Question

【題目】 Some people believe that greed(貪婪) and selfishness has become the main theme of modern society, and we should return to the old traditions of family and community in order to have a better life.

In this fast –paced(快節(jié)奏的) world, many values are experiencing great changes. While people traditionally caring, sharing and generosity the most important things in life and work, modern people seem to be more self-centered.

Modern people act selfishly to survive the highly competitive world. To survive, you have to fight with whatever ways you can think of. Obviously greed and selfishness go perfectly well with such ideas. In a company, workers do everything they can to get better pay and higher position, even if it means their workmates will lose a lot because of this. They are not born cold-blooded; it is just that people are pressured to act in a certain way because of outside influences.

To be honest, it is hard to say that modern society is built on greed and selfishness, both of which are not newly invented vocabulary. In ancient times people also did greedy and selfish things though such behaviors were more seriously punished then. But we can’t be blind to the fact that people in the past faced less pressure compared with the modern environment.

Are we happier to share with others and be generous to them? There is no fixed answer either. Some people take great pleasure helping and giving to others while others feel happy doing the opposite. But I personally think that people should not be too selfish. Caring for others can actually encourage the development of a win-win relationship.

Main facts	Supporting details
【1】 are changing.	In the past people put caring, sharing and generosity in the first 【2】. They would be punished seriously for greedy behaviors. Nowadays, people seem to think more about themselves. They act selfishly even if they may cause heavy 【3】 to their workmates.
【4】 for the changes	Heated competition and great pressure on modern people may be responsible for the changes.
The writer’s ideas	People should be less selfish and a win-win relationship should be 【5】.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Values

【2】place

【3】loss(es)

【4】Reasons

【5】developed / built

【解析】

在快速發(fā)展的今天，人們的價(jià)值觀也發(fā)生了變化。本文分析了其中的原因，并且表明了自己的觀點(diǎn)：關(guān)愛別人能夠鼓勵(lì)雙贏關(guān)系的發(fā)展。

【1】根據(jù)第二段中的“ In this fast-paced world, many values are experiencing great changes.”可知，在快速發(fā)展的今天，人們的價(jià)值觀也發(fā)生了變化。故答案為Values。

【2】根據(jù)第二段中的“While people traditionally consider caring, sharing and generosity as the most

important things in life and work, modern people seem to be more self-centered”可知，過去人們"把關(guān)愛、分享、慷慨放在第一位。故答案為place。

【3】根據(jù)第三段中的“In a company, workers do everything they can to get better pay and higher position even if it means their workmates will lose a lot because of this.”可知，公司中，工人們盡力獲得報(bào)酬和更高的職位，即使這意味著他們的同事會(huì)因此失去很多。故答案為loss(es)。

【4】文章第三段分析了其中的原因。故答案為Reasons。

【5】根據(jù)最后一句“Caring for others can actually encourage the development of a win-win relationship.”可知，關(guān)心他人事實(shí)上可以鼓勵(lì)雙贏關(guān)系的發(fā)展或者建立。填空中為被動(dòng)語態(tài)，故答案為developed/ built。