【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 he girl had not heard him clearly, he said, Yes, indeed, you speak very well. But the girl 4 kept saying, No. In the end the American boy could not understand and didn39。t know 5 to say. What39。s wrong with the girl39。s answer? She didn39。t 6 a pliment（恭維） 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 west, people will feel proud and 8 when they are praised. So if someone says the dishes you have 9 are very delicious, you should say, Thank you. In our country we think being modest is a virtue（美德） and being 10 is a bad thing, but in my opinion, being confident does not 11 being proud. So sometimes you should be confident 12 being modest. If you are modest and say, No, I39。m afraid I 13 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 it39。 instead of Let me have a try, he or she will 15 getting it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your selfconfidence.1. A. ButB. ThoughC. OrD. So2. A. excitedB. surprisedC. relaxedD. frightened3. A. itselfB. herselfC. himselfD. themselves4. A. alreadyB. yetC. everD. still5. A. whenB. whichC. whatD. how6. A. receiveB. acceptC. refuseD. disagree7. A. hardlyB. reallyC. rarelyD. badly8. A. dutifulB. modestC. shamefulD. confident9. A. boughtB. takenC. washedD. cooked10. A. proudB. impoliteC. activeD. patient11. A. thinkB. sayC. askD. mean12. A. as soon asB. as well asC. instead ofD. in spite of13. A. can39。tB. needn39。tC. shouldn39。tD. mustn39。t14. A. anotherB. the otherC. the othersD. others15. A. fail toB. expect toC. succeed inD. believe in【答案】 （1）A；（2）B；（3）C；（4）D；（5）C；（6）B；（7）B；（8）D；（9）D；（10）A；（11）D；（12）C；（13）A；（14）D；（15）C； 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了中西方文化的差異，并表明我們有時候應該展示自信而不是謙虛。 （1）句意：但是這個女孩回答，不不，我的英語非常不好。根據(jù)上文You speak very good English，你英語說得非常好，可知這兩句話之間是轉折關系，but但是，表轉折，故選A。 （2）句意：這個外國人對于這個回答相當?shù)捏@訝。A、excited興奮的， B、surprised驚訝的，C、relaxed放松的，D、frightened害怕的，根據(jù)中西方文化背景的不同，外國人聽到她說自己英語不好時應是感到驚訝，surprised驚訝的，故選B。 （3）句意：想著他自己沒有被理解或者這個女孩沒有聽清。make sb understood，使某人被理解，因主語是he他，應是他沒有讓他自己被這個女孩理解，himself，他自己，故選C。 （4）句意：但是這個女孩仍然堅持說不。根據(jù)but但是，可知下文女孩仍然在說不，A、already已經(jīng)，B。yet還，C、ever曾經(jīng)，D、still仍然，故選D。 （5）句意：最后這個美國男孩不明白并且不知道說什么了。A、when什么時候，B、which哪一個，C、what什么，D、how怎么，what to say，說什么，故選C。 （6）句意：她不是和美國人一樣接受恭維。A、receive收到，接收，B、accept接受，C、refuse拒絕，D、disagree反對，此處應是從主觀感受上的接受恭維，accept接受，故選B。 （7）句意：她真的理解了這個美國男孩的話，但是她認為應該要謙虛。A、hardly幾乎不，B、really真地，C、rarely很少，D、badly嚴重地，根據(jù)but she thought she should be modest，但是她認為應該要謙虛，可知她真的理解那個男孩的話，really真地，故選B。 （8）句意：在西方，在人們被表揚的時候會感到驕傲和自信。根據(jù)proud驕傲的，and表示并列關系，與proud驕傲的構成并列關系的是confident自信的，故選D。 （9）句意：如果某人說你做的菜很美味，你應該說謝謝。根據(jù)the dishes這些菜，可知應搭配動詞烹飪，cook，做飯，烹飪，故選D。 （10）句意：在我國我們認為謙虛是一種美德并且驕傲是一件不好的事情。根據(jù)上文being modest is a virtue，謙虛是一種美德，可知下文是相反的驕傲是不好的事情，proud，驕傲的，故選A。 （11）句意：但是在我看來，自信不意味著驕傲。該句是作者認為自信不意味著驕傲，A、think認為，想， B、say說， C、ask問， D、mean意味著，意思是，故選D。 （12）句意：所以有時候你應該自信而不是謙虛。根據(jù)上文being confident does not mean being proud，自信并不意味著驕傲，可知此處是要自信而不是驕傲，instead of，而不是，故選C。 （13）句意：當你謙虛的說，不，我恐怕我做不好，在西方國家工作時，別人可能認為你真的不能做。根據(jù)下文the others may think that you really cannot do it，別人可能認為你真的不能做，可知上文是can39。t不能，故選A。 （14）句意：如果你經(jīng)常說不，你將一定會被別人看不起。A、another三者及以上中的另一個，B、the other兩者中另一個，C、the others一定范圍內(nèi)的其他人或物，D、others泛指別的人或物，此處是被別人看不起，泛指，用others，故選D。 （15）句意：當在找工作時，如果一個人說像如是的，我一定可以做到，而不是讓我試一下的話，他或她將會成功得到工作。根據(jù)下文So in the west, you should be brave to show your selfconfidence，所以在西方，你應該勇敢的展示自信，可知上文如果那樣說的話會成功得到工作，succeed in doing sth，成功做某事，固定搭配，故選C。 【點評】考查完形填空，注意通讀全文，根據(jù)上下文來選擇符合題意的選項。6．先通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后面各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。 It was more than 80 years ago, when an army quietly passed across the Yudu River in Ganzhou, Jiangxi. They were the Chinese Central Red Army. They decided to start a 1 and hard march. It was 2 known as the Long March. This year is the 8339。 year of the victory of the famous march. Let39。s learn something about it. During the Long March, the Chinese Central Red Army passed many places. They 3 from Jiangxi, passed through several provinces and finally arrived in Shaanxi. It is said that they 4 about 25,000 li （about 12,500 kilometers） during the Long March. At school, you may have learned in books that soldiers 5 many difficulties. They lived a 6 life and fought against the enemies. They crossed Chishuihe for four times, 7 many kinds of difficulties. In Sichuan, soldiers spent a hard time creeping（匍匐）across Luding Chain Bridge, which was 8 13 iron chains（鐵鏈）, in the middle of gun fire. They also climbed 9 the snowy Jiajin Mountain, which was 4,930 meters high. They didn39。t have enough food to eat, so they often went 10 for days. And they didn39。t have enough 11 to stay away from the cold. Many soldiers 12 . About 86,000 people took part in the march, 13 only about 7,000 were left when they arrived in Shaanxi. Today, we can visit the places that they once passed through. This way, we may truly understand the 14 of the Long March：Never be 15 of difficulties and never give up hope.1. A. shortB. longC. slowD. quick2. A. finallyB. graduallyC. famouslyD. probably3. A. returnedB. studiedC. hidD. started4. A. droveB. flewC. walkedD. rode5. A. looked throughB. went throughC. thought ofD. heard of6. A. hardB. normalC. boringD. successful7. A. remainingB. making