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 1 at the answer. Thinking he had not made 2 understood or the girl had not 3 him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” 4 the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know 5 to say.
What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t 6 a compliment (恭维) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She 7 understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the 8 , people will feel proud and 9 when they are praised . So if someone says the 10 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 11 being proud, so sometimes you should be confident 12 being modest.
13 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 14 . 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 15 get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.
| 小题1: | | A．excited | B．surprised | C．relaxed | D．frightened |
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| 小题2: | | A．itself | B．herself | C．himself | D．themselves |
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| 小题3: | | A．heard | B．watched | C．listened to | D．looked at |
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| 小题4: | | A．Though | B．Although | C．Or | D．But |
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| 小题6: | | A．receive | B．accept | C．refuse | D．disagree |
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| 小题7: | | A．hardly | B．really | C．rarely | D．badly |
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| 小题8: | | A．east | B．south | C．west | D．north |
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| 小题9: | | A．dutiful | B．modest | C．shameful | D．confident |
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| 小题10: | | A．dishes | B．cups | C．glasses | D．bowls |
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| 小题12: | | A．as soon as | B．as well as | C．instead of | D．in spite of |
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| 小题13: | | A．Unless | B．Until | C．Whether | D．If |
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| 小题14: | | A．another | B．the other | C．the others | D．others |
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| 小题15: | | A．fail to | B．expect to | C．succeed in | D．believe in |
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