Question

 One day,I heard an American boy say to a Chi?nese girl student, "You speak very good English." But the girl answered,"No,no. My English is very poor". The foreigner was quite 1    at the answer. Thinking he had not made 2        understood or the girl had not 3        him clearly,he said,"Yes,in?deed* you speak very well. " 4 the girl still kept saying, "No. "In the end,the American boy could not understand and didn't know 5        to say.

 What's wrong with the girls answer? She didn't 6 a compliment (恭維) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, "Thank you" instead of "No". She 7        under?stood what the American boy had said,but she thought she should be modest (謙虛的) .In the 8        ,people will feci proud and 9        when they are praised (表?yè)P(yáng)〉.So if someone says the 10        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 11        being proud,so sometimes you should be confident 12        being modest.

 13     you are modest and say,"No，I,m afraid I can,t do it well" while working in a western coun try,the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say "No", you will certainly be looked down upon by 14        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 15        to get it. So in the west,you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

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

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

(   ) 3. A. heard   B. watched   C. listened to   D. looked at

(   ) 4. A. Though   B. Although   C. Or   D. But

(   ) 5. A. when   B. which   C. what   D. how

(   ) 6. A. receive   B. accept   C. refuse   D. disagree

(   ) 7. A. hardly   B. really   C. nearly   D. badly

(   ) 8. A. east   B. south   C. west   D. north

(   ) 9. A. dutiful   B. modest   C. shy   D. confident

(   ) 10. A. dishes   B. cups   C. glasses   D. bowls

(   ) 11. A. think   B. say   C. ask   D. mean

(   ) 12. A. as soon as   B. as well as   

       C. instead of   D. in the hope of

(   ) 13. A. Unless   B. Until   C. Whether   D. If

(   ) 14. A. others   B. the other   C. the others   D. another

(   ) 15. A. fail   B. expect

-   C. succeed   D. believe

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