Americans value competition. They believe that competition out the best in any individual.

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.
【小题1】A．carriesB．bringsC．picksD．comes【小题2】A．forcesB．causesC．leadsD．teaches【小题3】A．ParticularlyB．OccasionallyC．ConsequentlyD．Accidentally【小题4】A．evenB．stillC．onlyD．already【小题5】A．thoughtsB．interestC．attitudeD．value【小题6】A．together withB．rather thanC．in spite ofD．along with【小题7】A．puzzlingB．unacceptableC．unfortunateD．discouraging【小题8】A．encouragedB．respectedC．representedD．ProducedB

(答案→)B 解析：本文介绍了美国人的一种存在于课堂上的竞争价值观念，而此种观念并不适用于第三世界国家。【小题1】考查动词词组。Carries out开展，实行；brings out产生出，使显示；picks out挑选出；comes out出现，结果是。句意是：他们相信竞争能使任何人显示出最好的一面。故选B。【小题2】考查动词。Forces强迫；causes引起；leads领导，指引；teaches教。句意是：他们宣称竞争能挑战甚至于迫使人们达到人力所能达到的最好境界。此处现有“挑战”，后有“甚至于”，此处用词更为强烈，故选A。【小题3】考查副词。Particularly特别地；Occasionally，偶尔，间或；Consequently因此；Accidentally意外地。句意是：因此,外国游客会看到竞争在美国家里,在美国教室是被鼓励的。前文提到美国社会看重竞争，因此这种现象上可见，上下文之间是一种传承关系，故选C。【小题4】考查连词。Even甚至；still仍然；only不过，可是；already早已。由句意可知处是对上半句的强调，句意是：甚至是在最小的年龄段都鼓励竞争。故选A【小题5】考查名词。Thoughts思想；interest兴趣；attitude态度；value价值。句意是：你可能会发现至于竞争之上的价值观会混乱。本文体现的是一种观念，故选D。【小题6】考查连词。together with和，连同；rather than而不是；in spite of尽管，不管；along with连同…一起。此句中promotes cooperation促进合作与competition among individuals个人竞争两者是相对的，因此这里的连词是有转折关系选其一，故选B。【小题7】考查形容词。Puzzling使迷惑的；unacceptable不能接受的；unfortunate不幸的；discouraging使人沮丧的。句意是：在第三世界教书的美国人发现在课堂上缺乏竞争是相当费解的。故选A【小题8】考查动词。Encouraged鼓励；respected尊敬，重视；represented代表，表现；Produced产生，制造。句意是：他们很快就认识到他们所认为的人类普遍品质之一竞争仅仅只是代表了美国或是西方国家的价值观。故选D。

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