Lose-Win is weak. It’s easy to get stepped on. It’s easy to be the nice guy. It’s easy to give in, all in the name of being a peacemaker.

A girl named Jenny once told me about her   36   in the world of Lose Win during her eighth grade year before she finally broke  37   :

My  38    with my mom all started one day   39    she said to me sarcastically(讽刺地)，“Wow, you’re sure sassy today.” I   40   it so literally (字面地) that then and there I decided to close myself off from her and never   41    back to her. So every time she would say something   42    I disagreed with her I would just say, “Okay,  43    you want, Mom”

But I really got cold quickly. And my   44    began to build. One night I talked to my mom about the school homework and she said, “Oh, that’s   45   ”and then went back to mop the floor.

“Don’t you ever   46   ?”I thought. But I didn’t say anything and stormed off. She had no idea I was   47    upset. She would have been willing to talk to me had I   48    her how important it was to me.

At last, I just blew up. “Mom, this has got to   49   . You tell me everything you want me to do and I just do it because it’s   50    than fighting. Well, I’m sick of it.” This all came as a   51    to her.

After my blowup, we felt like we were   52    all over in our relationship. But it’s getting better all the time. We discuss things now and I always   53    my feeling with her.

If you adopt Lose Win as your basic   54    toward life, then people will wipe their dirty feet on you. You’ll also be   55    your true feelings deep inside. And that’s not healthy.

36.A.wanderings    B.disappointment   C.lessons D.helplessness

37.A.out  B.down   C.up       D.free

38.A.relationship    B.problems     C.quarrels       D.improvement

39.A.as   B.since    C.when   D.before

40.A.regarded B.treated C.received      D.took

41.A.fight      B.struggle       C.talk      D.turn

42.A.even if   B.only if C.as long as    D.as though

43.A.something      B.whatever     C.so much      D.too much

44.A.coldness B.anger   C.disagreement      D.hope

45.A.true B.impossible   C.nice     D.important

46.A.care       B.see       C.say      D.listen

47.A.also B.still      C.even    D.already

48.A.warned   B.shown  C.asked   D.told

49.A.end B.change C.last      D.stop

50.A.worse     B.easier   C.more    D.less

51.A.surprise  B.pleasure      C.gift      D.harm

52.A.going     B.starting       C.thinking      D.reviewing

53.A.share      B.have    C.discuss D.improve

54.A.way       B.method       C.attitude       D.theory

55.A.hurting   B.waking C.storing D.hiding

Lose-Win is weak. It’s easy to get stepped on. It’s easy to be the nice guy. It’s easy to give in, all in the name of being a peacemaker.

     A girl named Jenny once told me about her  16  in the world of Lose-Win during her eighth-grade year before she finally broke  17 :

     My  18  with my mom all started one day  19  she said to me sarcastically (讽刺地) “Wow, you’re surely lively today.” I  20  it so literally (字面地) that then and there I decided to close off from her and never  21  back to her. So every time she would say something  22  I disagreed with her I would just say. “Okay, 23 you want, Mom.” But I really got cold quickly. And my 24 began to build. One night I talked to my mom about the school homework and she said, “Oh, that’s  25 ” and then went back to mop the floor.

     “Don’t you ever  26 ?” I thought. But I didn’t say anything and stormed off. She had no idea I was  27 upset. She would have been willing to talk to me had I  28  her bow important it was to me.

     At last I just blew up. “Mom, this has got to  29 . You tell me everything you want me to do and I just do it because it’s  30  than if fighting. Well, I’m sick of it.” This all came as a  31  to her.

     After my blow up, we felt like we were  32  all over in our relationship. But it’s getting better all the lime. We discuss things now and I always  33  my feelings with her.

     If you adopt Lose-Win as your basic  34  toward life, then people will wipe their dirty feet on you. You’ll also be  35  your true feelings deep inside. And that’s not healthy.

