“You speak very good English”
The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student of English. “You  41 very good English.” But the student answered, “ No, my English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite
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What’s wrong with the student’s answer? It is because he didn’t accept a compliment as the American people  46 . 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  47 beautiful with the new clothes  48 .” she should be very happy and answer, “Thank you.” In our country we think  49 modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad behavior. But in the West, if you are modest and say, “ No,   50 I can’t do it well,” then the others will take it for granted (理所當(dāng)然)that you  51 can not do it. If you often say,“No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by  52 . When  53 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.  54 self-confidence, he can’t go anywhere. Confidence is of great  55 to one in a country where competition is quite keen.(激烈)
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A．didB．doneC．to doD．do
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A．suchB．such aC．soD．so a
小題8:
A．forB．onC．inD．into
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A．beingB．beC．havingD．have
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A．I’m afraidB．I’m not sureC．I don’t mindD．I don’t know
小題11:
A．hardlyB．reallyC．badlyD．luckily
小題12:
A．a(chǎn)notherB．otherC．the otherD．others
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)skingB．a(chǎn)skC．provideD．providing
小題14:
A．WithB．WithoutC．byD．under
小題15:
A．importantlyB．unimportantC．importantD．importance

小題1:C
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小題3:A
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小題5:C
小題6:D
小題7:C
小題8:B
小題9:A
小題10:A
小題11:B
小題12:D
小題13:A
小題14:B
小題15:D
短文大意: 這篇短文主要談到了英語交際中的謙虛問題，在西方交際中對于別人的夸獎，贊美等恭維一般是欣然結(jié)構(gòu)，并表示感謝，而不是像中國人一樣謙虛幾句。由此也讓我們懂得，在西方社會自信是多么的重要。
小題1:動詞辨析。tell告訴，講述，強調(diào)一個人說；say 說，強調(diào)說的內(nèi)容；talk 不及物動詞，談話，多和介詞搭配使用；speak演講，發(fā)言，說某種語言。聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是你的英語說得不錯。故選C。
小題2:聯(lián)系后一句描述，可知這個外國人很驚訝，故選B，驚訝的，感到出人意料的。B
小題3:結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是這個男孩認(rèn)為對方?jīng)]有明白自己的意思。過去分詞作賓語補足語表示被動的動作，結(jié)合語境可知選A。
小題4:聯(lián)系上下文可知此處指的是，這個中國學(xué)生仍舊堅持說……。結(jié)合語境可知本句描述的是過去發(fā)生的動作，故用過去時態(tài)，選D，堅持，繼續(xù)。
小題5:短語辨析。A. 首先，最初；   B. 順便說說；C.終于，最后；D. 首先。聯(lián)系前文，可知這個外國人最后放棄了。故選C。
小題6:結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是他沒有像美國人那樣接受恭維。結(jié)合語境可知從句中描述的是客觀性動作，故用一般現(xiàn)在時態(tài)。本句主語the American people 表示復(fù)數(shù)含義，故謂語動詞用原形。選D。
小題7:詞義辨析。such是形容詞，修飾名詞，意思是如此的這樣的；so是副詞，修飾形容詞，副詞，意思是如此這樣。連詞下文beautiful ，可知選C，副詞修飾形容詞。
小題8:介詞辨析。A.為了，對于；B. 在上面；C.在里面；D.進入。本句中介詞on用作形容詞，表示衣服穿在身上的意思，故選B。
小題9:聯(lián)系上下文可知此處指的是，我們認(rèn)為誠實是一種美德。結(jié)合語境可知本句從句中是動名詞做主語，have的基本含義是有，故選A。
小題10:短語辨析。A.我害怕；B. 我不確定；C.我不介意；D.我不知道。結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是，恐怕我不能做好。故選A。
小題11:聯(lián)系前文描述，可知此處指的是，他們認(rèn)為你真的不能做好。故選B，真實地。
小題12:聯(lián)系上下文，可知此處指的是，你肯定會被其他人看不起，故選D，其他人。
小題13:結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是當(dāng)找工作時，現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語表示正在進行的伴隨性動作，故選A，要求。
小題14:聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是沒有自信，寸步難行。故選B，沒有。
小題15:聯(lián)系前文描述，可知自信對于一個來說具有很大的重要性。本句中of是介詞，后面接名詞作賓語，故選D，重要性。
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