“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 these 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 raise your hand whenever a question or a point comes to your mind．Don’t mind if it sounds simple or silly．Otherwise you will never get a chance to speak in class at all．What’s worse，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 yourself 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 course 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 confident
B．be polite and friendly
C．have more discussions with them
D．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 answer
B．tries to seize any chance to speak in class
C．shows no interest in the course
D．is considered to have no opinion of his own小题3:The author is most likely to feel embarrassed if ．
A．he asks a student to repeat what he has said
B．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 second paragraph that ．
A．we should also remain modest in America
B．modesty doesn’t help you much in America
C．Americans also like modest people
D．modesty can help you through an American graduate program小题5:The passage is mainly developed by ．
A．providing examples
B．making comparisons
C．giving different figures
D．telling personal experiences
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:D
题目分析：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 these 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 worse, 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 embarrassed”对应原文的“bring yourself embarrassment”。由最后一段的“Pretending to understand what you actually did not may just bring yourself 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。