2017届重庆市高考英语一轮复习阅读理解选编精练：105（含解析）_高考复习指南

2017届重庆市高考英语一轮复习阅读理解选编精练：105（含解析）

　　B．let them know that life is hard for everyone

　　C．help them gain more knowledge and love science

　　D．tell them the right way of watching the world

　　答案　A　

　　________．

　　m playing with insects

　　B．protect all the insects that we discover

　　C．show a child the world that they rarely see

　　D．let a kid know insects are beneficial to us

　　答案　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 selfworth relied(依赖) on how well they performed at tennis and other skills.For them，playing well and winning are often lifeanddeath affairs.In their singleminded 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 selfrespect 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.