【推荐1】完形填空：（1’*10=10’）
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
____ at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself understood or the girl had not
____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 ( 恭维)in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “ Thank you” instead of “ No”. She really understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and
____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 instead of being modest.
____ 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
____ 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 expect 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．heard | B．watched | C．listened to | D．looked at |
3. | A．Though | B．Although | C．Or | D．But |
4. 5. | A．receive | B．accept | C．refuse | D．disagree |
6. | A．dutiful | B．modest | C．shameful | D．confident |
7. | A．dishes | B．cups | C．glasses | D．bowls |
8. 9. | A．Until | B．Unless（除非） | C．Whether | D．If |
10. | A．another | B．the other | C．the others | D．others |
