Life is competitive - some kids can do something faster or better than other kids. This might not seem fair, but all people are different and how well you can do something is different to others. This means there are “winners" and “losers", and lots of people are neither winners nor losers but in-between. You can choose to be a good winner or an even better loser whether you are competing against others or yourself. Being a “good” winner No one likes a “show off”. No one likes someone who takes all the praise for the efforts of a team. No one likes people who put others down to make themselves look good. To be a good winner you need to: ◆Be modest(谦虚). ◆ Thank those who helped you for their efforts. ◆ Keep trying to improve your skills. ◆Aim for the next step up in whatever you are doing well. Being an even better loser Of course it’s disappointing to lose, especially if you are close to winning. Behaving badly or angrily, name-calling and going on about things being “unfair” won’t change the final result and will only make you look like a bad sport. And no one likes bad sports either. To be an even better loser you need to : ◆ Behave politely, nicely and kindly. ◆ Congratulate the other team. ◆ Keep any negative (消极的) thoughts to yourself - at least until you are away from the game. It’s Ok to let out your negative thoughts to your best friend or parents later. And if you don’t do very well in a game, try harder to learn for the next one. Improving yourself makes you a winner too.

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. We are either losers or winners.
B. We should face winning and losing properly.
C. We can do nothing about winning and losing.
D. We are always competing with others not ourselves.
2. What should a better loser do when losing?
A. Let out his anger to his parents at once.
B. Express his negative feelings in the game.
C. Try harder to improve himself in the next game.
D. Behave badly to his team members or competitors.
3. Which one is not proper if we succeed?
A. Going on improving our skills.
B. Telling our team members to aim higher.
C. Thanking our team members for their efforts.
D. Putting down others to make ourselves look good.
4. Who is probably a bad sport?
A. Tom keeps saying the game is unfair when he loses.
B. Jim encourages his teammates after their team loses.
C. Anna thanks her coach for what he has done though she fails.
D. Cindy shows her congratulations to other competitors even if she fails.
5. What is the passage written for?
A. Telling us what we can learn from losing.
B. Offering advice on what we can do to win.
C. Encouraging us to become a winner instead of a loser.
D. Giving advice on how to deal with winning and losing.
本文是一篇议论文，文章就如何应对输赢给出了一些建议，自己可以选择成为一个好的赢家或一个更好的输家。
1.B【解析】判断推理题。第一段主要介绍了生活中充满了竞争，很多人既不是赢家也不是输家，而是介于两者之间，所以无论是与别人还是与自己竞争，任何人都可以选择成为一个好的赢家或一个更好的输家，从中可以推断出我们应该正确地面对输赢，故选B。
2.C【解析】细节理解题。根据最后一段中“And if you don’t do very well in a game, try harder to learn for the next one.”可知如果在一场比赛中表现不佳，那就更加努力地为下一场比赛学习，故选C。
3.D【解析】细节理解题。根据To be a good winner you need to部分中“Thank those who helped you for their efforts.”和“Keep trying to improve your skills.”以及“Aim for the next step up in whatever you are doing well.”可知要成为一个好的赢家，需要感谢那些提供帮助的人、不断提高自己的技能以及着眼于下一个目标等，所以选项A、B和C是恰当做法。根据Being a “good” winner部分中“No one likes people who put others down to make themselves look good.”可知没有人喜欢为了自己好看而贬低别人的人，所以选项D是不恰当的做法。题目要求选择不恰当的做法，故选D。
4.A【解析】细节理解题。根据Being an even better loser部分中“Behaving badly or angrily, name-calling and going on about things being “unfair” won’t change the final result and will only make you look like a bad sport.”可知表现不佳，辱骂或者继续说一些“不公平”的事情不会改变最终的结果，只会让你看起来像个不受欢迎的人，故选A。
5.D【解析】写作目的题。文章介绍了生活中充满了竞争，很多人既不是赢家也不是输家，而是介于两者之间，所以无论是与别人还是与自己竞争，任何人都可以选择成为一个好的赢家或一个更好的输家；接下来文章重点就如何成为一个好的赢家和一个更好的输家分别提出了一些注意事项和建议，故选D。