Question

【题目】 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 surprised at the answer. Thinking he had not made ___________understood or the girl had not heard him 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 know ___________ to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t ___________ a compliment (恭维) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She ___________ understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the ___________, people will feel proud and confident when they are praised . So if someone says the ___________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 ___________ being proud, so sometimes you should be confident ___________ being modest. If 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 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 ____________ getting it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

【1】A.itselfB.herselfC.himself

【2】A.ThoughB.AlthoughC.But

【3】A.howB.whichC.what

【4】A.receiveB.acceptC.agree

【5】A.hardlyB.reallyC.badly

【6】A.eastB.southC.west

【7】A.dishesB.bowlsC.glasses

【8】A.thinkB.sayC.mean

【9】A.as soon asB.as well asC.instead of

【10】A.fail toB.expect toC.succeed in

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】C

【9】C

【10】C

【解析】

本文介绍了在我们国家，我们认为谦虚是一种美德，骄傲是一件坏事，但在作者看来，自信并不意味着骄傲，所以有时你应该自信而不是谦虚。在西方，你应该勇敢地展示你的自信。

【1】句意：他以为他没听懂她的话，或者那个女孩没听清楚，就说：“是的，你说得很好。”

A. itself它自己，B. herself她自己，C. himself他自己。根据“or the girl had not heard him clearly,”可知，表示没有让那个女孩听懂，因此用代词herself，故选B。

【2】句意：尽管女孩还是不停地说：“不。”

A. Though尽管，位于句中或句末；B. Although尽管，位于句首；C. But但是。结合句意，前半句表示他认为自己没有听懂那个女孩的话，后半句表示那个女孩不停地说“不”，前后表示让步关系，位于句首，用although，故选B。

【3】句意：最后，那个美国男孩听不懂，也不知道该说什么。

A. how如何，B. which哪一个；C. what什么。动词say后面缺少宾语，用what充当，故选C。

【4】句意：她不像美国人那样接受赞美。

A. receive表示客观上收到，B. accept表示主观上接受，C. agree同意。结合句意，此处表示她不接受恭维和赞美，故选B。

【5】句意：她确实理解那个美国男孩所说的话，但她认为她应该谦虚。

A. hardly几乎不，B. really真正地，C. badly非常。连词but前后表示转折关系，but后表示她认为应该谦虚，因此but前表示她真地理解那个美国男孩所说的话。故选B。

【6】句意：在西方，当人们被赞扬时，他们会感到自豪和自信。

A. east东方，B. south南方，C. west西方。根据前文的“She didn’t _____4_____ a compliment (恭维) in the same way as the American people do.”可知，美国人对于别人的赞扬，感到自豪，因此这是西方国家的文化，故选C。

【7】句意：所以如果有人说你做的菜很好吃，你应该说“谢谢”。

A. dishes 菜肴，B. bowls碗，C. glasses眼镜。根据“you have cooked are very delicious”可知，此处表示做的菜非常好吃，故选A。

【8】句意：在我们国家，我们认为谦虚是一种美德，骄傲是一件坏事，但在我看来，自信并不意味着骄傲，所以有时你应该自信而不是谦虚。

A. think认为，B. say说，C. mean意味着，打算。mean doing sth“意味着做某事”，故选C。

【9】句意：在我们国家，我们认为谦虚是一种美德，骄傲是一件坏事，但在我看来，自信并不意味着骄傲，所以有时你应该自信而不是谦虚。

A. as soon as一……就……；B. as well as而且，C. instead of而不是。instead of doing sth“而不是做某事”，故选C。

【10】句意：在申请工作时，如果一个人说“是的，我一定能做”而不是“让我试一试”，他或她就会成功地得到这份工作。

A. fail to未能，B. expect to期望，C. succeed in在……方面成功。根据后文的“So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.”可知，表现出自信才能成功地得到工作，故选C。

对于中西方文化的差异，这篇短文中作者介绍了中西方的人关于谦虚的不同看法。文章主题明确，结构清晰，内容贴近学生们的日常生活，比较容易理解。题型是完形填空，考查学生们在具体语境中运用语言的能力，综合性较强。做题时，应先通读短文，了解文意；然后根据上下文语境做题，注意空前后的搭配，并仔细辨析选项中单词的意思和用法；最后将答案代入原文，再读一遍，检查答案是否正确。例如第8小题，考查了mean doing sth“意味着做某事”，故选C。再如第7小题，考查名词辨析及语境。dishes 菜肴，bowls碗，glasses眼镜。根据空格后的句意可知，你做的菜是非常好吃的，故选A。