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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 span>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. Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

C. People hold different opinions about competition.

D. Failures are necessary experience in competition.

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

A. builds up a sense of pride

B. pushes society forward

C. improves social abilities

D. develops people's relationship

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

A. are strongly against competition

B. highly value competition

C. try their best to win

D. mostly rely on others for success

【4】 Which viewpoint does the author agree to?

A. Self-worth relies on winning.

B. Competition leads to unfriendly relationship.

C. Fear of failure should be removed in competition.

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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文為議論文。文中提到作者身邊對competition（競爭）的不同觀點。一種是拼盡全力贏得比賽的人，他們認為輸贏是生死攸關的事情，只有獲勝才能體現(xiàn)個人價值。另一種人極力反對競爭，他們認為人們競爭壓力過大，導致人際關系不友好，而且這些人極力逃避努力奮斗，認為如果盡力去做而沒有成功會導致自己不被別人承認，因此他們不做努力，以此做為失敗的借口，“我沒有去努力，因此失敗也沒什么了不起！”作者對這兩種態(tài)度運用了“sadly”和“mistaken”來評論，并在結尾表示，只有這種對成功的恐懼緩解，才能體會競爭的真正含義。

【1】C 主旨大意題。第一段第一句In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. 點明主旨。對競爭人們有著不同的觀點。故選C

【2】B 細節(jié)理解題。第一段第二句從Some value it highly believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity可知有的人認為競爭推動社會進步。故選B

【3】 A 細節(jié)理解題。從第三段的句子：In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition.可知the most vocal是強烈反對競爭的人。故選A

【4】C 細節(jié)題：最后一段最后一句從Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve can we discover a new meaning in competition. 可推知害怕失敗可以在競爭中消除。故選C