Question

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 ______ at the answer. Thinking he had not made______understood or the girl had not______him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” _____ the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end 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 (恭維) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer. “Thank you” instead of “No”．She _______ understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the _____， people will feel proud and ______ when they are praised. So if someone says the______ you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”

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

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

3.A. heard B. watched C. listened to D. looked at

4.A. Though 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. rarely D. badly

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

9.A. dutiful B. modest C. shameful D. confident

10.A. dishes B. cups C. glasses D. Bowls

1.B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.C 6.B 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.A 【解析】 這篇短文介紹了中西方文化的差異，當受到別人的贊美的時候，西方人會坦然接受，并向對方表示感謝。而中國人會謙虛的拒絕。 1.句意：這個外國人對這個回答感到很吃驚。excited 感到興奮的，激動的；surprised吃驚的；relaxed放...

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