I had an interesting experience playing ping-pong last year. I was playing against a ___1_____ opponent(对手). The score was 20 to 17 in her ____2_____. I won the next three points which made the score 20 to 20. I ___3____ my paddle on the table and thanked my opponent and began to walk away. She called me ___4____ and said we had to continue until one of us ____5___.
“Look,” I said, “ if we ___6____ , one of two events will take place. Either you or I will win. If you win, I will begin to ____7___ my skill. If I win, you will be unhappy. Isn’t it better to know that we both played ___8____, that we enjoyed the competition, and that we played to an even(相等)score?” This was a ___9____ ending for my opponent and for the persons watching this contest. It made ___10____ to me to leave with a tie(不分胜负)game, an impasse(僵局): no winner, no __11___!
So, my friends, here is the problem ___12____ me. Our present technology makes it possible for nations to ___13____ other nations with time for retaliatory(报复)strikes. In such a unclear time there __14____ be no winners, only losers. Under these conditions, the only choice to ___15____ global destruction is global impasse. This would be a ___16____ “tie game” where no nation wins and no nation loses. An impasse reached through compromise(妥协). This is because compromise becomes the only means of ___17____. We cannot destroy this beautiful planet by holding on to ___18____ understanding of victory. The ___19____ victory is in achieving a desirable impasse. No one wins, ___20___ no one loses either.
1.A. tiring B. poor C. fine D. brave
2.A. favor B. side C. lead D. place
3.A. threw B. placed C. stuck D. dropped
4.A. up B. over C. on D. back
5.A. lost B. won C. gave up D. tired out
6.A. perform B. stop C. continue D. leave
7.A. doubt B. hate C. practise D. desert
8.A. hard B. fair C. poorly D. well
9.A. close B. surprising C. satisfying D. reasonable
10.A. progress B. room C. sense D. time
11.A. loser B. fighter C. success D. player
12.A. encouraging B. frightening C. shocking D. trouble
13.A. destroy B. attack C. seize D. rule
14.A. may B. should C. can D. must
15.A. escape B. flee C. accept D. avoid
16.A. different B. small C. huge D. familiar
17.A. surviving B. living C. staying D. pleasing
18.A. an old B. an unusual C. the same D. a complete
19.A. great B. only C. same D. equal
20.A. while B. but C. as D. since