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    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．Produced

    小题1:B
    小题2:A
    小题3:C
    小题4:A
    小题5:D
    小题6:B
    小题7:A
    小题8:C

    试题分析：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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    Professors of computer science are nowadays paying more attention to this hacker phenomenon and are on the watch for future hackers and more and more severe computer addicts. They believe firmly that hackers are not simply resulted from the close relationship with a machine. It is the result of social relationship with the attractive thinking machines, which are becoming nearly universal.
    小题1:We can learn from the passage that those at the computing room in the middle of the night are     .
    A．students working on a program
    B．students using computers to amuse themselves
    C．hard-working computer science majors
    D．students deeply fascinated by the computer
    小题2:Which of the following is NOT true of those young computer “hackers”?
    A．Most of them are top students majoring in computer programming.
    B．For them, computer programming is the only purpose for their life.
    C．They can stay with the computer at the computing room for nearly two days.
    D．Their love for the computer is so deep that they want to be near their machines even when they sleep.
    小题3:It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that ______.
    A．the hacker phenomenon exists only at university computing rooms
    B．it is not very easy for the “hackers” to find friends or jobs
    C．university computing rooms are expecting outstanding programmers out of the “hackers”
    D．the hacker phenomenon is partly due to the lack of the computing rooms
    小题4:According to professors of computer science, the hacker phenomenon can be described as     .
    A．positiveB．disgusting
    C．worryingD．admiring
    小题5:Which of the following may be the most appropriate title for the passage?
    A．The Charm of Computer ScienceB．A New Type of Electronic Toys
    C．Future Computer ProgrammersD．Computer Addicts

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