Question

原創（十二）
In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some   36   it highly, believing that it is   37   for social progress and prosperity. Others say that   38  is bad, that it sets one person against another; that it   39  unfriendly relationship between people.
I have taught many children who held the   40  that their self-worth relied on how well they   41    at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and –death affairs.  In their single-minded   42  of success, the development of many other human qualities is   43  forgotten.
44   , while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take a(n)   45  attitude. In a culture valuing only the winner and   46  to the ordinary players, they strongly   47   competition. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or   48  success.  By not trying, they always have a(n)   49 ：“I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter   50  I really didn’t try.”   51    , this belief is the same as    52  of the true competitors trying to prove themselves. Both are based on the   53  belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in    54   with others.  Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve（緩解）  55   a new meaning in competition.
36．A．benefit                  B．influences                     C．value                     D．impress
37．A．cheerful                 B．meaningful            C．comfortable           D．responsible
38．A．competition           B．ability                   C．knowledge             D．challenge
39．A．runs into           B．leads to                 C．comes from            D．begins with
40．A．promise              B．belief                   C．dream                   D．task
41．A．planned                B．performed             C．delivered              D．practiced
42．A．pursuit                  B．memory                 C．behalf                   D．search
43．A．shyly                    B．cheerfully              C．sadly                     D．faithfully
44．A．Therefore              B．Meanwhile            C．However                  D．Afterwards
45．A．proper                   B．suitable                  C．confident              D．opposite
46．A．paying no attention        B．pays less attention        C．paid more attention D．pays no attention
47．A．excuse                  B．blame                    C．charge                   D．trust
48．A．enjoy                     B．apply                     C．receive                 D．achieve
49．A．opinion                  B．explanation          C．excuse                   D．reason
50．A．unless                    B．so                         C．while                    D．because
51．A．Firmly                   B．Naturally              C．Unfortunately      D．Clearly
52．A．that                      B．one                        C．it                           D．this
53．A．mistaken           B．different                C．single                    D．common
54．A．consequence          B．comparison           C．connection            D．common
55．A．we can discover       B．can we discover     C．can discover           D．we discover

Answer 1

36—40：CDABB  41—45：BACCD  46—50：ABDCD   51—56：DAABB

解析本文為議論文。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。
36．C  value此處為動詞，意為“重視，看重”
37．D  be responsible for“對…負責”。意思為“他們相信，是競爭帶來了社會的進步和繁榮。本題易誤選B。
38．A 由前文可知，另一部分人認為競爭是不好的。
39．B  lead to“導致”。競爭會導致人際關系不友好。
40．B  hold the belief持有這樣的觀點。
41．B 他們的個人價值取決于他們在網球和其它技巧方面的表現（perform）得如何。
42．A   in the (…) pursuit of success對成功的追求。in search of 尋找; in memory of 為紀念..; in behalf of為…的利益。本題易誤選BC。
43．C 忘記培養的人類的其它素質是令人悲哀的事情。
44．C 根據上文可以看出，此處為轉折之意。
45．D 根據前文意思，后面應說“另一些人持有相反的觀點。受前文lost in the desire的影響，本題易誤選A。
46．A 根據前面的only可以看出后面應是相反內容。句意為”只重視獲勝者而不關注普通的選手。”
47．B 根據下文可以看出應選blame“責備，譴責”。句意為“那些人強烈譴責競爭”本題易誤選A。
48．D  achieve (one’s) success取得勝利。
49．C 從下文可知：用不去嘗試/努力（怕失敗），以此做為失敗的借口。本題易誤選A。
50．D 根據上文可以看出前后是因果關系。
51．D 根據后面的the same可以看出本題應選D。本題易誤選C，如選C，與the same不符。
52．A 此處that="the" belief。that和it 表示特指。that與所指名詞為同類，但不是同一個，而it 與所指名詞為同一個；one指代單數可數名詞，泛指同類事物中的一個。本題易誤選C。
53．A 兩者都是錯誤的觀點。
54． B  in comparison of“與……比較”； in consequence of... 的結果，因為...的緣故，由于；in common with如同一樣；in connection with 與...有關系
55．B  only修飾狀語且放在句首時，主句謂語要倒裝。