Question

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 quite1at the answer. Thinking he had not made2understood or the girl had not3him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.”4the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know5to say.
What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t 6la compliment (恭維) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She7understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the8, people will feel proud and9when they are praised . So if someone says the10you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”
In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing , but in my opinion, being confident does not11being proud, so sometimes you should be confident12being modest.
13you 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 by14. 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 will15get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      excited
   2. B.
      surprised
   3. C.
      relaxed
   4. D.
      frightened
2. 2.
   1. A.
      itself
   2. B.
      herself
   3. C.
      himself
   4. D.
      themselves
3. 3.
   1. A.
      heard
   2. B.
      watched
   3. C.
      listened to
   4. D.
      looked at
4. 4.
   1. A.
      Though
   2. B.
      Although
   3. C.
      Or
   4. D.
      But
5. 5.
   1. A.
      when
   2. B.
      which
   3. C.
      what
   4. D.
      how
6. 6.
   1. A.
      receive
   2. B.
      accept
   3. C.
      refuse
   4. D.
      disagree
7. 7.
   1. A.
      hardly
   2. B.
      really
   3. C.
      rarely
   4. D.
      badly
8. 8.
   1. A.
      east
   2. B.
      south
   3. C.
      west
   4. D.
      north
9. 9.
   1. A.
      dutiful
   2. B.
      modest
   3. C.
      shameful
   4. D.
      confident
10. 10.
    1. A.
       dishes
    2. B.
       cups
    3. C.
       glasses
    4. D.
       bowls
11. 11.
    1. A.
       think
    2. B.
       say
    3. C.
       ask
    4. D.
       mean
12. 12.
    1. A.
       as soon as
    2. B.
       as well as
    3. C.
       instead of
    4. D.
       in spite of
13. 13.
    1. A.
       Unless
    2. B.
       Until
    3. C.
       Whether
    4. D.
       If
14. 14.
    1. A.
       another
    2. B.
       the other
    3. C.
       the others
    4. D.
       others
15. 15.
    1. A.
       fail to
    2. B.
       expect to
    3. C.
       succeed in
    4. D.
       believe in

Answer 1

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短文屬于議論文。作者通過(guò)對(duì)中西方文化的差異的描述，闡明自己的觀點(diǎn)：有時(shí)候我們應(yīng)該用自信代替謙虛。
1.由于文化背景不同，外國(guó)人對(duì)中國(guó)人的回答感到驚訝。
2.made oneself understood （使他人）明白，此處需要用he的反身代詞。
3.這里是“沒(méi)聽清”的意思，強(qiáng)調(diào)聽的結(jié)果，用hear；前面用了had，動(dòng)詞用過(guò)去分詞，構(gòu)成過(guò)去完成時(shí)。
4.男孩原以為女孩不明白，重復(fù)一篇后，仍舊未聽到女孩符合常理的回答，這是出乎男孩意料的。前后意思有所轉(zhuǎn)折，因此用but。
5.what to say“不知說(shuō)什么”，其中what是say邏輯賓語(yǔ)；且say是及物動(dòng)物，必須跟賓語(yǔ)，排除A、D選項(xiàng)；這里的說(shuō)話內(nèi)容沒(méi)有選項(xiàng)，也排除which。
6.根據(jù)句意，“像美國(guó)人那樣…”指的是“接受恭維”，排除C、D；accept“接受”，receive“接收”。
7.根據(jù)情節(jié)，她不是不明白男孩所說(shuō)的話，因此使用肯定結(jié)構(gòu)。
8.這里面的內(nèi)容，屬于西方文化。
9.通過(guò)第三段和最后一段可知，西方人想表現(xiàn)“自信”。
10.這里指飯菜。
11.這里是“意思是，意謂”。
12.這是作者的觀點(diǎn)：用自信代替謙虛。
13.本段做了幾個(gè)并排的假設(shè)，此處要跟下文一致，用If。
14.表示復(fù)數(shù)，泛指他人。
15.expect to do 期待去做；期望做某事。