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【題目】In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social-progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.

However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: "I may have lost, but it doesn't matter because I really didn't try." What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistake belief that—one's self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (緩解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.

【1】What does this text mainly talk about?

A. Competition helps to set up self-respect.

B. People hold different opinions about competition.

C. Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

D. Failures are necessary experience in competition.

【2】Some people favor competition because they think it ________.

A. pushes society forward

B. builds up a sense of pride

C. improves social abilities

D. develops people's relationship

【3】The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 refers to those who ________.

A. try their best to win

B. highly value competition

C. are strongly against competition

D. mostly rely on others for success

【4】Which viewpoint does the author agree to?

A. Self-worth relys on winning.

B. Competition leads to unfriendly relationship.

C. Winning should be a life-and-death matter.

D. Fear of failure should be removed in competition.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析: 本文主要講述的是不同的人對待競爭的不同的觀點(diǎn)，有人認(rèn)為競爭很好，能夠促進(jìn)社會的進(jìn)步，有人認(rèn)為競爭對人的發(fā)展有害

【1】B 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的是不同的人對待競爭的不同的觀點(diǎn)，有人認(rèn)為競爭很好，能夠促進(jìn)社會的進(jìn)步，有人認(rèn)為競爭對人的發(fā)展有害。故選B項(xiàng)。

【2】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段第二句Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity.可知，有些人認(rèn)為競爭導(dǎo)致了社會的進(jìn)步，故選A項(xiàng)。

【3】C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society.說明，這些人都是強(qiáng)烈地反對競爭的，故選C項(xiàng)。

【4】D 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后兩句Both are based on the mistake belief that—one's self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (緩解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.可知，在競爭中要去除（人與人之間）比較的恐懼，只有這樣我們才能理解競爭的真正含義，故選D項(xiàng)。