阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

　　You may know the English letters A, B and C．But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas．But do you know there is such a thing a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No, they are just Chinese people like you and me．

　　ABC means American-born Chinese．An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States．Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”．A banana is yellow outside and white inside．So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese．

　　Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language．Some of them don't speak Chinese．Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics．

　　But if ABCs can not speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course．They are Chinese．They are overseas Chinese．These people may be citizens(公民)of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore．But they have Chinese blood．Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China．They all have black eyes and black hair．But they are not Chinese citizens．They are not people of the People's Republic of China．For example, we all know the famous scientist, C．N．Yang(杨振宁)．He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957．Chinese people love him．But he is an American citizen．

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完形填空，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 　　1　　 very good English．” But the student answered, “ No, my English is very poor．” The foreigner was quite

　　　　2　　 at the answer．Thinking he had not made himself 　　3　　 or the student had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak it very well．” But the Chinese student still 　　4　　 saying “No”．　　5　　 the 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 　　6　　．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 　　7　　 beautiful with the new clothes 　　8　　．” she should be very happy and answer, “Thank you．” In our country we think 　　9　　 modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad behavior．But in the West, if you are modest and say, “ No, 　　10　　 I can't do it well, ” then the others will take it for granted(理所当然)that you 　　11　　 can not do it．If you often say, “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by 　　12　　．When 　　13　　 for 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．　　14　　 self-confidence, he can't go anywhere．Confidence is of great 　　15　　 to one in a country where competition is quite keen．(激烈)

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