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．carries | B．brings | C．picks | D．comes |
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| 小题2: | | A．forces | B．causes | C．leads | D．teaches |
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| 小题3: | | A．Particularly | B．Occasionally | C．Consequently | D．Accidentally |
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| 小题4: | | A．even | B．still | C．only | D．already |
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| 小题5: | | A．thoughts | B．interest | C．attitude | D．value |
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| 小题6: | | A．together with | B．rather than | C．in spite of | D．along with |
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| 小题7: | | A．puzzling | B．unacceptable | C．unfortunate | D．discouraging |
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| 小题8: | | A．encouraged | B．respected | C．represented | D．Produced |
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