Question

完形填空，阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “ You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “ No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite 1at the answer. Thinking he had not made 2understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said ,“ Yes , indeed, you speak very well.”but the girl still kept saying , “ No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know 3 to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t 4 a compliment (恭维)in the same way as the American people do . She should5 ,“ Thank you”instead of“ No” . She really understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and 6 when they are praised . So if someone says the 7 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 8 being proud , so sometimes you should be confident 9 being modest.

10 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 11 . 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 12 get it . So in the west , you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

1.A. excited B. relaxed C. surprised D. frightened

2. A. itself B. himself C.herself D. themselves

3. A. how B. when C. what D. which

4. A.accept B.receive C. refuse D. disagree

5. A. read B.talk C. write D.answer

6. A. shy B. modest C. shameful D. confident

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

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

9. A. as soon as B. instead of C.as well as D. not only

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

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

12. A. fail to B.succeed in C. believe in D. expect to

Answer 1

1C  2B  3C  4A  5D  6D  7A  8C  9B  10A  11B  12D