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《2025-2026学年度第二学期高二英语阶段1》参考答案(3月)
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71.Because he thought the kite could fly higher without it.
72.Preventing/Stopping.
73.The kite didn’t fly higher, as he thought, but fell down.
74.To help the kite stay higher in the wind.
75.Open. (We should keep in touch with our family all the time, because they are our strong support.)
76 作文参考例文
A Teacher Around Me Who Shows Craftsmanship Spirit
As a respected educator, Yu Yi devoted her entire life to the cause of education, which perfectly interprets the craftsmanship spirit of teachers—lifelong devotion, sincere patience and a constant pursuit of excellence. Her lifelong persistence in the classroom has deeply touched countless people and set a shining example for every educator.
Inspired by her noble spirit, I’d like to introduce my English teacher, Ms. Wang, who is not only kind-hearted but also extremely responsible. She is always careful in preparing every lesson, sparing no effort to explore better teaching methods to make difficult knowledge easier for us to understand. What impresses me most is that when I struggled bitterly with grammar and almost gave up, she spent her precious after-class time explaining it to me patiently, using vivid examples again and again until I fully mastered it, with a warm smile all the time.
Ms. Wang’s selfless devotion and firm perseverance deeply move me and make me realize that the craftsmanship spirit is never far away. It lies in every careful effort she makes and every warm help she offers. It also encourages me to keep working hard, hold a sincere attitude and pursue perfection in every aspect of my study and life.
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$Listening . test one试卷B第一节听下面5段对话,每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的ABC3个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。现在你有5秒钟的时间阅读第一小题的有关内容。How about joining me for a cup of coffee? I'd love to, but i'm exhausted. I was up till three this morning riding a paper for my literature class. When are you leaving tomorrow? You look so excited. Just imagine . i'll take the early flight at eight in the morning and see my parents in just two hours. Hi a Linda. I didn't see you at breakfast time. Didn't you have breakfast? Well, I woke up early this morning so that I could go for a long walk. I was the last person to come out of the dining hall. What's that building over there? That's the new art museum. It's not particularly attractive from the outside, but it's very nice insight. Quite an unusual building isn't IT. i'm afraid I don't think much of IT. I'm not a big fan of modern architecture. Have you read the research report? Yes, but IT wasn't well written. I sent IT back to the department with some suggestions. good. I couldn't understand IT either, but I thought I was just me. 试卷B第一节到此结束,第二节听下面几段材料。每段材料后有几个小题,从题中所给的ABC3个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段材料前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟。听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间,每段材料读两遍。听下面一段对话,回答第六至第83个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。What can I do for you, sir? It's very cold in the cabin. Is that possible to get a blanket? I'm afraid we're out of blankets, but here's . a pillow. Okay, thanks. I was asleep during the meal service. Could I get a meal? Sure, but we don't have any more of the baked chicken. We only have the been salad left. Oh, okay, i'll take that. Could I also get . a drink? Yes, of course. What would . you like to have a diet soda, please? Sorry, we are out of diet soda, but we have coffee, beer and wine. There are four dollars each. How about just some . water? We do have water. Could I get an air sickness back. please? sure. Wait a minute. I'll be back soon. What can I do for you, sir? It's very cold in the cabin. Is that possible to get a blanket? I'm afraid we're out of blankets, but here's a pillow. Okay, thanks. I was asleep during the meal service. Could I get a meal? sure. But we don't have any more of the baked chicken. We only have the been salad left. Oh, okay, i'll take that. Could I also get a drink? Yes, of course. What would you like . to have her diet soda, please? Sorry, we are out of diet soda, but we have coffee, beer and wine. There are four dollars each. How about just some . water? We do have water. Could I get an air sickness back. please? Sure, wait a minute. I'll be back soon. 听下面一段对话,回答第九至第11 3个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。