Question

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 theirsingle-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

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了人們對于競爭的不同的意見。一些高度評價競爭的人認(rèn)為，競爭有利于社會進(jìn)步和繁榮，其他的人認(rèn)為競爭使人與人之間對抗，導(dǎo)致人們之間的不友好。我所教的孩子，他們認(rèn)為他們的自我價值取決于他們在網(wǎng)球和其他東西上面的表現(xiàn)，而忽視其他的人類品質(zhì)。然而也有一些人迷失在對成功的渴望中，他們指關(guān)注獲勝者，而不在意其他的參與者，還有一些人由于不努力而失敗。人們真正的問題在于他們把個人的自我認(rèn)可建立在他們與他人的比較中，自己的表現(xiàn)如何。文章的最后提出，只有人們基本的煩惱的恐懼開始被緩解，我們才可以在競爭中發(fā)現(xiàn)新的意義。

1. modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition.意思是：在現(xiàn)代社會，對于競爭這里有很多不同的意見。而后文章提出人們對于競爭的積極和消極的態(tài)度。有人認(rèn)為競爭促進(jìn)社會進(jìn)步，也有人認(rèn)為競爭導(dǎo)致人們之間的對抗和不友好。故選B。

2. value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social-progress and prosperity. 意思是：一些人高度評價競爭，認(rèn)為競爭對于社會進(jìn)步和繁榮有責(zé)任�？芍�一些人支持競爭是因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為競爭可以推動社會進(jìn)步。故選A。

3. the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. 意思是：最反對競爭的是年輕人，他們在父母和社會里承擔(dān)著競爭壓力�？芍猼he most vocal是那些最反對競爭的人。故選C。

4. 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.意思是：兩者都害怕不被評價。僅僅只有這種基本的和經(jīng)常惹人煩惱的害怕開始緩解，我們才能發(fā)現(xiàn)在競爭中發(fā)現(xiàn)意義。可知：作者同意的做法是在競爭中把害怕失敗的恐懼去掉。故選D。

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