Question

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 (真谛) 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 (战术): One is to create paths for yourself; the other is to prevent your rival﹙对手﹚ 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﹙战略﹚ 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.

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.

2.What is the author’s attitude(态度) towards WIN-WIN?

A. Criticism（批评）.  B. Encouragement. 

C. Disagreement.  D. Doubt.

3.The underlined word “enrooted” in the third paragraph means ____.

A. removed   B. controlled 

C. planted   D. influenced

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述“双赢原则”的意义和重要性，作者以自己小时候下跳棋和西方国家注重“双赢原则”为例告诉我们要懂得帮助别人和注重团队精神，在帮助别人的过程中自己也获得快乐。

1.推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后一句话However, as time goes by, I have gradually understood the essence (真谛) of WIN-WIN principle—it is the way of winning on both sides.“然而，随着时间的流逝，我渐渐理解双赢的真谛，那就是一种双方都获胜的方式。”以及下文对于双赢原则的介绍，可知可知作者写本文的目的就是在于告诉我们双赢的意义和重要性。故选C。

2.推理判断题。纵观全文，作者介绍“双赢原则”是是一个积极的态度以及作者最后一段批判一些中国人愚蠢的行为并表明：Actually helping other people can be of great delight for the helper,“事实上，帮助其他人对于支援者也是一种快乐”，可知作者支持“双赢原则”。故选B。

3.词义猜测题。文章第三段最后一句话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. “在美国，学校和孩子们的组织者通常鼓励和支持孩子们参加团体活动以便这种志愿精神可以植入童年的思想中。”可以推测enrooted的意思是“被植入”，故选C。

考点：教育类短文阅读。