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题文

“Confidence” is probably one of the most noticeable traits（品质）in the Americans．They show confidence in the way they talk，the way they smile，the way they dress and the way they walk．Living and competing with all the confidence American students，I find it extremely important to be confident as an international student and instructor．As a student，being confident means you should never hesitate to rai your hand whenever a question or a point comes to your mind．Don’t mind if it sounds simple or silly．Otherwi you will never get a chance to speak in class at all．What’s wor，the professors may think you are not prepared for the discussion or you do not have your own opinion on the issue—this is the last comment any graduate would like to receive． Being confidence for me as a foreign instructor means calmly asking the student to repeat what he or she has said if I did not get it．Pretending to understand what you actually did not may just bring yourlf embarrassment or even disgrace．But the time I most need to be confident is when my students come to my office and bargain about the grades I have given for their Speeches．（The cour I’m teaching here is Public Speaking）．Modesty is a trait highly valued in China，but it won’t be of much help here if you want to survive and succeed in a good American graduate program．小题1:To compete with American students it’s very important to    ．A．be quite confidentB．be polite and friendlyC．have more discussions with themD．understand what they think about小题2:A professor will have the worst opinion of a student who    ．A．gives a silly or simple answerB．tries to ize any chance to speak in classC．shows no interest in the courD．is considered to have no opinion of his own小题3:The author is most likely to feel embarrasd if ．A．he asks a student to repeat what he has saidB．the students bargain with him C．he pretends to know what he doesn’t D．he has to give a speech小题4:We learn from the cond paragraph that  ．A．we should also remain modest in AmericaB．modesty doesn’t help you much in AmericaC．Americans also like modest peopleD．modesty can help you through an American graduate program小题5:The passage is mainly developed by   ．A．providing examplesB．making comparisonsC．giving different figuresD．telling personal experiences 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:A小题2:D小题3:C小题4:B小题5:D

解析

文章向我们讲述了在和自信心很强的的美国学生一块学习中自信心、以及发表主见的重要性。小题1:A细节理解题。由第一段的“Living and competing with all the confidence American students, I find it extremely important to be confident…”可以看出：为了和这些信心很足的美国学生竞争，信心是很重要的。小题2:D细节理解题。由第一段的“What’s wor, the professors may think you are not prepared for the discussion or you do not have your own opinion on the issue”可以看出，教授们对没有自己观点的学生评价最差。小题3:C考查细节理解题。题干关键词“feel embarrasd”对应原文的“bring yourlf embarrassment”。由最后一段的“Pretending to understand what you actually did not may just bring yourlf embarrassment”可知答案。小题4:B细节理解题。由该段的“. Modesty is a trait highly valued in China, but it won’t be of much help here”可以看出，谦逊在美国根本就没有多大的帮助。小题5:D推理判断题。根据第二段Being confidence for me as a foreign instructor means calmly asking the student to repeat what he or she has said if I did not get it可知作者是通过自身的经历。

考点

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人生感悟类阅读的概念：

生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。

生活感悟类阅读解题指导：

一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。