完形填空：（1’*10=10’） 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 himself understood or the girl had nothim 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 knowto say. What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’ta compliment ( 恭维)in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “ Thank you” instead of “ No”. She really understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud andwhen they are praised. So if someone says theyou 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 notbeing proud, so sometimes you should be confident instead of being modest. 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 upon 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 expect to get it . So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.
试题分析：本文介绍了中国人和西方人对待人们的称赞的不同表达方式。当中国人有人称赞时，会说“不，自己恐怕做的不好”，这是表示谦虚。但是在西方，当有人称赞时，他会感到骄傲和自信，会说“谢谢”。在西方如果你总是说“我做的不好”，会被其他人瞧不起。 【小题1】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. excited感到激动的；B. surprised 感到惊讶的；C. relaxed放松的；D. frightened害怕的。 根据前文的“ You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “ No, no. My English is very poor.” 可知这个美国男孩和这个女孩的观点不一致，因此这个美国男孩感到惊讶，故选B。句意：这个美国男孩对她的回答感到非常惊讶。 【小题2】考查动词及语境的理解。 A. heard 听见，B. watched 观看；C. listened to 听；D. looked at看。与Thinking he had not made himself understood “没说明白”意思相近的意思，应是女孩没听见他的话，故选A。句意：他认为他没说明白，或者这个女孩没有听清楚自己说的话。 【小题3】考查连词及语境的理解。 A. Though尽管；B. Although尽管；C. Or 或者；D. But但是。根据the girl still kept saying, “ No.” 可知这个美国男孩说这个女孩的英语说得好，女孩一直说自己的英语不好，前后表示转折关系，故用连词but，故选D。句意：但是这个女孩一直说：“不”。 【小题4】考查疑问词及语境的理解。A. when何时；B. which哪一个；C. what什么；D. how如何。动词know后面的宾语从句中作为动词say的宾语，应用代词what, 故选C。句意：最后，这个美国男孩无法理解，也不知道说什么。 【小题5】考查动词及语境的理解。 A. Receive（表示客观上）收到；B. accept（表示主观上）接受；C. refuse拒绝；D. disagree不同意。此处表示主观上接受别人的恭维，故选B。句意：她没有像美国人一样接受恭维。 【小题6】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. dutiful忠实的；B. modest谦虚的；C. shameful可耻的；D. confident自信的。和proud“骄傲”表示并列关系，意思相近的词应是自信，故选D。句意：在西方，人们被称赞时，他们感到骄傲、自信。 【小题7】考查名词及语境的理解。A. dishes 菜肴； B. cups杯子；C. glasses眼镜； D. bowls碗。have cooked故选A。句意：所以如果有人说你做的菜非常好吃，你应说“谢谢”。 【小题8】考查动词及语境的理解。A. think认为；B. say 说；C. ask问；D. mean意味着。根据短语mean doing sth“意味着做某事”，故选D。句意：但是，依我来看，自信并不意味着骄傲。 【小题9】考查连词及语境的理解。A. Until 直到； B. Unless除非；C. Whether是否；D. If如果。此处表示条件，故用连词if来引导，故选D。句意：如果你谦虚，你可以说“不，恐怕我做的不好。” 【小题10】考查代词及语境的理解。A. another另一个；B. the other 其他的；C. the others 其他的（人或物）；D. others其他一些。此处表示被其他一些人瞧不起，而不是所有其他人，故选D。句意：如果你经常说“不”，你一定会被其他人看不起。 考点：社会政治经济文化类短文。