单选题 {{B}}Passage Four{{/B}}
While it is true that Americans believe climbing the educational ladder leads to success, they are less certain that intellectual achievement is the only important factor leading to success. A competitive personality is seen as important to success, especially in men. The development of social and political skills is also considered to be very important.
To help Americans develop these other important skills, schools have added a large number of extracurricular (课程) activities to daily life at school. This is especially true of high schools and colleges and ex tends down into elementary schools as well.
Athletics, frequently called "competitive sports," are perhaps the most important of these activities. Football, basketball, and baseball teams are seen as very important in teaching students, particularly boys, the "winning spirit". At times, athletic teams seem to become more important to some students and their parents than the academic programs offered by the schools.
单选题 Americans believe that education is______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句是文章的第一句话。A选项的内容过于绝对，并被第一段后面的句子意思所否定。B选项和C选项属于无关信息或错误信息。本题的D选项依据一般常理也可以推断出来。
单选题 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as important to success? A. Intellectual achievement. B. Competitive personality. C, Social backgrounds. D. Sodal and political skills.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句是整个第一段的内容，并且与上面的第一道题有关联。做此类判断题时，关键是要找到出现的信息词。A、B和D选项的内容都在第一段中出现了，而C选项social backgrounds没有地方能够找到其出处。
单选题 A variety o{ extracurricular activities are added in American schools______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句是文章第二段第一句话。第一段的意思说到“一个人的成功取决于几个不同的技能。”而第二段一开始就说了“帮助学生发展这些技能(为了将来的成功)方式。”A、B和D选项的内容要么属于无关信息，要么与问题的题干不属于因果关系。
单选题 Athletic activities are designed______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句在文章的最后一段。本段最关键的信息是"teaching students the winning spirit"。本题其他选择项的内容属于无关信息，没有在本段内容中间出现。
单选题 Which of the following can be the best title for this passage.'?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题属于对文章大意的理解题，关键是要找到文章的中心思想或主旨大意。做题时，应该对文章的整体内容进行浏览，选择概括性较强的答案。A选项的依据句就是文章的第一个句子，即主题句，概括性比较强。其他选择项都是细节信息。