“You speak very good English”The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese
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“You speak very good English”
The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student of English. “You 1 very good English.” But the student answered, “ No, my English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite
2 at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself 3 or the student had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak it very well.” But the Chinese student still 4 saying “No”. 5 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 6 . 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 7 beautiful with the new clothes 8 .” she should be very happy and answer, “Thank you.” In our country we think 9 modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad behavior. But in the West, if you are modest and say, “ No, 10 I can’t do it well,” then the others will take it for granted (理所当然)that you 11 can not do it. If you often say,“No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by 12 . When 13 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. 14 self-confidence, he can’t go anywhere. Confidence is of great 15 to one in a country where competition is quite keen.(激烈)
| 小题2: | | A．surprising | B．surprised | C．laughed | D．laughing |
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| 小题3: | | A．understood | B．understand | C．to understand | D．understanding |
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| 小题4: | | A．keep | B．keeping | C．keeps | D．kept |
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| 小题5: | | A．At first | B．By the way | C．In the end | D．First of all |
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| 小题9: | | A．being | B．be | C．having | D．have |
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| 小题10: | | A．I’m afraid | B．I’m not sure | C．I don’t mind | D．I don’t know |
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| 小题11: | | A．hardly | B．really | C．badly | D．luckily |
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| 小题12: | | A．another | B．other | C．the other | D．others |
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| 小题13: | | A．asking | B．ask | C．provide | D．providing |
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| 小题14: | | A．With | B．Without | C．by | D．under |
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| 小题15: | | A．importantly | B．unimportant | C．important | D．importance |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:D |
解析
试题分析：这篇短文主要谈到了英语交际中的谦虚问题，在西方交际中对于别人的夸奖，赞美等恭维一般是欣然结构，并表示感谢，而不是像中国人一样谦虚几句。由此也让我们懂得，在西方社会自信是多么的重要。
小题1:动词辨析。tell告诉，讲述，强调一个人说；say 说，强调说的内容；talk 不及物动词，谈话，多和介词搭配使用；speak演讲，发言，说某种语言。联系下文，可知此处指的是你的英语说得不错。故选C。
小题2:联系后一句描述，可知这个外国人很惊讶，故选B，惊讶的，感到出人意料的。B
小题3:结合语境可知此处指的是这个男孩认为对方没有明白自己的意思。过去分词作宾语补足语表示被动的动作，结合 语境可知选A。
小题4:联系上下文可知此处指的是，这个中国学生仍旧坚持说……。结合语境可知本句描述的是过去发生的动作，故用过去时态，选D，坚持，继续。
小题5:短语辨析。A. 首先，最初； B. 顺便说说；C.终于，最后；D. 首先。联系前文，可知这个外国人最后放弃了。故选C。
小题6:结合语境可知此处指的是他没有像美国人那样接受恭维。结合语境可知从句中描述的是客观性动作，故用一般现在时态。本句主语the American people 表示复数含义，故谓语动词用原形。选D。
小题7:词义辨析。such是形容词，修饰名词，意思是如此的这样的；so是副词，修饰形容词，副词，意思是如此这样。连词下文beautiful ，可知选C，副词修饰形容词。
小题8:介词辨析。A.为了，对于；B. 在上面；C.在里面；D.进入。本句中介词on用作形容词，表示衣服穿在身上的意思，故选B。
小题9:联系上下文可知此处指的是，我们认为诚实是一种美德。结合语境可知本句从句中是动名词做主语，have的基本含义是有，故选A。
小题10:短语辨析。A.我害怕；B. 我不确定；C.我不介意；D.我不知道。结合语境可知此处指的是，恐怕我不能做好。故选A。
小题11:联系前文描述，可知此处指的是，他们认为你真的不能做好。故选B，真实地。
小题12:联系上下文，可知此处指的是，你肯定会被其他人看不起，故选D，其他人。
小题13:结合语境可知此处指的是当找工作时，现在分词作状语表示正在进行的伴随性动作，故选A，要求。
小题14:联系下文，可知此处指的是没有自信，寸步难行。故选B，没有。
小题15:联系前文描述，可知自信对于一个来说具有很大的重要性。本句中of是介词，后面接名词作宾语，故选D，重要性。。
点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当作单独的词义辨析题来做，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。 |
举一反三
阅读短文，根据其内容，选择最佳选项完成下列各题。（10分）
Paragraph 1: Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus(柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal(谷物), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.
