Question

完形填空.

A)请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student,“You speak very good English.” But the girl said, “ 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 heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed ,you _____ very well.”

_____ the girl still kept saying,“No, no.” This time 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 the American people do. She should say “Thank you” instead of “ No”. She _____ did understand what the American boy said, but she thought she should be modest (谦虚的). In the _____, people feel proud and confident when they are praised. So if someone says the _____ you cooked are very delicious, you should say, “ Thank you.”

In our country we think being modest is a virtue( 美德) and being _____ is a bad thing. But in my opinion, being confident does not _____ being proud, so sometimes you should be confident as well as modest.

_____ you are modest and say“No, I’m afraid I can’t do it” while working in a western country, others may think that you really can’t do it . If you often say ”No”, you will certainly be looked down 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_____ .So in the west, you_____ be brave to show your self-confidence.

1.A. excited      B. surprised    C. relaxed      D. frightened

2.A. itself     B. herself      C. himself      D. themselves

3.A. speak      B. talk         C. listened    D . look

4.A. Since     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. nearly       D. badly

8.A. east     B. south        C. west        D. north

9.A. dishes    B. cups         C. glasses     D. bowls

10.A. worried  B. happy         C. lucky        D. proud

11.A. think     B say            C. ask          D. mean

12.A. Unless     B. Until       C. Whether      D. If

13.A. others     B. the other    C. the others   D. another

14.A. fail       B. want         C. succeed      D. believe

15.A. would      B. should       C. could        D. Might

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.D

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要谈到了英语交际中的谦虚问题，在西方交际中对于别人的夸奖，赞美等恭维一般是欣然接受，并表示感谢，而不是像中国人一样谦虚几句。由此也让我们懂得，在西方社会自信是多么的重要。

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考点：考查文化类短文