In America, seldom do you go anywhere without hearing a principle called WIN-WIN. It sounds strange to me at first because throughout my childhood, I have always been taught to try everything possible to win an upper-hand, rather than to help other people win. However, as time goes by, I have gradually understood the essence (真諦) of WIN-WIN principle—it is the way of winning on both sides.
When I was little, I used to play Chinese checkers (跳棋) which includes two basic tactics (戰(zhàn)術(shù)): One is to create paths for yourself; the other is to prevent your rival﹙對手﹚ moving. Players may use these two totally different ways in the game, but the key for the player to win is to continuously create paths for him even if his rival may take advantage of it. Finally he can always reach the goal a few steps ahead of the other player.
In the 1990s, a strategy﹙戰(zhàn)略﹚ called WIN-WIN became widespread in the western world. Its aim is to achieve your success while giving other people some advantages, so there is no real loser. One example of using the WIN-WIN principle is the voluntary system in the US. Most Americans support the spirit of voluntary contribution. In the US, schools and children organizations usually encourage and support kids to take part in community activities so that the voluntary spirit can be enrooted in their minds from childhood.
In China, it’s quite usual that some people are too selfish and never take people’s interests into consideration, while someone who really has courage to do something for the public is often called “foolish” or “silly”. Actually helping other people can be of great delight for the helper, for he can also learn something useful for his life such as sympathy, care, devotion, etc. So only if you take other people’s interests into consideration , you can make sure to win what you want.
【小題1】The purpose of the author in writing the passage is _______.

A.to tell us the cultural differences between China and the US.
B.to tell us the different educational systems in the US and China.
C.to tell us the importance and meaning of WIN-WIN.
D.to show that WIN-WIN is popular in the US and China.
【小題2】What is the author’s attitude(態(tài)度) towards WIN-WIN?
A.Criticism(批評).B.Encouragement.
C.Disagreement.D.Doubt.
【小題3】The underlined word “enrooted” in the third paragraph means ____.
A.removedB.controlled
C.plantedD.influenced


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】C

解析試題分析:這篇短文講述“雙贏原則”的意義和重要性,作者以自己小時候下跳棋和西方國家注重“雙贏原則”為例告訴我們要懂得幫助別人和注重團(tuán)隊精神,在幫助別人的過程中自己也獲得快樂。
【小題1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句話However, as time goes by, I have gradually understood the essence (真諦) of WIN-WIN principle—it is the way of winning on both sides.“然而,隨著時間的流逝,我漸漸理解雙贏的真諦,那就是一種雙方都獲勝的方式。”以及下文對于雙贏原則的介紹,可知可知作者寫本文的目的就是在于告訴我們雙贏的意義和重要性。故選C。
【小題2】推理判斷題?v觀全文,作者介紹“雙贏原則”是是一個積極的態(tài)度以及作者最后一段批判一些中國人愚蠢的行為并表明:Actually helping other people can be of great delight for the helper,“事實(shí)上,幫助其他人對于支援者也是一種快樂”,可知作者支持“雙贏原則”。故選B。
【小題3】詞義猜測題。文章第三段最后一句話In the US, schools and children organizations usually encourage and support kids to take part in community activities so that the voluntary spirit can be enrooted in their minds from childhood. “在美國,學(xué)校和孩子們的組織者通常鼓勵和支持孩子們參加團(tuán)體活動以便這種志愿精神可以植入童年的思想中!笨梢酝茰yenrooted的意思是“被植入”,故選C。
考點(diǎn):教育類短文閱讀。

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