Question

I had an interesting experience playing ping-pong last year. I was playing against a  36  opponent(对手). The last score was 20 to 17 in her  37 . I won the next three points which made the score 20 to 20. I  38  my paddle on the table and thanked my opponent and began to walk away. She called me  39  and said we had to continue until one of us  40 .

    "Look," I said, " if we  41 , one of two events will take place. Either you or I will win. If you win, I will begin to  42  my skill. If I win, you will be unhappy. Isn't it better to know that we both played  43 , that we enjoyed the competition, and that we played to an even (相等) score. This was a  44  ending for my opponent and for the persons watching this contest. It made  45  to me to leave with a tie (不分胜负) game, an impasse (僵局): no winner, no  46 !

    So, my friends, here is the problem  47  me. Our present technology makes it possible for nations to  48 other nations with time for retaliatory (报复) strikes, in such a nuclear time there  49  be no winners, only losers. Under these conditions, the only choice to  50  global destruction is global impasse. This would be a  51 "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  52 . We cannot destroy this beautiful planet by holding on to  53 understanding of victory. The  54  victory  is in achieving a desirable impasse. No one wins,  55  no one loses either.

36. A. tiring	B. poor	C. fine	D. brave
37. A. favor	B. side	C. like	D. place
38. A. threw	B. placed	C. stuck	D. dropped
39. A. up	B. over	C. on	D. back
40. A. lost	B. won	C. gave up	D.tired out
41. A. perform	B. stop	C. continue	D. leave
42. A. doubt	B. hate	C. practise	D. desert
43. A. hard	B. fair	C. poorly	D. well
44. A. close	B. surprising	C. satisfying	D. reasonable
45. A. progress	B. room	C. sense	D. time
46. A. loser	B. fighter	C. success	D. player
47. A. encouraging	B. frightening	C. shocking	D. troubling
48. A. destroy	B. attack	C. seize	D. rule
49. A. shouldn’t	B. should	C. can	D. can’t
50. A. escape	B. flee	C. accept	D. avoid
51. A, different	B. small	C. huge	D. familiar
52. A. surviving	B. living	C. staying	D. pleasing
53. A. an old	B. an unusual	C. the same	D. a complete
54. A. great	B. only	C. same	D. equal
55. A. while	B. but	C. as	D. since

 

 

Answer 1

36-40 CABDB  41-45 CADBC 46-50 ADACD       51-55 CAABB