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A)请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student,“You speak very good English.” But the girl said, “ No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite _____ at the answer. Thinking he had not made _____ understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed ,you _____ very well.”

_____ the girl still kept saying,“No, no.” This time the American boy could not understand and didn’t know _____ to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer?  She didn’t _____ a compliment(恭维) in the same way the American people do. She should say “Thank you” instead of “ No”. She _____ did understand what the American boy said, but she thought she should be modest (谦虚的). In the _____, people feel proud and confident when they are praised. So if someone says the _____ you cooked are very delicious, you should say, “ Thank you.”

In our country we think being modest is a virtue( 美德) and being _____ is a bad thing. But in my opinion, being confident does not _____ being proud, so sometimes you should be confident as well as modest.

_____ you are modest and say“No, I’m afraid I can’t do it” while working in a western country, others may think that you really can’t do it . If you often say ”No”, you will certainly be looked down by_____. 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_____ .So in the west, you_____ be brave to show your self-confidence.

1.A. excited      B. surprised    C. relaxed      D. frightened

2.A. itself     B. herself      C. himself      D. themselves

3.A. speak      B. talk         C. listened    D . look

4.A. Since     B. Although     C. Or           D. But

5.A. when         B. which        C. what        D. how

6.A. receive    B. accept      C. refuse       D. disagree

7.A. hardly     B. really      C. nearly       D. badly

8.A. east     B. south        C. west        D. north

9.A. dishes    B. cups         C. glasses     D. bowls

10.A. worried  B. happy         C. lucky        D. proud

11.A. think     B say            C. ask          D. mean

12.A. Unless     B. Until       C. Whether      D. If

13.A. others     B. the other    C. the others   D. another

14.A. fail       B. want         C. succeed      D. believe

15.A. would      B. should       C. could        D. Might

Why didn’t you go to Betty’s birthday party?  Had____ ever told you that or something else?

A. somebody          B. anybody

C. nobody           D. everybody

——Look at these photos. ________ amazing they are!

——You like them?  These photos ________ three years ago.

A. What ; are taken      B. What; were taken

C. How ; taken           D. How; were taken

——Two evening papers, please!

——Only one copy left. Would you like to have _____, sir?

A. it             B. this

C. one            D. that

——How many trees have the farmers in that village planted?

——Ten thousand, ______

A. more or less      B. more and more

C. much more         D. more

The dress is quite expensive. But it_____ well and the colors won’t run.

A. washes            B. is washing

C. is washed         D. can be washed

——Jack flew to Chicago last night and then took some passengers from there to Dallas.

——Yeah, but he couldn’t _____ the airport because it was snowing in Dallas.

A. arrive at         B. go to

C. land at            D. fly to

——Let’s leave at about 8:30 .

—— Don’t you think we should leave a bit earlier to ___ the rush hour?

A. change          B. circle

C. dismiss        D. avoid

——Shall we go to the movies, or stay at home watching TV this evening?

——It doesn’t make any difference to me. What would you  ____ to do ?

A. prefer         B. like

C. want            D. rather

——Shall I go and get you something to eat?

——______________

A. That’s very nice of you      B. Do it , please

C. Yes, you will                 D. with pleasure