I've lived in britain for seven years. Last week I visited my home city. This was your first visit in seven years. That's right. I saw my friend staff on from high school. I'm sure IT was great to see him and look around. Oh yeah, we had lunch in a restaurant. IT was beside the new shopping mall. When we'd finished lunch, we walked by the river. The riverside used to be the factory area, but now there are gardens and a new . sports center. That sounds great. Yeah, there didn't use to be a sports center in . the city. What else did you see? We walked across a modern road bridge. The engineers had just started IT. The year I left, I used to watch them on my way home from school. Now it's finished and it's so busy. I've lived in britain for seven years. Last week I visited my home city. This was your first visit in seven years. That's right. I saw my friend staff on from high school. I'm sure IT was great to see him and look around. Oh yeah. We had lunch in a restaurant. IT was beside the new shopping mall. When we'd finished lunch, we walked by the river. The river side used to be the factory area, but now there are gardens and a new . sports center. That sounds great. Yeah, there didn't use to be a sports center in . the city. What else did you see? We walked across a modern road bridge. The engineers had just started IT. The year I left, I used to watch them on my way home from school. Now it's finished and it's so busy. 听下面一段独白,回答第12至第15 4个小题。现在你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。Good afternoon. Now i'll tell you our swim classes at the community. Pool classes begin on monday, may first, and will continue throughout the summer. Fifteen swim classes are being offered. Each class lasts ten hours. A new class starts each week of the summer. Each class costs twenty dollars. The pool is big enough for six students for a club, classes will increase in difficulty each week. Students can sign up for as many classes as they like, but they must pass the skill level test. For example, students who sign up for level four must show their certificate for completing level three. Children cannot sign up for a level they're not ready for. Children who have never attended community pool classes must show up on April twenty nine th or a third for a swim skills show. Instructions res will raise the students and assign them to a particular skill level. Good afternoon. Now i'll tell you our swim classes at the community. Pool classes begin on monday, may first, and will continue throughout the summer. Fifteen swim classes are being offered. Each class lasts ten hours. A new class starts each week of the summer. Each class costs twenty dollars. The pool is big enough for six students. For a class, classes will increase in difficulty each week. Students can sign up for as many classes as they like, but they must pass the skill level test. For example, students who sign up for level four must show their certificate for completing level three. Children cannot sign up for a level they're not ready for. Children who have never attended community poll classes must show up on April twenty nine th or a thirty years for a swim. Skills show in structures will raise the students and assign them to a particular skill level. 试卷B第二节到此结束。
天津市第一百中学2025一2026学年第二学期过程性诊断(1)
高二英语
命题人:吴艳梅
本试卷满分150分,考试用时120分钟。
第I卷(选择题,共115分)
第一部分:听力(共两节,满分20分)
第一节(共5小题:每小题1分,满分5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选
项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅
读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。请听下面5段对话,选出最佳选项。
1.What does the woman prob ably want to do?
A.Write a paper.
B.Attend a class.
C.Get some sleep.
2.When will the man see his parents?
A.At11:00.
B.At10:00.
C.At9:00.
3.Why didn't the man see the woman at breakfast time?
A.She went for a long walk
B.She finished her breakfast early.
C.She didn't go to the dining hall.
4.What does the woman think of the new art museum?
A.It is nice inside.B.It looks attractive outside.C.It has no attraction for her.
5.What did the woman do with the report?
A.She made suggestions on it.
B.She asked the man to rewrite it.
C.She got someone else to read it.
第二节(共10小题:每小题1.5分,满分15分)
每段材料读两遍。听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
6.Where does the conversation take place?
A.On a plane.
B.In a car.
C.In a restaurant.
7.What will the man have?
A.Bean salad and beer.B.Bean salad and water.C.Baked chicken and coffee.
8.Why doesn't the man have a diet soda?
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A.It is expensive.
B.It is unhealthy.
C.It is not available.
听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
9.What is the relationship between Stefan and the man?
A.Workmates.
B.Former schoolmates.
C.Teacher and student.
10.Where did Stefan and the man go first?
A.A restaurant.
B.The riverside.
C.A shopping mall.
11.What was by the river in the past?
A.Factories.
B.Gardens.
C.A sports center.
听下面一段独白,回答以下小题
12.When will the swim classes begin?
A.On May 1st.
B.On April 30th.
C.On April 29th.
13.How many swim classes are being offered?
A.10
B.15.
C.20.
14.Who must come to show their swim skill on April 29th or 30th?
A.Those who have no Level 3 certificates.
B.Those who want to pass the skill level test quickly.
C.Those who have never attended Community Pool classes.
15.Who will rate the students'skill level?
A.The speaker.
B.The instructors.
C.The local community.
二、单项选择(15分)
16.-I'm thinking about learning a new instrument,but I'm a bit worried I'm too old.
-You're never too old to learn something new.