Paragraph 2: People in different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at 11 o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.
Paragraph 3: There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.
小题1:From the first paragraph we know noodles belong to a kind of ______ food.| A．vegetable | B．fruit | C．meat | D．cereal |
小题2:According to the scientists, which of the following groups is the healthiest for your lunch?| A．chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages | B．potatoes, rice, bread, carrots | | C．oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes | D．beef, pork, fish, milk |
小题3:People in different places of the world ______.| A．have the right kinds of food to eat | B．cook their food in the same way | | C．have their meals at the same time | D．eat food in different ways |
小题4:Which of the following is NOT true?| A．People in some places don’t have enough to eat. | | B．There are too many people in the world. | | C．One of the problems is that no one is hungry. | | D．The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy. |
小题5: If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?| A．When people eat their meals. | | B．What to do with the two problems. | | C．How to cook food in different ways. | | D．Why people in different places eat different kinds of food. |
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Driving in China
I have been driving cars since I reached the pedals(踏板). In Canada you 1 16 to get a driver’s license. I 2 myself to be a very good driver.
I visited China 20 years ago. I with my wife was in Shanghai to give a paper at a conference. We 3 the number of bicycles on the roads and the few cars. In Canada almost each family has one car, but it was 4 that most Chinese depended on bicycles.
I 5 Shanghai and to other Chinese cities many times since then and have watched the fast changes on the roads. There are far fewer bicycles now but 6 cars. The roads are crowded, the government has been forced to limit the number of days some cars can 7 and the traffic jams are almost constant (经常的). So are the accidents. On a recent visit I saw four or five
8 within a two-week period.
To get a driver’s license in Canada, you must drive, with an examiner, on real roads and in real traffic. However, in China you learn on a closed course, 9 real traffic, get a license and only then are able to drive under real roads.
Driving in Canada and driving in China 10 two different experiences. In Canada there are traffic jams but they aren’t so bad. We have more traffic lights; we obey them and drivers are usually
11 , allowing other cars to cut in front of them knowing it won’t make much difference. In China, if you stop 12 another car cut in front of you will probably be there for a long time because once one car gets in, dozens of 13 will follow.
I would rather 14 the bus than drive my car in downtown Shanghai and Beijing. Because it’s 15 and stronger than most things that might run into it.
| 小题1: | | A．must be | B．may be | C．can be | D．could be |
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| 小题2: | | A．regard | B．wonder | C．consider | D．think |
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| 小题3: | | A．were fond of | B．were angry with | C．were satisfied with | D．were amazed at |
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| 小题4: | | A．impossible | B．clear | C．similar | D．useless |
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| 小题5: | | A．have been to | B．have been in | C．have gone to | D．have come to |
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| 小题6: | | A．fewer | B．more | C．less | D．many |
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| 小题7: | | A．be driven | B．drive | C．allow | D．be allowed |
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| 小题8: | | A．cars | B．bicycles | C．accidents | D．people |
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| 小题9: | | A．in | B．without | C．with | D．under |
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| 小题11: | | A．polite | B．impolite | C．angry | D．unhappy |
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| 小题12: | | A．wanting | B．letting | C．to let | D．to want |
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| 小题13: | | A．ones | B．another | C．other | D．others |
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| 小题14: | | A．taking | B．to take | C．took | D．take |
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| 小题15: | | A．smaller | B．bigger | C．brighter | D．lighter |
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Hi Brad,
It’s good to hear from you again. I find that I’m not good at writing compositions. It’s hard for me to prepare the form of a composition and organize sentences. ①Could you tell me how to deal with this problem? I would really appreciate if you offer me some good methods.
