Question

【題目】 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 surprised at the answer. Thinking he had not made ___________understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, 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 (恭維) 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 proud and confident when they are praised . So if someone says the ___________you 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 not ___________ being proud, so sometimes you should be confident ___________ being modest. If 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 others. 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 ____________ getting it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

【1】A.itselfB.herselfC.himself

【2】A.ThoughB.AlthoughC.But

【3】A.howB.whichC.what

【4】A.receiveB.acceptC.agree

【5】A.hardlyB.reallyC.badly

【6】A.eastB.southC.west

【7】A.dishesB.bowlsC.glasses

【8】A.thinkB.sayC.mean

【9】A.as soon asB.as well asC.instead of

【10】A.fail toB.expect toC.succeed in

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】C

【9】C

【10】C

【解析】

本文介紹了在我們國(guó)家，我們認(rèn)為謙虛是一種美德，驕傲是一件壞事，但在作者看來(lái)，自信并不意味著驕傲，所以有時(shí)你應(yīng)該自信而不是謙虛。在西方，你應(yīng)該勇敢地展示你的自信。

【1】句意：他以為他沒(méi)聽懂她的話，或者那個(gè)女孩沒(méi)聽清楚，就說(shuō)：“是的，你說(shuō)得很好。”

A. itself它自己，B. herself她自己，C. himself他自己。根據(jù)“or the girl had not heard him clearly,”可知，表示沒(méi)有讓那個(gè)女孩聽懂，因此用代詞herself，故選B。

【2】句意：盡管女孩還是不停地說(shuō)：“不�！�

A. Though盡管，位于句中或句末；B. Although盡管，位于句首；C. But但是。結(jié)合句意，前半句表示他認(rèn)為自己沒(méi)有聽懂那個(gè)女孩的話，后半句表示那個(gè)女孩不停地說(shuō)“不”，前后表示讓步關(guān)系，位于句首，用although，故選B。

【3】句意：最后，那個(gè)美國(guó)男孩聽不懂，也不知道該說(shuō)什么。

A. how如何，B. which哪一個(gè)；C. what什么。動(dòng)詞say后面缺少賓語(yǔ)，用what充當(dāng)，故選C。

【4】句意：她不像美國(guó)人那樣接受贊美。

A. receive表示客觀上收到，B. accept表示主觀上接受，C. agree同意。結(jié)合句意，此處表示她不接受恭維和贊美，故選B。

【5】句意：她確實(shí)理解那個(gè)美國(guó)男孩所說(shuō)的話，但她認(rèn)為她應(yīng)該謙虛。

A. hardly幾乎不，B. really真正地，C. badly非常。連詞but前后表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，but后表示她認(rèn)為應(yīng)該謙虛，因此but前表示她真地理解那個(gè)美國(guó)男孩所說(shuō)的話。故選B。

【6】句意：在西方，當(dāng)人們被贊揚(yáng)時(shí)，他們會(huì)感到自豪和自信。

A. east東方，B. south南方，C. west西方。根據(jù)前文的“She didn’t _____4_____ a compliment (恭維) in the same way as the American people do.”可知，美國(guó)人對(duì)于別人的贊揚(yáng)，感到自豪，因此這是西方國(guó)家的文化，故選C。

【7】句意：所以如果有人說(shuō)你做的菜很好吃，你應(yīng)該說(shuō)“謝謝”。

A. dishes 菜肴，B. bowls碗，C. glasses眼鏡。根據(jù)“you have cooked are very delicious”可知，此處表示做的菜非常好吃，故選A。

【8】句意：在我們國(guó)家，我們認(rèn)為謙虛是一種美德，驕傲是一件壞事，但在我看來(lái)，自信并不意味著驕傲，所以有時(shí)你應(yīng)該自信而不是謙虛。

A. think認(rèn)為，B. say說(shuō)，C. mean意味著，打算。mean doing sth“意味著做某事”，故選C。

【9】句意：在我們國(guó)家，我們認(rèn)為謙虛是一種美德，驕傲是一件壞事，但在我看來(lái)，自信并不意味著驕傲，所以有時(shí)你應(yīng)該自信而不是謙虛。

A. as soon as一……就……；B. as well as而且，C. instead of而不是。instead of doing sth“而不是做某事”，故選C。

【10】句意：在申請(qǐng)工作時(shí)，如果一個(gè)人說(shuō)“是的，我一定能做”而不是“讓我試一試”，他或她就會(huì)成功地得到這份工作。

A. fail to未能，B. expect to期望，C. succeed in在……方面成功。根據(jù)后文的“So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.”可知，表現(xiàn)出自信才能成功地得到工作，故選C。

對(duì)于中西方文化的差異，這篇短文中作者介紹了中西方的人關(guān)于謙虛的不同看法。文章主題明確，結(jié)構(gòu)清晰，內(nèi)容貼近學(xué)生們的日常生活，比較容易理解。題型是完形填空，考查學(xué)生們?cè)诰唧w語(yǔ)境中運(yùn)用語(yǔ)言的能力，綜合性較強(qiáng)。做題時(shí)，應(yīng)先通讀短文，了解文意；然后根據(jù)上下文語(yǔ)境做題，注意空前后的搭配，并仔細(xì)辨析選項(xiàng)中單詞的意思和用法；最后將答案代入原文，再讀一遍，檢查答案是否正確。例如第8小題，考查了mean doing sth“意味著做某事”，故選C。再如第7小題，考查名詞辨析及語(yǔ)境。dishes 菜肴，bowls碗，glasses眼鏡。根據(jù)空格后的句意可知，你做的菜是非常好吃的，故選A。