Choose the best answer to complete the passage．
In our country we think being modest（谦虚的） is a virtue（美德） and being proud is a bad thing．One day，I heard an American boy say to a Chinese 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 himself understood or the girl had not heard him（2） ．He said，"Yes，indeed，you speak very well．"（3） the girl still kept saying，"No．"In the end the American boy could not understand and didn't know （4） to say．
What's wrong with the girl's answer？She didn't （5） a compliment（恭维） in the same way as the American people do．She should answer"Thank you"instead of"No"．She （6） understood what the American boy had said，but she thought she should be modest．In the （7） ，people will feel （8） and confident when they are praised．So if someone says the （9） you have cooked are very delicious，you should say，"Thank you"．
If you are modest and say，"No，I'm （10） I can't do it well"，while working in a western country，people may think that you really can not do it．If you oftensay，"No"，you'll certainly be looked down upon by （11） ．When asking （12） a job，if one says something like，"Yes，I can certainly do it"instead of"Let me have a try"，he or she will （13） get it．So in the west，you should be brave to show your self﹣confidence．In my opinion，being confident does not （14） being proud，so sometimes you should be confident （15） being modest．
（1）A．excited |
B．surprised |
C．frightened |
（2）A．clear |
B．clearly |
C．not clearly |
（3）A．Though |
B．And |
C．But |
（4）A．which |
B．what |
C．how |
（5）A．accept |
B．refuse |
C．disagree |
（6）A．hardly |
B．really |
C．badly |
（7）A．east |
B．south |
C．west |
（8）A．proudly |
B．pride |
C．proud |
（9）A．dishes |
B．cups |
C．glasses |
（10）A．afraid |
B．active |
C．angry |
（11）A．the other |
B．other |
C．others |
（12）A．for |
B．as |
C．to |
（13）A．fail to |
B．expect to |
C．succeed in |
（14）A．think |
B．say |
C．mean |
（15）A．as soon as |
B．as well as |
C．instead of． |
I have a good friend. name is Peter. We study in Beijing Sunshine Secondary School. We are in the same (同一个) class. He sits in front of . His favourite lesson is Music. He many CDs. He likes music very much. He likes playing football, too. After school we often play football in the . He is very helpful. We often help each .
Peter is not Chinese. He is from . He his family comes to Beijing. His father is a doctor and his mother is a nurse. They work from Monday Friday. At weekends, his mother likes shopping and his father likes fishing. Sometimes they go to the park. They all like Chinese food. The whole family very happy.
A．He B．His C．She D．Her
A．I B．my C．mine D．me
A．have B．has C．there is D．there are
A．listen B．listen to C．listening D．listening to
A．classroom B．library C．playground D．bookshop
A．one B．other C．others D．some
A．England B．Chinese C．English D．American
A．from B．on C．with D．for
A．and B．like C．with D．to
A．be B．am C．is D．are
Project Hope is a social service program to help poor students. It started on October 30th, 1989. It aims to bring schools into poor areas of China, and to help poor families afford an education for their children.
In the past sixteen years, Project Hope has raised about 3 billion yuan from people at home and abroad. It has paid for the education of 2.5 million poor students and sent 2.3 million students to high schools. Minmin comes from a poor family. She has received help from Project Hope. Without the help of project Hope, she couldn’t go on her studies. Project Hope changes her life. She has been a college student for two years. With the money, Project Hope has built thousands of schools and libraries and trained 2300 teachers. But 40 million children from poor families still need help, so Project Hope still has a lot of work to do. Project Hope is a social service program to _______________.
A. help homeless people B. help poor students C. help disable childrenProject Hope started ___________.
A. in 1998 B. 14 years ago C. in the past sixteen years Minmin has been a college student with the help of ___________.
A. Project Hope B. her classmates C. her teachersWhich of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Project Hope has raised money to build ring roads.
B. Project Hope has raised money from Home and abroad.
C. Project Hope has trained 2.5 million teachers. The writer wrote this article to ______________.
A. tell us what Project Hope does
B. tell us how poor China is
C. raise money
There is good news for the children in the . We may still remember the girl big eyes. Her big eyes us her dream: I wish to go to school. In China, there are still girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, their families are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is harder for them to the education for all the children. So the parents often ask girls at home, and boys to go to school.
Now they worry about the money. From 2006 on, children could go to school for free in some poor places. They don’t have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government to make their life . Soon all the children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is great. China that has changed for the better.A. cities B. countryside C. farm
A. with B. on C. in
A. says B. tells C. talks
A. a lot B. much C. a lot of
A. butB. and C. or
A. take B. afford C. spend
A. stay B. staying C. to stay
A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. can’t
A. better B. worse C. longer
A. really B. never C. hardly
This boy is Peter Smith. His __ name is Peter. His __ name is Smith. This is school. His school __ number is 20048567. His teacher is Miss White. Miss White _ a good teacher. Li Min is a Chinese boy. Li Min is his good _at school. Look! __ a book. Is the book __ ? I __ know. Let’s __ Li Min at 495-6548.
A．first B．family C．last D．one
A．first B．good C．last D．this
A．you B．that C．his D．it
A．computer B．name C．phone D．ID card
A．are B．not C．is D．am
A．father B．friend C．boy D．class
A．What’s B． This’s C．That’s D．The name’s
A．Li Min B．Li Min’s C．Li Min is D．The Li Min
A．don’t B．isn’t C．am not D．not
A．ask B．call C．write D．look
Imagine the situation. You are driving a car along a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a with you. This invention may be able to help you. It is a device(装置) which uses satellites to find the user’s position(位置). It can find your position to within 20 metres. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will where you are.
GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. You can hold it in your hand, or put in your pocket. It is sometimes put into a watch or a . We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats. Some of these devices have electronic , so you know where you are. For example, in a city they can tell you the name of the .
There are parts to the Global Positioning System. The first part is the . You can either hold it in your hand have it fixed into your car, plane, etc. The second part is a group of satellites orbiting the Earth. The receiver contacts at least four of the satellites and calculates(计算) its position. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They the satellites and make sure they are working well.
Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as as the mobile. They are becoming and more and more accurate(精确的). There are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like . Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again.
A．where B．what C．who D．how
A．ship B．car C．train D．plane
A．watch B．ring C．clock D．GPS
A．advise B．know C．represent D．speak
A．radio B．TV C．robot D．machine
A．room B．office C．road D．mobile phone
A．parts B．maps C．video D．music
A．studio B．teenager C．bus D．street
A．five B．four C．three D．two
A．sender B．receiver C．Internet D．system
A．and B．then C．but D．or
A．control B．achieve C．allow D．imagine
A．expensive B．special C．new D．common
A．cheaper B．easier C．more expensive D．bigger
A．computers B．robots C．satellites D．watches