In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some   36    it highly, believing that it is   37   for social progress and prosperity. Others say that   38  is bad, that it sets one person against another; that it   39   unfriendly relationship between people. 
I have taught many children who held the   40   that their self-worth relied on how well they   41    at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and –death affairs.  In their single-minded   42  of success, the development of many other human qualities is   43   forgotten.  
44   , while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take a(n)   45  attitude. In a culture valuing only the winner and   46   to the ordinary players, they strongly   47   competition. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or   48  success.  By not trying, they always have a(n)   49 ：“I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter   50   I really didn’t try.”   51    , this belief is the same as    52  of the true competitors trying to prove themselves. Both are based on the   53   belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in    54   with others.  Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve（缓解）  55   a new meaning in competition. 
36．A．benefit                   B．influences             C．value                     D．impress
37．A．cheerful                 B．meaningful             C．comfortable            D．responsible
38．A．competition            B．ability                    C．knowledge             D．challenge
39．A．runs into            B．leads to                  C．comes from            D．begins with
40．A．promise             B．belief                    C．dream                    D．task
41．A．planned                 B．performed              C．delivered               D．practiced
42．A．pursuit                   B．memory                  C．behalf                    D．search
43．A．shyly                     B．cheerfully              C．sadly                     D．faithfully
44．A．Therefore               B．Meanwhile             C．However            D．Afterwards
45．A．proper                    B．suitable                   C．confident                  D．opposite
46．A．paying no attention        B．pays less attention  C．paid more attention        D．pays no attention
47．A．excuse                   B．blame                    C．charge                   D．trust
48．A．enjoy                     B．apply                  C．receive                   D．achieve
49．A．opinion                  B．explanation            C．excuse                   D．reason
50．A．unless                    B．so                          C．while                     D．because
51．A．Firmly                   B．Naturally                   C．Unfortunately       D．Clearly
52．A．that                      B．one                        C．it                           D．this
53．A．mistaken            B．different                 C．single                    D．common
54．A．consequence           B．comparison            C．connection             D．common
55．A．we can discover       B．can we discover      C．can discover            D．we discover