6、 Passage Two Although our educational system and our society generally place a high value on competition, some problems can be better solved
through cooperation and some forms of learning are strengthened through cooperation. Both competition and cooperation have a place in society and
can serve a useful purpose. Consequently, it is necessary to be able to engage in both processes depending on the circumstances and one’s goals. In the
academic environment grades are often conceived as the major criterion (标准) for the assessment of learning. We tend to assume that the higher
one’s grade average, the more one has learned, thus creating greater competition for grades. This competition can be particularly intense in fields where
the financial rewards are great and opportunity is limited: law, engineering, medicine, and business. However the measure of one’s learning is not limited
to grades. It is possible to learn a great deal about a subject and receive a low grade or even no grade in the evaluation. No grade can be used to define
what we learn about ourselves when we from sharing what we know with others. And no one can give us a grade for how we feel about ourselves and
about our relationships with others. 36. The first paragraph mainly tells us that in learning _______. [ 2 分 ]
A. competition and cooperation are related
B. cooperation is more important
C. cooperation and competition are both needed
D. competition is more important

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