I had an interesting experience playing table-tennis last year. I was playing against a    1    opponent (对手) . The score was 20 to 17 in her   2     . I won the next three points which made the score 20 to 20. I   3     my paddle on the table and thanked my opponent and began to walk away. She called me   4     and said we had to continue until one of us   5     .

“Look,” I said, “if we    6    , one of two events will take place. Either you or I will win. If you win, I will begin to   7     my skill. If I win, you will be unhappy. Isn’t it better to know that we both played   8     , that we enjoyed the competition , and that we played to an even (相等) score ?” This was a    9    ending for my opponent and for the persons watching this contest. It made    10    to me to leave with a tie game , an impasse (僵局): no winner , no    11    !

So, my friends, here is the problem    12    me. Our present technology makes it possible for nations to    13    other nations with time for retaliatory (报复) strikes . In such a nuclear time there    14    be no winners, only losers. Under these conditions, the only choice to   15 global destruction is global impasse. This would be a   16     “tie game” where no nation wins and no nation loses. An impasse reached through compromise (妥协). This is because compromise becomes the only means of    17    . We cannot destroy this beautiful planet by holding on to    18    understanding of victory. The    19    victory is in achieving a desirable impasse. No one wins,  20     no one loses either .

1．A．tiring                    B．poor                   C．fine                    D．brave

2．A．favor                   B．side                    C．lead                    D．place

3．A．threw                   B．placed                C．stuck                 D．dropped

4．A．up                       B．over                   C．on                      D．back

5．A．lost                      B．won                   C．gave up              D．tired out

6．A．perform               B．stop                   C．continue             D．leave

7．A．doubt                   B．hate                    C．practice              D．desert

8．A．hard                     B．fair                     C．poorly                D．well

9．A．close                    B．surprising           C．satisfying            D．reasonable

10．A．progress             B．room                  C．sense                 D．time

11．A．loser                  B．fighter                C．success              D．player

12．A．encouraging        B．frightening          C．shocking            D．troubling

13．A．destroy               B．attack                 C．invade                D．rule

14．A．may                    B．should                C．can                    D．must

15．A．escape                B．flee                    C．accept                D．avoid

16．A．different             B．small                   C．huge                  D．familiar

17．A．surviving            B．living                  C．staying               D．pleasing

18．A．an old                 B．an unusual          C．the same             D．a complete

19．A．great                  B．only                   C．same                  D．equal

20．A．while                  B．but                     C．as                      D．since