Question

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   1  at the answer. Thinking he had not made   2   understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” But the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know   3   to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t   4   a compliment (恭維)in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She     5      understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and   6  when they are praised(贊揚). So if someone says the dishes 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   7  being proud, so sometimes you should be confident    8   being modest.

  9    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 on by others. 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  10  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．her            B．herself         C．himself   D．him

 

3.                A．when          B．which          C．what D．how

 

4.                A．accept         B．receive         C．refuse    D．disagree

 

5.                A．hardly          B．really          C．rarely    D．badly

 

6.                A．kind           B．modest         C．shy  D．confident

 

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

 

8.                A．different from   B．as well as        C．instead of D．the same as

 

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

 

10.               A．expect to       B．fail to          C．succeed in     D．believe in

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.D

10.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要談到了英語交際中的謙虛問題，在西方交際中對于別人的夸獎，贊美等恭維一般是欣然結構，并表示感謝。而不是像中國人一樣謙虛幾句。

1.聯系后一句描述，可知這個外國人很驚訝，故選B，驚訝的，感到出人意料的。

2.結合語境可知此處指的是這個男孩認為對方沒有明白自己的意思，故選C，他自己。

3.結合語境可知此處指的是這個美國男孩不知道該說什么了。故選C，什么。

4.動詞辨析。A.接受，承認；B.受到，接納；C.拒絕，抵制；D.爭執，不同意。結合語境可知此處指的是這個女孩沒有像美國人一樣接受恭維，故選A。

5.聯系上文描述，可知此處指的是他真的明白了美國男孩說的話。故選B，真實地。

6.形容詞辨析。A.和藹的，寬容的；B.謙虛的，適度的；C.害羞的；D.自信的。結合語境可知此處指的是他們會感到驕傲自信，故選D。

7.動詞辨析。A.思考，認為；B.說；C.問，請求；D.意味，想要。結合語境此處指的是，自信并不意味著驕傲。故選D。

8.聯系前一句描述，可知此處指的是，有時你應該自信而不是謙虛，故選C，代替，而不是。

9.聯系辨析。A.除非，如果不；B.直到；C.是否； D.是否，如果。聯系上下文，可知前后是條件關系，故選D，如果你謙虛的說……

10.短語辨析。A.期望，有望；B.未能；C.成功，在……方面成功；D.信仰，信任。結合語境可知此處指的是這個人有望得到這個工作，故選A。

考點：關于英語交際的說明文

點評：這篇短文內容比較簡單，理解不難。各小題與上下文聯系比較緊密，答題中一定要注意聯系上下文。答完后多讀幾遍，看看是否符合邏輯，適當修改。個別小題可以當作單獨的詞義辨析題來做，先區分詞義，結合語境選出最能使語句通順的答案。