首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible fo
In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible fo
admin
2014-10-11
39
问题
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, and that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.
I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied(依赖)on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded 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. 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 true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect 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.
What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a "desire to fail"?
选项
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.
答案
A
解析
文章第三段提到They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve suc—cess,后面又提到belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performsin comparison with others。四个选项中只有A最接近。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/JOxO777K
0
成人本科学位英语
相关试题推荐
It’sinterestingthatthearrivalofsnowhastheeffectonpeopleindifferentcountries.Forsomecountriesitisanimportant
Friendisbetterthanfortune.Friendisworsethanpoisoninsome【C1】______.Theabovetwostatementsareoppositeandseemt
Restrictyourselftooneortwo(pages),and(listing)any(publications)orrefereeson(aseparate)sheet.
Hewasaqualifieddoctorwhorarelypracticedbutinsteaddevotedhislifetowriting.Heoncesaid:"Medicineismylawfulwif
Peopletravelforalotofreasons:Sometouristsgotoseebattlefieldsorreligiousshrines.Othersarelookingforculture,o
AboutamonthagoIwaspresentonaseriousoccasionwhereIheardthereadingofawill.Icanrememberonepassagethatparti
I’dratherhavearoomofmyown,howeversmallitis,than________aroomwithsomeoneelse.
(76)Concerningmoneyoranythingelse,conflictsbetweenhusbandandwifeusuallyreflectapowerstruggle.Conflictsbetweenpa
(Onherway)tothesupermarketyesterdaymorning,Mary(met)anoldfriendand(stoppedtalking)withhimfor(quiteawhile).
—I’minterestedinthatchair.Howmuchdoyouwantforit?—$—______.I’llgiveyou$—No,that’snotenough.
随机试题
Whotalksmore,then,womenormen?Theseeminglycontradictory(矛盾的)evidenceisshownbythedifferencebetweenwhatIcallpubl
土地借用权人应承担的义务不包括()。
某工程项目,业主与施工单位已经签订施工合同,在执行合同的过程中陆续遇到一些问题需要进行处理,对遇到的下列问题,请问该如何处理。在施工招标文件中,按工期定额计算,工期为550d。但在施工合同中,开工日期为1997年12月15日,竣工日期为1999年7月2
银行最终选择的目标市场是()。
到某一游览点后,若有个别旅游者希望不按规定的线路游览而要求自由游览或摄影时。若环境许可,导游人员可满足其要求。
在唐德斯的减法反应时实验中,A、B、C三种反应时分别代表简单反应时、选择反应时和辨别反应时,它们的关系为()
简述当前我国外汇管理的主要内容。(中央财经大学2001)
Inthefollowingtext,somesentenceshavebeenremoved.ForQuestions41—45,choosethemostsuitableonefromthelistA—Gt
以下关于单元测试的方法中,正确的是()。
设“A="87654321"”,则表达式Val(Left(A,4)+Mid(A,4,2))的值为()。
最新回复
(
0
)