Americans value competition. They believe that competition out the best in any individual. They claim that it challenges or even each person to produce the very best that is humanly possible. , the foreign visitor will see competition encouraged in the American home and in the American classroom, at the youngest age levels. You may find the placed on competition confusing, especially if you come from a society that promotes cooperation competition among individuals. But Americans teaching in the Third World countries find the lack of competition in a classroom situation equally . They soon learn that what they had thought to be one of the universal human qualities only a particularly American or Western value.
1.A.carries B.brings C.picks D.comes
2.A.forces B.causes C.leads D.teaches
3.A.Particularly B.Occasionally C.Consequently D.Accidentally
4.A.even B.still C.only D.already
5.A.thoughts B.interest C.attitude D.value
6.A.together with B.rather than C.in spite of D.along with
7.A.puzzling B.unacceptable C.unfortunate D.discouraging
8.A.encouraged B.respected C.represented D.Produced
I was 14 when Mr. Ingram hired me as a farmhand. It was the first time I was actually for work. One day Mr. Ingram found an old truck that was in the soft,sandy soil of our field. It was full of melons that someone had tried to from our farm before his truck got caught in the mud.
Mr. Ingram explained that the truck’s owner would be soon, and he wanted me to watch and learn. It wasn’t long a local guy with a terrible reputation for fighting and stealing showed up with his two fully-grown sons. They looked really .
Calmly Mr. Ingram said, “Well, I see you want to some watermelons from us.”
There was a long before the man answered, “Yeah, I guess so. What are you for them?”
“Twenty-five cents each.”
“Well, I suppose that would be enough if you help me get my truck out of here,” the man said.
It turned out to be our biggest sale of the summer, and an awful, perhaps violent incident had been . After they left, Mr. Ingram smiled and said to me, “Son, if you don’t forgive your , you’re going to run out of friends.”
1.A.trusted B.ready C.paid D.offered
2.A.stuck B.broken C.deserted D.lost
3.A.remove B.steal C.sell D.hide
4.A.purchasing B.bargaining C.returning D.searching
5.A.till B.before C.that D.since
6.A.astonished B.anxious C.familiar D.angry
7.A.borrow B.buy C.steal D.carry
8.A.break B.discussion C.watching D.silence
9.A.getting B.offering C.paying D.finding
10.A.necessary B.helpful C.easy D.fair
11.A.stopped B.avoided C.handled D.taught
12.A.mistakes B.neighbors C.enemies D.Melons
-Sorry, I made a mistake again.
-_______. Practice more and you’ll succeed.
A. Never mind B. Certainly not C. Not at all D. Don’t mention it
-Are you coming to the English evening?
-I’m not sure. I go to the concert instead.
A. must B. might C. should D. would
The living room is clean and tidy, with a dining table already ______ for a meal to be cooked.
A. laid B. laying C. to lay D. being laid
The way the boss treats his men makes many people angry.
A. where B. which C. what D. in which