“Confidence” is probably one of the most noticeable traits（品質(zhì)）in the Americans．They show confidence in the way they talk，the way they smile，the way they dress and the way they walk．Living and competing with all these confidence American students，I find it extremely important to be confident as an international student and instructor．As a student，being confident means you should never hesitate to raise your hand whenever a question or a point comes to your mind．Don’t mind if it sounds simple or silly．Otherwise you will never get a chance to speak in class at all．What’s worse，the professors may think you are not prepared for the discussion or you do not have your own opinion on the issue—this is the last comment any graduate would like to receive．
Being confidence for me as a foreign instructor means calmly asking the student to repeat what he or she has said if I did not get it．Pretending to understand what you actually did not may just bring yourself embarrassment or even disgrace．But the time I most need to be confident is when my students come to my office and bargain about the grades I have given for their Speeches．（The course I’m teaching here is Public Speaking）．Modesty is a trait highly valued in China，but it won’t be of much help here if you want to survive and succeed in a good American graduate program．
小題1:To compete with American students it’s very important to    ．
A．be quite confident
B．be polite and friendly
C．have more discussions with them
D．understand what they think about
小題2:A professor will have the worst opinion of a student who            ．
A．gives a silly or simple answer
B．tries to seize any chance to speak in class
C．shows no interest in the course
D．is considered to have no opinion of his own
小題3:The author is most likely to feel embarrassed if         ．
A．he asks a student to repeat what he has said
B．the students bargain with him
C．he pretends to know what he doesn’t
D．he has to give a speech
小題4:We learn from the second paragraph that      ．
A．we should also remain modest in America
B．modesty doesn’t help you much in America
C．Americans also like modest people
D．modesty can help you through an American graduate program
小題5:The passage is mainly developed by       ．
A．providing examples
B．making comparisons
C．giving different figures
D．telling personal experiences

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：文章向我們講述了在和自信心很強(qiáng)的的美國學(xué)生一塊學(xué)習(xí)中自信心、以及發(fā)表主見的重要性。
小題1:A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段的“Living and competing with all these confidence American students, I find it extremely important to be confident…”可以看出：為了和這些信心很足的美國學(xué)生競爭，信心是很重要的。
小題2:D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段的“What’s worse, the professors may think you are not prepared for the discussion or you do not have your own opinion on the issue”可以看出，教授們對沒有自己觀點(diǎn)的學(xué)生評價最差。
小題3:C考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題干關(guān)鍵詞“feel embarrassed”對應(yīng)原文的“bring yourself embarrassment”。由最后一段的“Pretending to understand what you actually did not may just bring yourself embarrassment”可知答案。
小題4:B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由該段的“. Modesty is a trait highly valued in China, but it won’t be of much help here”可以看出，謙遜在美國根本就沒有多大的幫助。
小題5:D推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段Being confidence for me as a foreign instructor means calmly asking the student to repeat what he or she has said if I did not get it可知作者是通過自身的經(jīng)歷。
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A．passedB．stoodC．goneD．followed
小題17:
A．leavingB．diggingC．fillingD．kicking
小題18:
A．by B．before C．untilD．a(chǎn)fter
小題19:
A．in spite ofB．instead ofC．a(chǎn)part fromD．in terms of
小題20:
A．faithB．willC．strengthD．laughter

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