Question

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。     One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, "You speak very good English."But the girl 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.
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Answer 1

1-5 BCADC     6-10 BBCDA     11-15 DCDDB