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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 (依赖)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 (追求)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 mistaken 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 (缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.
51．What does this passage mainly talk about?
A．Competition helps to set up self-respect.
B．Opinions about competition are different among people.
C．Competition is harmful to personal quality development.
D．Failures are necessary experiences in competition.
52．Why do some people favor competition according to the passage?
A．It pushes society forward. B．It builds up a sense of duty.
C．It improves personal abilities. D．It encourages individual efforts.
53．The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 means __________.
A．those who try their best to win
B．those who value competition most highly
C．those who are against competition most strongly
D．those who rely on others most for success
54．What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a “desire to fail” ?
A．One’s worth lies in his performance compared with others’.
B．One’s success in competition needs great efforts.
C．One’s achievement is determined by his particular skills.
D．One’s success is based on how hard he has tried.
55．Which point of view may the author agree to?
A．Every effort should be paid back.
B．Competition should be encouraged.
C．Winning should be a life-and-death matter.
D．Fear of failure should be removed in competition.
D
One E of Britain's bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected （可疑的） police killer David Bieber and was thanked with flowers by the police．It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to ￡30,000 reward money．
Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt．Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her terrible experience when she had to steal into Bieber’s bedroom and watch him secretly．Then she waited alone for three hours while armed police prepared to storm the building．
She said: "I was very nervous．But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen lined up in the car park I was so glad they were there．”
The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious （怀疑） of the guest who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year's Eve with little luggage and wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face．She said: "He didn't seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact（接触）．" Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her bosses Margaret, 64, and husband Stan McKale, 65, who phoned the police at 11 pm．
Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11:30 pm to make sure that this was the wanted man．Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki every 15 minutes．
"It was about ten past two in the morning when the phone went again and a policeman said ‘Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?’ My heart missed a beat．"
Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key．
"I realized that my bedroom window overlooked that part of the hotel, so I went to watch．I could not see into the man's room, but I could see the passage．The police kept shouting at the man to come out with his hands showing．Then suddenly he must have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed （带上手铐）.
56．The underlined phrase "be in line for" （ paragraph 1 ） means _ _.
A．get B．be paid C．ask for D．own
57．Vicki became suspicious of David Bieber because __________．
A．the police called her B．he looked very strange
C．he came to the hotel with little luggage
D．he came to the hotel the day before New Year's Eve
58．Vicki’s heart missed a beat because _________．
A．the phone went again B．she would be famous
C．the policemen had already arrived D．she saw 20 policemen in the car park
59．David Bieber was most probably handcuffed in ________．
A．the passage B．the man's room
C．Vicki's bedroom D．the top floor room
60．The whole event probably lasted about _______ hours from the moment Bieber came to the hotel to the arrival of some armed officers．
A．6 B．8 C．11 D．14
IX. 短文改错
Nowadays millions of people of all age take pleasure in a 61．
hobby which is both interested and fun． And every year 62．
more and more people start a stamp collection of your own 63．
and discover an interest which can even last lifetime．Starting 64．
your collection of stamps are easy because they are everywhere． 65．
Holiday and birthday postcards from relatives and letters 66．
from friends can all provide you for stamps from all over 67．
the world．So once you’ve started collecting seriously, you 68．
will probably want to join in the Stamp Collectors’ Club 69．
which exist to add more stamps to your collection． 70．
X. 书面表达
假定你是王华，你收到一位英籍朋友—彼德的来信，他在信中请你介绍一下中国人欢度春节（the Spring Festival）的情况。请你根据下面的提示给他写封回信。
内容包括：时间、地点、人物、活动。（如：除夕全家人欢聚、包饺子、守夜、燃放烟花爆竹、收看新春联欢会、逛庙会…）
注意：
1．信的开头、结尾已为你写好；
2．词数100左右。
3．参考词汇：烟花爆竹 firework and crackers 庙会 temple fair
Dear Peter,
I was very glad to read your letter. To meet your request. I’m telling you everything I know about how Chinese people usually spend the Spring Festival.
[参考答案]
http://www.DearEDU.com
I. 单词拼写
1. arrival 2. starving 3. satisfy 4. feasts 5. European 6. awarded 7. permission
8. obvious, 9. drowning 10. admire
II. 短语翻译
1. turn up 2. starve to death 3. be satisfied with 4. lead to 5. in memory
6. dress up 7. play a trick on 8. look forward to 9. as though 10. have fun
11. 发生 12. 夜以继日 13. 一对(几个) 14. 屏息 15. 遵守诺言 16. 向…道歉
17. 意图是,注定要 18. 伤害,危害 19. 起源于 20. 前往
III. 词语辨析
A): excuse, forgive, pardoned B): collecting, gathered C): of, about, over
D): earned, gained, win E): to give, waiting F): alone, alone, lonely, lonely, lonely
G): wept, cry
IV. 单项填空
1~5. CABBA 6~10. BABCB 11~15. DDACA 16~20. CBDCA
V. 语法专练
1~5. BAADD 6~10. DABBA 11~15. ABBBC 16~20. AACBD 21~25. AAADB
26~30. DDDCD
能力提升
1~5. BBADA 6~10. DBBAB 11~15. ACACB 16~20. ACDBA
21~25. CDDCA 26~30. BDDCB 31~35. ABABB 36~40. ABCAC
41～45 CACDC 46~50. BCDCB 51~55. BACAD 56~60. ABCAC
61．age改成 ages 61. Interested改成interesting 63.Your改成their 64. Lifetime前加a
65. are改成is 66. 正确 67. for改成with 68. So改成But 69. 去掉in
70. exist改成exists
One Possible Version:
Dear Peter ,
I was very glad to read your letter . To meet your request, I’m telling you everything I know about how Chinese people send the Spring Festival .
To celebrate the Chinese New Year, it is a custom for all members of each family , married and unmarried , to gather at their parents’ house .Adults in the family all work together to make a special kind of Chinese food-dumplings while small children play about in the house , or watch the New Year Special Program on TV. When the New Year bell sounds , firework and crackers begin to explode here and there, which usually lasts hours. Then a special meal of dumplings starts and the whole family stay up for the night , chatting and playing games.
During the next four days, quite a lot of people visit Chinese temple fairs , which is quite like Carnival in the West . Some families go to places of interest for a visit throughout the country .
Of course Chinese people spend the festival variously from place to place. If needed, I will tell you more about it.
Best wishes
Yours ever,
Wang Hua