2023年山东学位英语考试阅读理解（六）

In the United States, a person can take credit only for what he hasaccomplished by himself. Americans get no credit whatsoever for having beenborn into a rich or privileged family. (ln the United States, that would beconsidered “an accident of birth”.) Americans pride themselves in having beenborn poor and, through their own hard work, having climbed the difficult ladderof success to whatever level they have achieved-all by themselves. TheAmerican social system has, of course, made it possible for Americans tomove, relatively easily, up to the social ladder, whereas this is impossible to doin many other countries. The “self-made man or woman" is still very much theideal in present-day America.

Americans believe that competition brings out the best in any individual.Consequently, the foreign visitor will see competition being fostered in theAmerican home and in the American classroom, even at the youngest agelevels. You may find the value placed on competition among individuals. ButAmericans teaching in Third World countries find the lack of competitiveness ina classroom situation equally distressing (令人苦恼的)They soon learn thatwhat they had thought to be one of the universal human characteristicsrepresented only a peculiarly American (or Western) value.

Americans, valuing competition, have devised an economic system to gowith it - free enterprise (自由企业制)Americans feel very strongly that a highlycompetitive economy will bring out the best in its people and ultimately, thatthe society which fosters competition will progress most rapidly. lf you look forlanniangiheng it, you will see evidence in all areas - in all fields as diverse as medicine. theart, education, and sports - that free enterprise is the approach most oftenpreferred in America.

6. What does the author mean by saying “self-made man or woman” is stillvery much the ideal in present-day America?

A. Americans no longer respect those who are born rich as they used to.

B.Americans still respect those who have climbed up the social ladderthrough hard work.

C.Americans think that an ideal man or woman should be born poor

D.Americans think that only the self-made man or woman is worthy ofrespect

7. What does the author think of the American social system?

A. lt is a system that does not favor those who are born rich.

B. lt is a system that makes social climbing very difficult, if not impossible.

C. lt makes it comparatively easy for the poor to move up the socialladder.

D. lt is the best system possible in the world.

8.Americans teaching in Third World countries found that

A. competition is a unique American (or Western) value.

B. competition must be fostered in the classroom for success in business.

C. cooperation is more important than competition in bringing aboutprogress.

D. competition is one of the universal human characteristics.

9. We can infer from the passage that free enterprise is

A. an economic system allowing free competition among business

B. a belief that competition brings out the best in any individua

C.an attitude that values competition rather than cooperation

D. a theory that advocates competition as the source of all progress

10. Americans would most likely frown at you if you

A. tell them you were born poor and had to work with your hands

B. go around telling people that your father is a self-made man

C. tell them that their social system is not necessarily the best

D. complain that you were born poor and had had no opportunitiesl.

答案：6-10 BCAAD

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