A.You are joking.
B.Don't mention it.
C.Please yourself!
D.Go for it!
17.Going to Mount Huangshan reminds me of the popular Beatles'song"The Long and Winding
Road".
is so breathtaking about the experience is the out-of-this-world scenes.
A.As
B.What
C.It
D.That
18.We had a conversation
we focused on each other without distractions.
A.that
B.whose
C.which
D.where
19.I was surprised by her words,which made me recognize silly mistakes I had made.
A.what
B.that
C.how
D.which
20.
Earth is the only planet known to support life,humans'adaptability will surely allow
us to live on other planets.
A.While
B.Since
C.Until
D.Unless
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21.A survey carried out last year showed that 80%of the middle-aged in this city
in favour of the proposal on health care reform.
A.is
B.are
C.was
D.were
22.The building was designed to the elderly and provide them with the best environment.
A.calculate
B.accommodate
C.expose
D.resemble
23.When I entered the lecture theatre,the lecture and the audience attentively.
A.began;listened
B.was begun;was listening
C.had already begun;listening
D.had already begun;were listening
24.It is said that the employees who have worked here for many years will be given
over the newcomers.
A.candidate
B.preference
C.commitment
D.qualification
25.With the new machine,they no longer have to
large number of temporary workers to
do the harvesting.
A.take up
B.take in
C.take on
D.take after
26.He is widely
to be one of the best novelists in the world.
A.acknowledged B.exposed
C.boosted
D.polished
27.All the evidence collected so far points to robbery as the
of the crime.
A.assumption B.motive
C.ambition
D.welfare
28.Jenry received 3 text messages from his bank,
him that 3 online payments had just
been made from his account.
A.informed
B.to inform
C.informing
D.inform
29.Word came
the sports meeting would be
due to the weather.
A.that;live off B.that;put off
C./live off
D./put off
30.He will never make progress in English
he really wants to learn it.
A.if
B.as long as
C.unless
D.in case
三、完形填空(30分)
I've always had a passion for fixing things.As a curious kid,while most of my friends were
outdoors playing football or lost in video games,I could always be 31 in our messy
garage.There,I devoted my afternoons to 32 broken radios and ancient clocks,not to
throw them away,but driven by a strong desire to uncover the 33 of their inner workings.
My parents,half-amused and half-impressed,called me their little engineer-a title I wore with
great 34.
Naturally,this interest guided me to choose mechanical engineering in college.35
the initial excitement soon gave way to fiustration.The dry,complex theories and endless
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mathematical formulas felt strangely 36 and distant compared to the real joy of actually
fixing things that I remembered so fondly.Doubts began to 37 in my mind.Was I truly
cut out for this?Had I made a(n)38 in choosing this path?
Feeling uncertain and a bit lost during a summer break,I decided to 39 my
grandfather.Seeing my confusion,he didn't offer lengthy advice.Instead,he 40 handed
me a dusty,old pocket watch."It was your great-grandfather's,"he explained."It hasn't worked
for decades.Do you think you can bring it back to life?"I accepted the challenge 41
The following days saw me completely 42 in the world of that timepiece.Its small
parts were completely different from the abstract diagrams in my textbooks.Yet,as I patiently
cleaned,polished,and carefully put together each tiny component,a long-forgotten feeling 43
over me-the pure satisfaction that comes from tuly understanding and successfully 44
something with your own hands.When the second hand finally made a sudden move and began its
steady tick,a powerful thrill of 45 rushed through me,a feeling I hadn't experienced in
years.
That simple success proved to be a significant 46 point.I returned to university
with a completely renewed 47.The theories were no longer meaningless abstractions;I
now saw them as the 48 principles behind the physical mechanics I loved.I began to
approach my studies with fresh eyes,viewing them as a necessary 49 for solving the kind
of real-world problems I cared about.This 50 in perspective ultimately shaped my career.
