必修3 Unit1 Festivals Around the World语言点及综合练习

   C. the baby brought them the image of life
   D. the baby’s mother would take care of them
50. Why do children not get attention from their parents?
    A. Because they often make trouble and make their parents disappointed.
    B. Because their parents are too busy to take care of them.
    C. Because their parents have to take care of their grandparents.
    D. Because their parents have been out of work for a long time.

C
 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．"

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