16. A. wanderings       B. disappointment         C. lessons            D. helplessness

17. A. out              B. down                       C. up             D. free

18. A. relationship       B. problems                  C. quarrels         D. improvement

19. A. as              B. since                        C. when           D. before

20. A. regarded         B. treated                  C. received        D. took

21. A. fight          B. struggle                    C. talk            D. turn

22. A. even if          B. only if                            C. which          D. as though

23. A. however         B. whatever                  C. so much        D. too much

24. A. coldness         B. anger                       C. disagreement     D. hope

25. A. true            B. impossible                C. nice           D. important

26. A. care            B. see                           C. say            D. listen

27. A. also            B. still                          C. even           D. already

28. A. warned              B. shown                      C. asked          D. told

29. A. end             B. change                            C. last             D. stop

30. A. worse           B. easier                       C. more           D. less

31. A. surprise          B. pleasure                   C. gift          D. harm

32. A. going           B. starting                    C. thinking          D. reviewing

33. A. share           B. have                        C. discuss          D. improve

34. A. way                  B. method                    C. attitude          D. theory

35. A. hurting           B. waking                     C. storing          D. hiding

Lose – Win is weak. It’s easy to get stepped on. It’s easy to be the nice guy. It’s easy to give in, all in the name of being a peacemaker.

A girl named Jenny once told me about her 　1 in the world of Lose Win during her eighth – grade year before she finally broke 　2 .

My 　3 with my mom all started one day 　4 she said to me sarcastically (讽刺地), “Wow, you’re surely lively today.” I 　5 it so literally (字面地) that then and there I decided to close myself off from her and never 　6 back to her. So every time she would say something 　7 I disagreed with her, I would just say, “Okay, 　8 you want, Mom.” But it really got cold quickly. And my 　9 began to build. One night I talked to my mom about the school homework and she said, “Oh, that’s 　10 ” and then went back to mopping the floor.

“Don’t you even 　11 ?” I thought. But I didn’t say anything and stormed off. She had no idea I was 　12 upset. She would have been willing to talk to me had I 　13 her how important it was to me.

At last, I just blew up. “Mom, this has got to 　14 . You tell me everything you want me to do and I just do it because it’s 　15 than if fighting. Well, I’m sick of it.” This all came as a 　16 to her.

After my blow – up, it was really rocky for a while. We felt like we were 　17 all over in our relationship. But it’s getting better all the time. We discuss things now and I always 　18 my feeling with her.

If you adopt Lose – Win as your basic 　19 toward life, then people will wipe their dirty feet on you. You’ll also be 　20 your true feelings deep inside. And that’s not healthy.

1．A．wanderings　 B．disappointment　　　　　　　 C．lessons D．helplessness

2．A．out　　　　　 B．down　　　　 C．up　　　　　 D．free

3．A．relationship B．problems　　 C．quarrels　　 D．improvement

4．A．as　　　　　 B．since　　　 C．when　　　　 D．before

5．A．regarded　　 B．treated　　 C．received　　 D．took

6．A．fight　　　　 B．struggle　　 C．talk　　　　 D．turn

7．A．even if　　　 B．only if　　 C．which　　　 D．as though

8．A．however　　　 B．whatever　　 C．so much　　 D．too much

9．A．coldness　　 B．anger　　　 C．disagreement D．hope

10．A．true　　　　 B．impossible　 C．nice　　　　 D．important

11．A．care　　　　 B．see　　　　 C．say　　　　 D．listen

12．A．also　　　　 B．still　　　 C．even　　　　 D．already

13．A．warned　　　 B．shown　　　 C．asked　　　 D．told

14．A．end　　　　 B．change　　　 C．last　　　　 D．stop

15．A．worse　　　 B．easier　　　 C．more　　　　 D．less

16．A．surprise　　 B．pleasure　　 C．gift　　　　 D．harm

17．A．going　　　 B．starting　　 C．thinking　　 D．reviewing

18．A．share　　　 B．have　　　　 C．discuss　　 D．improve

19．A．way　　　　 B．method　　　 C．attitude　　 D．theory

20．A．hurting　　 B．waking　　　 C．storing　　 D．hiding

I hope, first of all, that we shall never lose _____ heart in face of _____ failure.

I hope, first of all, that we shall never lose _____ heart in face of _____ failure.