31.A.spotted
B.evaluated
C.replaced
D.identified
32.A.pulling up
B.breaking with
C.tearing off
D.taking apart
33.A.examples
B.mysteries
C.signs
D.versions
34.A.pride
B.fortune
C.shame
D.stress
35.A.Therefore
B.Instead
C.Besides
D.However
36.A.empty
B.abnormal
C.abstract
D.practical
37.A.disappear
B.grow
C.cancel
D.delay
38.A.mistake
B.difference
C.effort
D.excuse
39.A.interview
B.call
C.rescue
D.visit
40.A.hesitantly
B.nervously
C.silently
D.carelessly
41.A.at random
B.with luck
C.in vain
D.without hesitation
42.A.absorbed
B.replaced
C.defeated
D.trapped
43.A.took
B.swept
C.looked
D.went
44.A.building
B.creating
C.repairing
D.mastering
45.A.achievement B.adventure
C.discovery
D.recognition
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46.A.starting
B.turning
C.breaking
D.fading
47.A.attitude
B.promise
C.focus
D.relief
48.A.awkward
B.moral
C.
essential
D.noble
49.A.material
B.field
C.bill
D.tool
50.A.situation
B.direction
C.shift
D.environment
四、阅读理解(50分)
A
Four Great Affordable Tourist Attractions
Iyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort(度假胜地)&Spa,Austin
This is an attractive place,thanks to its Crooked River Water Park with two pools,the two
story water slide,and a 1,000 foot-long river.You can have various forms of entertainment,like
boating on the Colorado River.The $35 resort fee covers bus transportation around the spot,access
to Spa Django,and other family-friendly activities such as tennis and basketball (meals not
included).
Universal Orlando Resort,Florida
It's fantastic to enjoy three theme parks in American southern state Florida.There are three
choices of buying tickets for you.The first choice offers a ticket of $53 per day per person-the
person needs to stay for five days in the resort.The second choice offers a ticket of $82 per day per
person-the person needs to stay for three days.Another choice is the S&P vacation package(
)designed for a family:$85 per day per person.This package includes admission to The
Wizarding World of Hany Potter.
The Smithsonian Institution,Las Vegas
This institution is within the Mojave Desert in the Western United States.Founded in 1846,it
consists of a group of museums and research centers.When you take your kids there,don't miss its
Ground Zero Theater.As part of the National Atomic Testing Museum,the theater provides
visitors with what it feels like when people watch atomic bomb explosion.Stays of seven nights or
a longer time can save $300.
Williamsburg,Virginia
Williamsburg offers plenty for families to explore.It has theme parks and a large living
history museum that makes you feel like you just have stepped into Revolutionary-time Virginia.
You and your kids can do things like taking a horse-drawn carriage ride through the restored
buildings from the 18th century.
The Fun in the Sun Package starts at $110 a night.Don't miss the wonderful Beer Festival
from August to September
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51.What makes Hy att Regency Lost Pines Resort Spa attractive?
A.Its big intemational sport events.
B.Its famous museums and theaters.
C.Its 35 admission fee including meals.D.Its wonderful activities related to water.
52.How much should a couple pay for the five-day S&P vacation package?
A.$850.
B.$820.
C.$530.
D.$425.
53.What is Ground Zero Theater designed for?
A.Creating an experience of atomic bomb explosion.
B.Exhibiting art objects from the ancient times.
C.Showing the Mojave Desert's scenery.
D.Presenting the stories of Harry Potter.
54.What can we learn about Williamsburg?
A.It's a relatively poor place in Virginia.
B.It's known for a theatre built 400 years ago.
C.It holds the Beer Festival in October each year.
D.It reflects some history and culture of Virginia.
55.What do the four attractions have in common?
A.Offering the same discounts.
B.Being fit for families to explore.
C.Having different theme parks.
D.Lying in the Western United States.
马
In 2019,I began leaming Chinese at the Confucius Institute in Rome.Already fluent in
several European languages,I sought a new challenge-something truly different that would
expand my worldview.Chinese,with its intricate characters resembling abstract art,melodic tones
that sounded like singing,and sentence structures reversing European logic,fascinated me from
the first lesson.
However,my interest soon branched out beyond linguistics into China's cultural heritage.I
started with Tang Dynasty poetry,renowned for its concise elegance and emotive power.Poems by
Li Bai and Du Fu introduced me to China's poetic tradition.Intrigued by its roots,I then turned to
earlier works like the Shi Jing (The Book of Songs),an anthology of poems often attributed as one
of the earliest reflections of the Chinese soul.Later,I explored the Chu Ci(Songs ofCh,or Poetry
ofthe South),further broadening my understanding of regional literary expressions.
