【求助】英语阅读理解In the United States, a person can take credit onl

【求助】英语阅读理解
In the United States, a person can take credit only for what he has accomplished by himself. Americans get no credit whatsoever for having been born into a rich or privileged family. (In the United States, that would be considered “an accident of birth.”) Americans pride themselves in having been born poor and, through their own hard work, having climbed the difficult ladder of success to whatever level they have achieved---- all by themselves. The American social system has, of course, made it possible for Americans to move, relatively easily, up the social ladder, whereas this is impossible to do in many other countries. The “self-made man or woman” is still very much the ideal in present-day America.
Americans believe that competition brings out the best in any individual. They claim that it challenges or forces each person to produce the very best that is humanly possible. Consequently, the foreign visitor will see competition being fostered in the American home and in the American classroom, even at the youngest age levels. You may find the value placed on competition disagreeable, especially if you come from a society that promotes cooperation rather than competition among individuals. But Americans teaching in Third World countries find the lack of competitiveness in a classroom situation equally distressing. They soon learn that what they had thought to be one of the universal human characteristics represented only a peculiarly American (or Western) value.
Americans, valuing competition, have devised an economic system to go with it----free enterprise. Americans feel very strongly that a highly competitive economy will bring out the best in its people and ultimately, that the society which fosters competition will progress most rapidly. If you look for it, you will see evidence in all areas---- in all fields as diverse as medicine, the arts, education, and sports---- that free enterprise is the approach most often preferred in America.
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 about progress
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 businesses
B) a belief that competition brings out the best in any individual
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) complain that you were born poor and had had no opportunities
B) tell them you were born poor and had to work with your hands
C) go around telling people that your father is a self-made man
D) tell them that their social system is not necessarily the best

8 A 9 A 10 A
第八题 题目A选项就是第二段最后一句的同义语句．
第九题 ”Americans,valuing competition,have devised an economic system to go with it----free enterprise ”意思是,美国人重视竞争,规划了与之相适应的经济体制－－－自由企业．所以free enterprise是种经济体制．
第十题 题目意思是,如果你怎样,美国人很有可能会反对你．文章第一段介绍说,美国人只会给予通过自己努力取得成功的人好评（赞扬）,对于出身富贵的不于怎么好的评价．他们崇尚出身低微但通过自己努力取得成功．而美国的社会体制适宜人们白手起家．相对来说D选项有迷惑性,但根据文章,这一选项的内容并没有比较明白提到,所以排除．A选项说,你抱怨出身贫寒,没有机会发展．这于文章第一段提到的美国人的观念是违背的．