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“You speak very good English”
The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student of English. “You
41 very good English.” But the student answered, “ No, my English is very poor.”
The foreigner was quite
42 at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself 43 or the student had
not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak it very well.” But the
Chinese student still 44 saying “No”. 45 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 46 . 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 47 beautiful with the
new clothes 48 .” she should be very happy and answer, “Thank you.” In our
country we think 49 modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad behavior. But in
the West, if you are modest and say, “ No, 50 I can’t do it well,” then the
others will take it for granted (理所当然)that you 51 can not do it. If you often
say,“No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by 52 . When 53 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. 54 self-confidence, he can’t go anywhere. Confidence is of
great 55 to one in a country where competition is quite keen.(激烈)
21.A. say B. talk C. speak D. tell
22.A. surprising B. surprised C. laughed D. laughing
23.A. understood B. understand C. to understand D. understanding
24.A. keep B. keeping C. keeps D. kept
25.A. At first B. By the way C. In the end D. First of all
26.A. did B. done C. to do D. do
27.A. such B. such a C. so D. so a
28.A. for B. on C. in D. into
29.A. being B. be C. having D. have
30.A. I’m afraid B. I’m not sure C. I don’t mind D. I don’t know
31.A. hardly B. really C. badly D. luckily
32.A. another B. other C. the other D. others
33.A. asking B. ask C. provide D. providing
34.A. With B. Without C. by D. under
35.A. importantly B. unimportant C. important D. importance
(四)
Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, a spirit of
depending on _ 41 is more useful than crying for help. That’s what Hong
Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man 42 family hardship tells us.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县), Henan Province.
When he was only 11, his father became badly ill and one day he came back with
an unwanted baby 43 . A year later, Hong’s mother 44 home. She no longer wanted
to live such a poor life and face her sick husband. So everything hard fell onto
the young boy’s 45 : to take care of his father and the younger sister Chenchen,
and to go on to study.
Although his life was hard, Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister.
He took several part-time jobs to 46 his family. He climbed tall trees to get
birds’ eggs for his sister. He walked 2 hours at weekends to the market to 47
different things to sell around his school. A few years later, he studied at a
college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to 48 a room near his college
for her, and sent her to school.
After Hong’s story went 49 , he became a hero in people’s eyes. But Hong
___50___ offers from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he
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