Question

    Competition is a common phenomenon in our social life. 1. There is constant competition for academic degrees, jobs, customers, money and so forth. In a sense, competition is one of the motive forces to the development of society.

2. Therefore, the only way to survive is to be competitive. Growing in a competitive environment is important for a child because future adult life is difficult. Finding a good job, for example, is an extremely competitive activity.

Today, most people obtain knowledge through various ways and a large number of people get good education. 3.The quality of people is rapidly increasing. Competition is more violent than what we thought it should be. The potentially successful job applicant has to be prepared in stronger position by gaining more qualifications and experience. In the sports contests, the strongest will come out as winners. In the business world, to beat your competitors, you must be better than the other employees. 4.

Though the only way our world rewards people is to give honor to the winners, not to the losers, by attempting to compete at different activities, we can still learn to win and lose, gain experience and know our strengths and weaknesses. Competition prepares us for the tough things in life.

Whether in games, in study or in business alike, the aim is to win the game, the degree, the trophy, and the contract. 5.

A.Otherwise, you will be defeated.

B.Modern society demands high-quality talents.

C.Learning to be competitive is clearly the best preparation for life.

D.There are also many people who have higher degrees in their special fields.

E.Children have to learn to be competitive in order to adapt to modern society.

F.In the natural world, the weak will be replaced by the strong and the fittest can live.

G.We compete when we play games and when we try to do better than others in our study.

Answer

1.G

2.F

3.D

4.A

5.C

【解析】

这是一篇议论文，作者围绕“竞争”这一中心词，作者论述了竞争在现实生活中、在各个领域的普遍性，竞争是人们在社会中生活的一种方式，最后阐述了“学会竞争是为人生做的最好的准备”这一观点。

1.此题考查学生对语篇上下文的理解能力。上一句说竞争是我们社会生活中常见的现象，“Competition is a common phenomenon in our social life.”为一句总起句，下一句提到存在竞争的其他方面，“There is constant competition for academic degrees, jobs, customers, money and so forth. ”因此，此空应该起承上启下的作用。既会谈到竞争，也会涉及到竞争的具体某些方面，G项则讲当我们在玩游戏和学习要比别人做得更好时就会竞争，这些都是竞争的具体表现（具体某些方面），符合题意，故选G。

2.此题考查上下句之间因果关系。根据下一句和本段所举例子可知，正因为F中所述，“In the natural world, the weak will be replaced by the strong and the fittest can live.”在自然界中，弱肉强食，物竞天择，适者生存，“Therefore, the only way to survive is to be competitive. ”所以生存下来的唯一途径就是竞争。即F项所举例子与下一句构成强因果关系，故选 F。

3.该空承上启下，提示词在上一句，句中讲当今社会大多数人“most people”通过各种方式获取知识，许多人得到良好的教育，本空D项则补充讲也有许多人“There are also many people”在他们的某些特殊领域拥有更高的学位，一前一后，分别讲全民通识教育和精英教育，再下一句得出结论：这说明人的素质在迅速提高，因此竞争也更加激烈，D符合题意。此题干扰项为B“Modern society demands high-quality talents.”现代社会需要高智商天赋的人。虽然此句也有quality出现，但此段讲述人们为了增强自己的竞争力，不断获取新知识，并无提及拥有与生俱来的天赋（talent），故此题选 D。

4.此空与前一句是条件关系，“In the business world, to beat your competitors, you must be better than the other employees.”意思是，在一个商业社会中，要打败你的竞争对手，你就必须比其他员工更强，“Otherwise, you will be defeated.”否则你就会被打败，otherwise（否则）在此处起到提示作用，表示满足不了前一句的条件，就会出现“被打败”的情况，故选A。

5.此空设在文章末尾，是总结句，起首尾呼应的作用。既是对本文的总结，又与文章开头第一段呼应，本题侧重语篇和文章结构关系的考查。文章开头“Competition is a common phenomenon in our social life.”竞争是我们社会生活中普遍的现象，同时，该空上一句讲“Whether in games, in study or in business alike, the aim is to win the game, the degree, the trophy, and the contract.”无论在哪个领域，我们的目的都是“赢”，赢得一切；因此，“Learning to be competitive is clearly the best preparation for life.”（所以学会竞争显然是为人生做最好的准备），呼应文章开头并总结全文、点题，故选C。