10．通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文空白处的最佳选项．
"You speak very good English"
The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student of English．"You（41）Cvery good English．"But the student answered，"No，my English is very poor．"The foreigner was quite（42）Bat the answer．Thinking he had not made himself（43）Aor the student had not heard him clearly，he said，"Yes，indeed，you speak it very well．"But the Chinese student still （44）Dsaying"No"（45）Cthe foreigner gave up and didn't know what to say．
What's wrong with the student's answer？It is because he didn't accept a compliment as the American people（46）D．He should have said"Thank you"instead of"No"．He actually understood what the American had said．But he thought he should be modest．If someone says to a woman，"You look（47）Cbeautiful with the new clothes（48）B．"she should be very happy and answer，"Thank you．"In our country we think（49）Amodest is a virtue and showing off is a bad behavior．But in the West，if you are modest and say，"No，（50）AI can't do it well，"then the others will take it for granted （理所当然）that you（51）Bcan not do it．If you often say，"No"，you will certainly be looked down upon by（52）D．When（53）Afor a job，if one says something like"Yes，I can certainly do it"instead of"Let me have a try on the job"，he or she can expect to get it．So in the West，one should always be confident．（54）Bself-confidence，he can't go anywhere．Confidence is of great（55）Dto one in a country where competition is quite keen．（激烈）
| 41．A．say | B．talk | C．speak | D．tell |
| 42．A．surprising | B．surprised | C．laughed | D．laughing |
| 43．A．understood | B．understand | C．to understand | D．understanding |
| 44．A．keep | B．keeping | C．keeps | D．kept |
| 45．A．At first | B．By the way | C．In the end | D．First of all |
| 46．A．did | B．done | C．to do | D．do |
| 47．A．such | B．such a | C．so | D．so a |
| 48．A．for | B．on | C．in | D．into |
| 49．A．being | B．be | C．having | D．have |
| 50．A．I'm afraid | B．I'm not sure | C．I don't mind | D．I don't know |
| 51．A．hardly | B．really | C．badly | D．luckily |
| 52．A．another | B．other | C．the other | D．others |
| 53．A．asking | B．ask | C．provide | D．providing |
| 54．A．With | B．Without | C．by | D．under |
| 55．A．importantly | B．unimportant | C．important | D．importance． |