Best wishes,
Cindy
Hi Cindy,
A composition is really a story and any story is told to an audience. There is a form for this and it is in three parts. First, tell them(the audience) what you are going to tell them. Then tell them, and finally tell them what you told them. Parts one and three are short and most of the information is in part two. It works like this.
Let’s say you are asked to write a 200-word composition about your visit to the Great Wall. You would begin with an opening sentence or two saying something like “The Great Wall of China is a national ②landmark that is famous around the world. I visited it last summer and I want to tell you about it.” That uses about 25 words to tell them what you are going to tell them.
The second part would be about 150 words and would contain information about the Great Wall such as how long it is, when it was built, who built it and why, the fact that it is one of the seven wonders of the world and you would talk about how you felt and what you thought when you visited this national treasure. This is telling them.
Finally, you would use about another 25 words to say something like “That was my first visit to the Great Wall and it was a very emotional experience to actually touch something so old and famous.
③每个中国人至少参观长城一次.I plan to go back whenever I can.” Here, you are telling them what you told them in the story and wrapping it all up into a neat package. This formula(惯例)works for both compositions and speeches and I think you will find it helps to organize your thoughts. I hope it’s helpful.
Best wishes,
Brad Franklin
小题1:将文中①处的画线部分翻译成汉语： .
小题2:(A) 试写出文中②处画线部分landmark的汉语意思： .
(B)下面有四个在文中出现的单词，请找出画线部分发音哪个与众不同? .
A. work B. word C. information D. world
小题3:将文中③处的汉语翻译成英语： .
小题4:从文中找出适当的词组填空：How I wish to get a letter from you soon!
How I wish to _________ _________ you soon!
小题5:用英语回答问题：What’s the main idea of the passage? |
The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes (态度) surprisingly shows that their family life is happier than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive (积极的) today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious（叛逆的）and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”
So it seems that these parents are much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-year-old Daniel LaSalle. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. When they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Cromer, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call talk or discussion. For example, when I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion（叛逆）is not based on real facts. A researcher explains, “Teenagers were thought to be different from others in a part of time in our social history. But to our surprise, they say they are getting on well with their parents. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled.”
小题1:The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ______________________.| A．share family duties | B．cause trouble in their families | | C．go boating with their family | D．make family decisions |
小题2:Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents ___________________. | A．go to clubs more often with their children | B．are much stricter with their children | | C．care less about their children’s life | D．give their children more freedom |
小题3:According to the writer, teenage rebellion ____________________. | A．may be a wrong opinion | B．is common at present | | C．lived only in the 1960s | D．was caused by changes in families |
小题4:Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?| A．Discussion in family. | B．Teenage education in family. | | C．Harmony in family. | D．Teenage trouble in family. |
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Are two holidays not enough? Do you dream of three, or even four? (61)这不再是梦想! Last month, the State Council(国务院) encouraged primary and high schools to give students a spring or autumn break without changing the total number of student vacation days.
Students in China currently only have long holidays in two seasons —summer and winter. These holidays are usually 10 to 12 weeks in total.“If we had spring and autumn breaks, (62)I would have time to taste all four seasons instead of burying (埋) myself in my studies,”Gao Yiran, a 15-year-old boy told China Daily. Seasonal holidays during autumn and spring may be something new in China, but not in other countries.
In the US, students usually have three holidays. Summer holiday is the longest one, and runs from mid-June until early September. Summer camp is one of kids’ favorite places to go to, where they can make new friends and try some new activities. Winter holiday starts from mid-December and ends in early January. Most kids and their parents go to spend time together over the Christmas period. Spring break comes in mid- March and (63) it is usually a 10-day holiday.
Schools in Japan start in April, as most people think that spring is the perfect time for new things. For school children ,summer holiday lasts from July 20 to August 31. Most kids are busy with club activities including sports and dancing. Spring break starts at the end of March and continues till early April. It is a good chance for a short family trip around the city.
阅读短文，按要求完成下面的任务。
任务一 将61处的中文翻译成英文。
任务二 将62处斜体部分的英文翻译成中文。
任务三 写出63处“it”指代的内容。
任务四 64.What do Japanese kids usually do in their spring break?
任务五 65.为该文段拟写一个标题。 |
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