2016-2017学年高考英语阅读理解解析汇编（133）
1．What does this passage mainly talk about?
A．Competition helps to set up selfrespect.
B．Opinions about competition are different among people.
C．Competition is harmful to personal quality development.
D．Failures are necessary experiences in competition.
2．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.
3．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
4．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.
1．B [主旨大意题。根据第一段第一句也是这篇文章的主题句“In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition.”可以看出，不同的人对竞赛的看法迥异，故选B。]
2．A [细节理解题。由第一段第二句“Some value it highly，believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity.”可知，有些人赞同竞争，因为它能推动社会的发展，故选A。]
3．C [词义猜测题。根据第三段中的“In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players，they strongly blame competition.”，可以推断“the most vocal”是指那些最反对竞争的人。]
4．A [细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s selfrespect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others.”可以得出结论：这两种持不同观点的学生，其实有一个共同点，那就是都把自己的价值体现在与别人的比较和竞争中。]