gave up and didn't know what to say．

　　What's wrong with the student's answer? It is because he didn't accept a compliment as the American people 　　6　　．He should have said “Thank you” instead of “No”．He actually understood what the American had said．But he thought he should be modest．If someone says to a woman, “ You look 　　7　　 beautiful with the new clothes 　　8　　．” she should be very happy and answer, “Thank you．” In our country we think 　　9　　 modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad behavior．But in the West, if you are modest and say, “ No, 　　10　　 I can't do it well, ” then the others will take it for granted(理所当然)that you 　　11　　 can not do it．If you often say, “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by 　　12　　．When 　　13　　 for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “ Let me have a try on the job”, he or she can expect to get it．So in the West, one should always be confident．　　14　　 self-confidence, he can't go anywhere．Confidence is of great 　　15　　 to one in a country where competition is quite keen．(激烈)

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