My classes soon multiplied,as I took courses on Chinese history,literature,philosophy and
art history.Confucianism's emphasis on social harmony,Daoism's natural spontaneity,and
Buddhism's cyclical worldview formed a philosophical trial that explained many modem Chinese
values.Yet it was Chinese art history,especially scroll painting,that truly fired my imagination.
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The graceful brush-strokes,the interplay of ink and water,and the visual storytelling contained
within those scrolls made me see art in an entirely new light.
During my joumey,I was particularly drawn to the stories of influential women in Chinese
history,such as military leader Fu Hao and Emperor Wu Zetian.Learning about these
extraordinary women expanded my understanding of China's societal transformations and how
women's contributions have often been overlooked,yet undeniably crucial.
These discoveries inspired me to create a bilingual English-Montenegrin magazine about
Chinese culture.Unlike academic journals,it would mix thorough research with engaging stories
featuring Tang poetry analyses alongside profiles of contemporary Chinese innovators.A
planned column"From Terra Cotta to Tech"would trace historical continuity,while a culinary
section might explore how Sichuan peppercorns traveled the Silk Road.
This publishing venture (is both exciting and challenging.From selecting articles to
editing translations,I'm constantly learning.And that,in itself,is part of what fascinates me so
much about China:its cultural depth is an ever-expanding puzzle-one that can never be fully
completed,but becomes more fascinating with each piece we add.Ultimately,my hope is that by
creating this bilingual magazine,I can contribute to a mutual understanding.
56.What initially motivated the author to learn Chinese?
A.The complexity of the Chinese language.
B.The desire to become a linguistic teacher.
C.The influence of several European languages.
D.The opportunity to study at the Confucius Institute.
57.In her exploration of Chinese culture,which of the following topics does the author NOT
cover?
A.The principles of Confucianism and Taoism.
B.The expressive qualities of Tang Dynasty poetry.
C.The artistic skills involved in Chinese calligraphy
D.The storytelling elements in Chinese scroll painting.
58.What does the author find most significant about the stories of influential women in Chinese
history?
A.Their success in challenging traditional gender roles.
B.Their contributions to China's societal transformations.
C.Their artistic achievements in both poetry and painting.
D.Their overlooked yet crucial thoughts of Chinese culture.
59.What makes the author's magazine different from academic journals?
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A.Use of bilingual content and comments from readers.
B.Exclusion of serious and deep historical analysis
C.Focus mainly on modemn technology and innovations.
D.Integration of academic depth and appealing stories.
60.Why does the author compare"Chinese cultural depth"to"an ever-expanding puzzle"in the
last paragraph?
A.To emphasize that Chinese culture is too complicated to understand.
B.To criticize the lack of systematic study of Chinese traditions.
C.To demonstrate that Chinese culture is disconnected and incomplete.
D.To highlight its complexity and the endless opportunities for discovery.
C
One thing the tour books don't tell you about London is that 2,000 of its residents are foxes.
They ran away from the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in.But now
that the environment is cleaner,the foxes have come home,one of the many wild animals that
have moved into urban areas around the world.
"The number and variety of wild animals in urban areas is increasing,"says Gomer Jones,
president of the National Institute for Urban Wildlife,in Columbia,Maryland.A survey of the
wildlife in New York's Central Park last year tallied the species of mammals,including muskrats
(麝鼠),shrews(鼩睛)and flying squirrels..A similar survey conducted in the 1:890 s counted only
five species.One of the country's largest populations of raccoon now lives in Washington D.C.,
and moose(g驼鹿)are regularly seen wandering into Maine towns.Peregrine falcons(游隼)dive
from the window ledges of buildings in the largest U.S.cities to prey on pigeons.
Several changes have brought wild animals to the cities.Foremost is that air and water
quality in many cities has improved as a result of the 1970s pollution-control efforts.Meanwhile,
rural areas have been built up,leaving many animals on the edges of suburbs.In addition,urban
wildlife refuges have been created.The Greater London Council last year spent f750,000 to buy
land and build10 permanent wildlife refuges in the city.Over 1,000 volunteers have donated
money and cleared rubble from derelict lots.One evening last year a fox was seen on
Westminster Bridge looking up at Big Ben.
For peregrine falcons,.cities are actually safer than rural cliff dwellings(悬崖栖,息地).By
1970 the birds had died out east of the Mississippi because the DDThad made their eggs too thin
to support life.That year,scientist Tom Cade of Cornell University began raising the birds for
release in cities,for cities afforded abundant food.
