“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)

1.A. say     B. talk        C. speak    D. tell

2.A. surprising  B. surprised       C. laughed         D. laughing

3.A. understood        B. understand   C. to understand        D. understanding

4.A. keep  B. keeping         C. keeps    D. kept

5.A. At first        B. By the way    C. In the end     D. First of all

6.A. did     B. done     C. to do     D. do

7.A. such  B. such a   C. so D. so a

8.A. for     B. on          C. in  D. into

9.A. being B. be          C. having   D. have

10.A. I’m afraid B. I’m not sure  C. I don’t mind  D. I don’t know

11.A. hardly      B. really    C. badly     D. luckily

12.A. another   B. other    C. the other       D. others

13.A. asking       B. ask         C. provide          D. providing

14.A. With         B. Without         C. by D. under

15.A. importantly      B. unimportant C. important      D. importance

My English teacher is very funny . He has really long hair and wears earring in one ear . He likes to wear purple shirts and orange pants . He also uses all kinds of slang(俚语) words from 1970s. When he likes something , he’ll say it’s really “ groovy（酷的）”. I think he played the guitar in a rock band when he was young .
The other day , he walked into  class and noticed (注意) that there was a new student . He asked him , “Hey ,man ,what’s happening ?” The student was very confused(困惑的) ，but we all laughed because we knew that the teacher was just saying hello . “You’re new ,aren’t you ?” The teacher asked . The student was surprised , and said to himself , “Is this the teacher ? He looks strange(奇怪 ).” Then he explained(解释) to all us , “Sorry .Maybe I’m in the wrong classroom .”
【小题1】Why is the English teacher strange ?

从方框中选择单词，带入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺，再将其适当形式填入短文后的横线上。每词限用一次。
Both， feel， teacher， ugly， from， problem， because， allow， long， have.
The other day, my friends and I talked about the rules we have in school. At our school, we have to wear uniforms every day. The ___【小题1】___ is that all my classmates think the uniforms are __【小题2】__.We think young people should look smart and we would like to wear our own clothes. Our __【小题3】__ believe that if we did that, we would concentrate more on our clothes than our studies. We disagree. We would __【小题4】__ more comfortable and that is good for studying. If we can’t do that, we should be allowed to design our own uniforms. That would be a good way to keep __【小题5】__ teachers and students happy.
It’s also probably a good idea for parents to __【小题6】__ teenagers to study in groups during the evening. I know we get noisy sometimes, but we learn a lot __【小题7】__ each other. We also think that vacations should be __【小题8】__.At present they’re too short. Longer vacations would give us time to do things like volunteering. Last summer I __【小题9】__ an opportunity to volunteer at the local hospital, but I couldn’t __【小题10】__I had to go back to school. It would be a good experience for me because I want to be a doctor when I’m older.

Dear Brad,

In about 3 months, I will take a very important test.① pass, with, I, grades, the, test, If, good, I can get to the 10th grade and choose a good school to study in. Now I am trying my best to achieve this. At the same time, I’m the monitor in my class, which means I should do lots of things for my class.  ② I am so busy with my school-work and duties as monitor that I don’t have enough time to keep a balance between them . Gradually I become lazy. ③The other day, my head teacher told me that she was disappointed in my poor performance as class monitor. Her words really discouraged me. 

What should I do now, to give up or not to give up as class monitor? I must do my best in school because how well I do will influence where I go after this school year is over and it can affect the rest of my life. Being class monitor is also a valuable learning experience because my teacher trusts me to be a good leader. ④ I don’t want to go to my parents for suggestions, for they will get worried about me . Can you tell me how to choose? 

Yours,

Marry

1.请将①处画线上的单词组成一个完整的句子。

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2.根据②处内容，完成下面的句子。（每空一词）

I am            busy with my school-work and duties as monitor              have enough time to keep a balance between them.

3.根据③处内容，完成下面的句子。（每空一词）

The other day, my head teacher said to me, “                        disappointed in your poor performance as class monitor.”

4.将④处翻译成汉语。

5.请根据自我理解来回答下面的问题。

What should Marry do now?