Question

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We humans love to make comparisons. On the market, we ________ o find the best ones. In the classroom teachers compare their students to the ________ . And parents compare their child to his or her peers to ________ an idea of what is “normal”.

________ , comparisons of any kind come with a sting(刺痛) for everyone. When parents make it clear to anyone that their child is ________ to all other children in all ways, they put their child under ________ . Some children will obey when they are pressured to ________ their parents’ need for perfection; others may ________ , trying to be just like any other kid, or, better still, to be just who they are. In other ________ , parents who compare their child to other children might end up ________ their child is somehow “deficient(有缺点的)” . And, again, they pressure their child to be ________ enough.

A most disturbing ________ of all this comparing is that it pushes children into the destructive world of competition. “In a ________ culture, a child is told that it isn’t enough to be good---he or she must ________ others,” writes Alfie Kohn, a parenting expert.

According to Kohn, research doesn’t ________ the theory that competition brings success. One after another, researchers have concluded that children don’t learn better ________ education is changed into a competitive struggle. Competition prevents a child’s ability ________ not only educationally but socially, too.

So, ________ competition, cooperation! Instead of ________other people’s children, parents need to pay close attention to their own, learn who they are, discover their interests and talents, and teach them how to cooperate with others. They will need role models to ________ them.

1.A. see B. touch C. sell D. compare

2.A. mature B. new C. model D. overseas

3.A. get B. use C. share D. explain

4.A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Besides

5.A. harmful B. superior C. responsible D. thankful

6.A. pressure B. control C. discussion D. consideration

7.A. express B. prove C. satisfy D. create

8.A. disappear B. wait C. resist D. rest

9.A. cases B. words C. ways D. nations

10.A. denying B. deciding C. predicting D. concluding

11.A. honest B. good C. patient D. polite

12.A. process B. consequence C. purpose D. method

13.A. traditional B. scientific C. political D. competitive

14.A. defeat B. accept C. recognize D. choose

15.A. test B. challenge C. support D. change

16.A. since B. until C. when D. unless

17.A. losing B. progressing C. showing D. reducing

18.A. apart from B. because of C. as for D. instead of

19.A. shouting at B. laughing at C. looking at D. striking at

20.A. guide B. force C. invite D. expect

Answer 1