Question

Being confident 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. 1.
   To compete with American students it's very important to     .
   1. A.
      be quite confident
   2. B.
      be polite and friendly
   3. C.
      have more discussions with them
   4. D.
      understand what they think about
2. 2.
   A professor will have the worst opinion of a student who     .
   1. A.
      gives a silly or simple answer
   2. B.
      tries to seize any chance to speak in class
   3. C.
      shows no interest in the course
   4. D.
      is considered to have no opinion of his own
3. 3.
   The author is most likely to feel embarrassed if       .
   1. A.
      he asks a student to repeat what he has said
   2. B.
      the students bargain with him
   3. C.
      he pretends to know what he doesn't
   4. D.
      he has to give a speech
4. 4.
   We learn from the second paragraph that       .
   1. A.
      we should also remain modest in America
   2. B.
      modesty doesn't help you much in America
   3. C.
      Americans also like modest people
   4. D.
      modesty can help you through an American graduate program
5. 5.
   What can we infer from the passage?
   1. A.
      American students are ready to accept the grades from the teacher.
   2. B.
      The writer teaches in Europe for a living.
   3. C.
      Students are encouraged to present simple questions.
   4. D.
      One’s ignorance will give away in time.

Answer 1

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文章講的是作者通過自己在美國教書的經歷來告訴讀者，自信在美國的重要性及其體現。
1.事實細節題。根據第一段Living and competing with all these confident American students, I find it extremely important to be confident as an international student and instructor. 可知。
2.事實細節題。根據第一段ou 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可知。你不說話，老師會認為你沒有自己的觀點或者沒有準備好參加討論。
3.事實細節題。 根據第二段Pretending to understand what you actually did not may just bring yourself embarrassment or even disgrace.可知
4.推理判斷題。 根據第二段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可知。
5.推理判斷題。在美國學會自信以后，能主動提問，參與教學活動，這樣無知就會最終消失。