Cities can attract wild animals without turning them harmful.The trick is to create habitats
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where they can be self-sufficient but still be seen and appreciated.Such habitats can even be
functional.In San Francisco,the local government is testing different kinds of rainwater control
basins to see not only which ones retain (the cleanest water but which will attract the most
birds.
61.The passage mentions a significant increase in mammal species in New York's Central Park to
A.Highlight the unexpected diversity found in small urban parks.
B.Provide evidence supporting the claim that wildlife in urban areas is increasing.
C.Contrast the wildlife success in New York with the failure in other cities.
D.Argue that shrews and flying squirrels are better adapted to cities than foxes.
62.Which of the following is NOT a reason that wildlife is returning to the cities?
A.Food is plentiful in the cities.
B.Wildlife is threatened by predators in the wild.
C.Wildlife refuges have been built in the cities
D.Air and water quality has improved in the cities
63.The underlined word "tallied"in Para.2 means
A.Distinguished B.described
C.counted
D.excluded
64.The example of San Francisco testing rainwater basins implies that
A.Cities prioritize bird attraction over clean water management:
B.Ecological benefits and practical functions cannot be achieved at the same time.
C.Wildlife habitats in cities can be designed to serve dual purposes.
D.Birds are the best indicator species for urban water cleanliness.
65.What is the passage mainly about?
A.Wildlife returning to large cities B.Foxes returning to London
C.Wild animals living in zoos
D.A survey of wildlife in New York
D
Psy chologists have long been in disagreement as to whether competition is a learned or a
genetic component of human behavior.Whatever it is,you cannot but recognize the effect
competition is exerting in academics and many other areas of contemporary life.
Psychologically speaking,competition has been seen as an inevitable consequence of
human drives.According to Sigmund Freud,humans are bom screaming for attention and full of
organic drives for fulfillment in various areas.Initially,we compete for the attention of our parents.
Thereafter,we are at the mercy of a battle between our base impulses for self-fulfillment and
social and cultural norms which prohibit pure indulgence.
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Current work in anthropology (has suggested,however,that this view of the role of
competition in human behavior may be incorrect.Thomas Hobbes,one of the great philosophers
of the seventeenth century,is perhaps best remembered for his characterization of the "natural
world,"that is,the world before the imposition of the will of humanity,as being"nasty,brutish,
and short."This image of the pre-rational world is still widely held,reinforced by Charles
Darwin's highly influential work,The Origin of Species,which established the doctrine of natural
selection.This doctrine,which takes for granted that those species best able to adapt to and master
the natural environment in which they live will survive,has suggested that the struggle for survival
is an inherent human trait which determines a person's success.Darwin's theory has even been
summarized as"survival of the fittest"-a phrase Darwin himself never used-further highlighting
competition's role in success.As it has often been pointed out,however,there is nothing in the
concept of natural selection that suggests that competition is the most successful strategy for
"survival of the fittest."Darwin asserted in The Origin of Species that the struggles he was
describing should be viewed as metaphors and could easily include dependence and cooperation.
Many studies have been conducted to test the importance placed on competition as opposed
to other values,such as cooperation-by various cultures,and generally conclude that Americans
uniquely praise competition as natural,inevitable,and desirable.In 1937,the world-renowned
anthropologist Margaret Mead published Cooperation and Competition among Primitive Peoples,
based on her studies of several societies that did not prize competition,and,in fact,seemed at
times to place a negative value on it.One such society was the Zuni Indians of Arizona,and they,
Mead found,valued cooperation far more than competition.After study ing dozens of such cultures,
Mead's final conclusion was that competitiveness is a culturally created aspect of human behavior,
and that its prevalence in a particular society is relative to how that society values it.
66.What does the author think is easy to see in many areas of contemporary life?
A.The disagreement on the inevitability of competition.
B.The consequence of psychological investigation.
C.The effect of human drives.
D.The impact of competition.
67.According to psychology,what do people strive to do following the initial stage of their life?
A.Fulfill individual needs without incurring adverse effects of human drives.
B.Indulge in cultural pursuits while keeping their base impulses at bay.
C.Gain extensive recognition without exposing pure indulgence.
D.Satisfy their own desires while observing social conventions.
68.What do we learn about the "natural world"characterized by Thomas Hobbes?
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