2．"Confidence"is probably one of the most noticeable quality 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 confident American students，I find it extremely important to be confident as an international student and teacher．As a student，being confident means you should dare 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 topic---this is the last comment any graduate would not like to receive．
Being confident for me as a foreign teacher 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 uneasiness or even shame．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 quality 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．
28．What should we do most if we want to compete with American students？A
A．Be quite confident．
B．Be polite and friendly．
C．Have more discussions．
D．Know what they think about．
29．A professor will have the worst opinion of a student whoD．
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
30．The author is most likely to feel uneasiness ifC．
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
31．The passage is mainly organized byB．
A．giving examples
B．describing personal experiences
C．giving different figures
D．making comparisons．
分析 文章向我们讲述了在和自信心很强的美国学生一块学习中自信心、以及发表主见的重要性．
解答 28．A．细节理解题．根据文章第一段的句子"Living and competing with all these confident American students，I find it extremely important to be confident as an international student and teacher．"可知如果我们想和美国学生竞争，应该要相当自信．故选A．
29．D．细节理解题．根据文章第一段的句子"What's worse，the professors may think you are not prepared for the discussion or you do not have your own opinion on the topic---this is the last comment any graduate would not like to receive．"可知一个教授对被认为没有自己的观点的学生评价是最差的．故选D．
30．C．细节理解题．根据文章第二段的句子"Pretending to understand what you actually did not may just bring yourself uneasiness or even shame．"可知如果作者不懂装懂他会感觉不舒服．故选C．
31．B．推理判断题．根据文章第一段I find it extremely important to…，我感觉…，最后一段But the time I most need to be confident…可知文章总是在以作者个人经历证明自己的观点．故选B．
点评 本篇文章主要是细节理解方面的题型，需要考生通过跳读迅速找到对应的句子进行详细理解，句子的理解可以结合上下文意思，通过逻辑推理得到．
