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. 小题1: A．excited B．surprised C．relaxed D．frightened 小题2: A．itself B．herself C．himself D．themselves 小题3: A．heard B．watched C．listened to D．looked at 小题4: A．Though B．Although C．Or D．But 小题5: A．when B．which C．what D．how 小题6: A．receive B．accept C．refuse D．disagree 小题7: A．hardly B．really C．rarely D．badly 小题8: A．east B．south C．west D．north 小题9: A．dutiful B．modest C．shameful D．confident 小题10: A．dishes B．cups C．glasses D．bowls 小题11: A．think B．say C．ask D．mean 小题12: A．as soon as B．as well as C．instead of D．in spite of 小题13: A．Unless B．Until C．Whether D．If 小题14: A．another B．the other C．the others D．others 小题15: A．fail to B．expect to C．succeed in D．believe in