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 ______ at the answer. Thinking he had not made______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 _____， 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.”

【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. rarely D. badly

【8】A. east B. south C. west D. north

【9】A. dutiful B. modest C. shameful D. confident

【10】A. dishes B. cups C. glasses D. Bowls

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】B

【7】B

【8】C

【9】D

【10】A

【解析】

這篇短文介紹了中西方文化的差異，當(dāng)受到別人的贊美的時(shí)候，西方人會(huì)坦然接受，并向?qū)Ψ奖硎靖兄x。而中國(guó)人會(huì)謙虛的拒絕。

【1】句意：這個(gè)外國(guó)人對(duì)這個(gè)回答感到很吃驚。excited 感到興奮的，激動(dòng)的；surprised吃驚的；relaxed放松的；frightened害怕的。根據(jù)下文In the end the American boy could not understand可知，這個(gè)美國(guó)男孩不明白女孩說(shuō)的話(huà)，所以他感到吃驚，因?yàn)楦鶕?jù)英語(yǔ)的習(xí)慣，她應(yīng)該回答“Thank you”，故選B。

【2】句意：認(rèn)為他自己沒(méi)有說(shuō)明白，或者這個(gè)女孩沒(méi)有聽(tīng)清楚他的話(huà)，他說(shuō)：“是的，真的，你說(shuō)得很好�！� itself 它自己；herself她自己；himself他自己；themselves他們自己。這句話(huà)的主語(yǔ)是he，所以這里說(shuō)的是使他自己被理解，故應(yīng)選C。這里使用的句型是make oneself done使某人自己被…。

【3】句意：認(rèn)為他自己沒(méi)有說(shuō)明白，或者這個(gè)女孩沒(méi)有聽(tīng)清楚他的話(huà)，他說(shuō)：“是的，真的，你說(shuō)得很好�！� heard 聽(tīng)到，是hear的過(guò)去式；watched觀看；listened to聽(tīng)…；looked at看…。根據(jù)文意可知，這里說(shuō)的是女孩沒(méi)有清楚地聽(tīng)男孩說(shuō)的話(huà)，故應(yīng)選A。

【4】句意：但是這個(gè)女孩仍然一直說(shuō)：“不。”Though 盡管；Although盡管；Or或者；But但是。根據(jù)上文I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered,可知，這里也是轉(zhuǎn)折的關(guān)系，故應(yīng)選D。

【5】句意：最后這個(gè)美國(guó)的男孩不能理解，不知道該說(shuō)什么了。when 當(dāng)…時(shí)候；which哪一個(gè)；what什么；how怎樣。這里是疑問(wèn)詞+動(dòng)詞不定式結(jié)構(gòu)，say說(shuō)，是及物動(dòng)詞，這里應(yīng)用疑問(wèn)代詞，排除A和D，根據(jù)句意可知，男孩不知道該說(shuō)什么，故選C。

【6】句意：她沒(méi)有像美國(guó)人一樣接受別人的恭維。receive 收到；accept接受；refuse拒絕；disagree不同意。根據(jù)上下文的意思可知，女孩沒(méi)有（主觀）接受男孩的稱(chēng)贊，并不是客觀上的收到…，故應(yīng)選B。

【7】句意：她明白那個(gè)美國(guó)的男孩說(shuō)了什么，但是她認(rèn)為她應(yīng)該謙虛。hardly 幾乎不；really真的，事實(shí)上；rarely 稀有地，罕見(jiàn)的：badly糟糕地。根據(jù)后半句but she thought she should be modest可知，她聽(tīng)懂了男孩的話(huà)，只是她覺(jué)得她應(yīng)該謙虛，故應(yīng)選B。

【8】句意：在西方，當(dāng)人們受到表?yè)P(yáng)的時(shí)候，他們會(huì)感到驕傲和自信。east 東方；south南方；west西方；north北方。根據(jù)文意可知，這篇短文介紹的是中西方文化的差異，這句話(huà)說(shuō)的是西方人的習(xí)慣，故應(yīng)選C。

【9】句意：在西方，當(dāng)人們受到表?yè)P(yáng)的時(shí)候，他們會(huì)感到驕傲和自信。dutiful忠實(shí)的，順從的；modest謙虛的；shameful可恥的；confident自信的。根據(jù)西方人的習(xí)慣，當(dāng)受到表?yè)P(yáng)的時(shí)候，你應(yīng)該接受，向?qū)Ψ奖硎靖兄x�？涨懊娴男稳菰~是proud，驕傲的，跟它意思一致的應(yīng)該是D，自信的。

【10】句意：因此如果有人說(shuō)你做的菜很好吃，你應(yīng)該說(shuō)：“謝謝你。”dishes菜；cups杯子；glasses眼鏡；玻璃杯，復(fù)數(shù)；bowls碗。根據(jù)句意…you have cooked are very delicious可知，這里說(shuō)的是“飯菜”，故應(yīng)選A。