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 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 ______ 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 ______. 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 selfconfidence.

【1】A.itselfB.herselfC.himselfD.themselves

【2】A.ThoughB.AlthoughC.OrD.But

【3】A.whenB.whichC.whatD.how

【4】A.receiveB.acceptC.refuseD.disagree

【5】A.hardlyB.reallyC.rarelyD.badly

【6】A.dutifulB.modestC.shamefulD.confident

【7】A.dishesB.cupsC.glassesD.bowls

【8】A.thinkB.sayC.askD.mean

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

【10】A.anotherB.the otherC.the othersD.others

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【5】B

【6】D

【7】A

【8】D

【9】C

【10】D

【解析】

文章大意：本文通過一個中國女孩回答一個美國男孩的贊美時的語言選擇，指出了中西方文化的差異，闡明了自己的觀點：有時候我們應該用自信代替謙虛。

【1】句意：我以為他沒有把自己的話說清楚，或者姑娘沒有聽清楚……

考查代詞辨析．itself 它自己；herself 她自己；himself 他自己；themselves他們自己。 根據(jù)后面 the girl 那個女孩，made oneself understood （使他人）明白，此處需要用he的反身代詞，故答案是C。

【2】句意：但是女孩仍然說不。

考查詞連辨析．Though 雖然；Although 雖然，盡管，然而；Or 或者；But但是。根據(jù)the girl still kept saying，"No男孩原以為女孩不明白，重復一遍后，仍舊未聽到女孩符合常理的回答，這是出乎男孩意料的，前后意思有所轉折，因此用but，故答案是D。

【3】句意：最后美國男孩無法理解，也不知道說什么。

考查連詞辨析．when 當..時．which 哪一個．what 什么．how 怎么樣；根據(jù)what to say"不知說什么"，其中what是say邏輯賓語；且say是及物動物，必須跟賓語，排除A、D選項；這里的說話內(nèi)容沒有選項，也排除which，故答案是C。

【4】句意：她沒有像美國人一樣的方式接受恭維。

考查動詞辨析．receive收到；accept 接愛；refuse 拒絕；disagree不同意。根據(jù)后面a compliment（恭維）in the same way as the American people do，像美國人那樣…指的是"接受恭維"，排除C、D；accept接受，表主動接受，receive接收，故答案是B。

【5】句意：她理解美國男孩說的，但是她覺得自己應該謙虛。

考查副詞辨析，hardly幾乎不；really 真的；nearly 幾乎，差不多；badly糟糕地。根據(jù)后面but she thought she should be modest但她認為應該謙虛，可知前面她不是不明白男孩所說的話，因此使用肯定結構，故答案是B。

【6】句意：在西方國家，受到表揚的時候人們會感覺到驕傲和自信。

考查形容詞辨析．dutiful 孝順的；modest 謙虛的；shy 害羞的；confident 自信的。通過第三段和最后一段可知，西方人想表現(xiàn)"自信"，故答案是D。

【7】句意：所以如果有人說你做的菜好吃，你應該說謝謝。

考查名詞辨析．dishes 飯菜；cups 杯子；glasses 眼鏡；bowls碗。 根據(jù)后面cooked are very delicious做的非�？煽冢瑧�該是飯菜，故答案是A．

【8】句意：在我們國家，我們認為謙虛是一種美德，驕傲是件壞事,但是在我看來,自信并不意味著驕傲。

考查動詞辨析，think 認為；say 說；ask 問；mean 意味著。根據(jù)前面But in my opinion，being confident does not 自信應該是并不意味著驕傲，故答案是D。

【9】句意：……所以有時候你應該自信，而不是謙虛。

考查短語辨析，as soon as盡快；as well as 一樣好；instead of 代替；in the hope of 懷著…的希望。根據(jù)so sometimes you should be confident （9）being modest．應該是這是作者的觀點：用自信代替謙虛，故答案是C。

【10】句意：如果你經(jīng)常說“不”，你一定會被人看不起。

考查代詞辨析．another三者以上另一個；the other 兩者中另一個．the others (=the other+復數(shù)名詞),代詞，指一定范圍內(nèi)除去一個或一部分后，“余下的人或物的全部”。others 別的人或物（復數(shù)）．根據(jù)you will certainly be looked down upon by 表示復數(shù)，泛指他人，故答案是D。