Question

“Confidence” is probably one of the most noticeable traits(品質)in the Americans. They show confidence in the way they talk, the way they smile, the way they dress and the way they walk. Living and competing with all these confidence American students, I find it extremely important to be confident as an international student and instructor. As a student, being confident means you should never hesitate to raise your hand whenever a question or a point comes to your mind. Don’t mind if it sounds simple or silly. Otherwise you will never get a chance to speak in class at all. What’s worse, the professors may think you are not prepared for the discussion or you do not have your own opinion on the issue-this is the last comment any graduate would like to receive。  

Being confidence for me as a foreign instructor means calmly asking the student to repeat what he or she has said if I did not get it. Pretending to understand what you actually did not may just bring yourself embarrassment or even disgrace. But the time I most need to be confident is when my students come to my office and bargain about the grades I have given for their Speeches。(The course I’m teaching here is Public Speaking). Modesty is a trait highly valued in China, but it won’t be of much help here if you want to survive and succeed in a good American graduate program．

1.To compete with American students it’s very important to

A．be quite confident

B．be polite and friendly

C．have more discussions with

D．understand what they think about

2.A professor will have the worst opinion of a student who

A．gives a silly or simple answer

B．tries to seize any chance to speak in class

C．shows no interest in the course

D．is considered to have no opinion of his own

3.The author is most likely to feel embarrassed if

A．he asks a student to repeat what he has said

B．the students bargain with him

C．he pretends to know what he doesn’t

D．he has to give a speech

4.We learn from the second paragraph that

A．we should also remain modest in America

B．modesty doesn’t help modest in America

C．American also like modest people

D．modesty can help you through an American graduate program

5.What can we infer from the passage?

A．American students are ready to accept the grades from the teacher.

B．The writer teaches in Europe for a living.

C．Students are encouraged to present simple questions.

D．One’s ignorance will give away in time.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章向我們講述了在和自信心很強的的美國學生一塊學習中自信心、以及發表主見的重要性。

1.A細節理解題。由第一段的“Living and competing with all these confidence American students, I find it extremely important to be confident…”可以看出：為了和這些信心很足的美國學生競爭，信心是很重要的。

2.D細節理解題。由第一段的“What’s worse, the professors may think you are not prepared for the discussion or you do not have your own opinion on the issue”可以看出，教授們對沒有自己觀點的學生評價最差。

3.C考查細節理解題。題干關鍵詞“feel embarrassed”對應原文的“bring yourself embarrassment”。由最后一段的“Pretending to understand what you actually did not may just bring yourself embarrassment”可知答案。

4.B細節理解題。由該段的“. Modesty is a trait highly valued in China, but it won’t be of much help here”可以看出，謙遜在美國根本就沒有多大的幫助。

5.C文章結構推斷題。根據最后一段Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair scooters and motor-cycles. Slowly but surely the profits increased and the business developed.可知。

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點評：文章向我們講述了在和自信心很強的的美國學生一塊學習中自信心、以及發表主見的重要性。本文細節題居多，答題時在文章找到對應的地方，用筆進行標記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。