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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    Lakes, ponds, and beaches mean summer fun and cool relaxation from hot weather. But water also can be dangerous for kids if you don't take great care. Nearly 1,000 kids die each year by drowning.
    Here are some tips to keep your kids safe in the water:
    At the Lake or Pond
    ·Don't let little kids swim alone without adult supervision— lakes or ponds may be shallow near the bank and are suddenly deep sharply further out from shore.
    ·Ponds and lakes may hide jagged rocks, broken glass, or rubbish.
    ·Make sure kids wear foot protection; even in the water, they should wear socks or water shoes.
    ·Watch out for weeds and grass in the water that could trap a leg or arm.
    ·Most boating accidents, particularly among teenagers, are related to alcohol(饮酒). Be sure teens know about the dangers of alcohol, on and off the water.
    At the Beach
    ·Teach kids to always swim when and where a lifeguard is on duty. Unlike the calm waters of a swimming pool, the beach has special dangers like currents and tides(暗流). Check with the lifeguard when you arrive to find out about the water conditions.
    ·Tell kids never to stand with their back to the water because a sudden wave can easily knock a child over.
    ·Teach kids that if they're caught in a dangerous wave, they should swim parallel（顺行地） to the shore or should tread （踩）water and call for a lifeguard's help.
    Whether at the lake or at the beach, teach your child to get out of the water during bad weather, especially lightning

    1. 1.

      Which is the right behavior when swimming at the beach?

      1. A.
        Go off the water without a lifeguard on duty
      2. B.
        Go on swimming in a heavy rain
      3. C.
        Go off the water before checking the water conditions
      4. D.
        Call for help if caught in a dangerous wave
    2. 2.

      A child should_________ at a lake

      1. A.
        swim on his/her own
      2. B.
        be careful about weeds and grass
      3. C.
        swim without shoes on
      4. D.
        drink only a little wine
    3. 3.

      Swimming at a beach is more dangerous than in a pool because          

      1. A.
        there are no lifeguards at a beach
      2. B.
        there are currents and tides at a beach
      3. C.
        the waters of a beach are more calm
      4. D.
        the waters of a pool are warmer
    4. 4.

      The passage is probably written for          

      1. A.
        students at school
      2. B.
        kids who want to learn swimming
      3. C.
        parents with little children
      4. D.
        coaches who teach kids to swim
    5. 5.

      In which column(栏目) of a magazine can you find this passage?

      1. A.
        Education
      2. B.
        Science
      3. C.
        Entertainment
      4. D.
        Sports

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    My husband and son took a New York-to-Milwaukee flight that was supposed to leave Friday at 11:29 am. The flight boarded after 4 pm and didn’t leave the gate until 4:40, and half an hour later the pilot announced it would be another hour until takeoff. At that point a Jewish family, worried about violating the Sabbath （安息日）, asked to get off. Going back to the gate cost the plane its place in line for takeoff, and the flight was eventually cancelled. Was the airline right to grant that request?
    M. W, Norwalk, CONN.
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Situations like that can bring out the worst in people. But despite the increasing resentment（怨恨） of a plane full of people, the pilot tried to do the right thing. He went out of his way to satisfy one family’s urgent need. He should not have done so.
    Passengers bought tickets in the belief that the airline’s primary goal was to get them to their destination as close to the schedule as possible. Once they got on the plane and the doors are locked, it’s not correct to announce that the rules have changed and that a personal (as opposed to medical) emergency —no matter how urgent — might take precedence（优先）.
    That would be just as true if turning back to the gate had merely cost a few minutes rather than doomed the flight entirely, since on a plane, even a slight delay can spread outward, from the people in the cabin to those meeting them to the passengers waiting to board the plane for the next leg of its journey and so on. It would also be true if the personal emergency were not religious — if someone suddenly realized she’d made a professional mistake that might cost her millions, and she had to race back to the office to fix it.
    If a religious practice does nothing to harm others, then airlines should make a reasonable effort to accommodate it. Though that family has every right to observe the Sabbath, it has no right to enlist an airplane full of captive bystanders to help them do so. By boarding a flight on a Friday afternoon, the family knowingly risked running into trouble. The risk was theirs alone to bear

    1. 1.

      M. W. wrote the letter to ask whether ______

      1. A.
        Any religious passenger has the right to ask the pilot to take off
      2. B.
        The airline has the right to cancel the flight without any reason
      3. C.
        A flight should meet any passenger’s need despite others’ benefit
      4. D.
        A plane which has left the gate should give up taking off
    2. 2.

      What do we know from the reply letter?

      1. A.
        The pilot did the right thing in spite of the fierce resentment
      2. B.
        The plane should turn back if anyone aboard is seriously ill
      3. C.
        Anybody who has boarded has no chance to get off the plane
      4. D.
        Any flight shouldn’t change its schedule no matter what has happened
    3. 3.

      What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 mean?

      1. A.
        Turning back to the gate usually takes a plane quite a long time
      2. B.
        Nobody should take precedence to require the plane to turn back to the gate
      3. C.
        Even if it had taken a few minutes it was not right to turn back to the gate
      4. D.
        It was OK if turning back to the gate hadn’t caused the flight to be cancelled
    4. 4.

      The author of the reply letter thinks that _________

      1. A.
        It’s right for the plane to turn back to the gate to save a passenger’s treasure
      2. B.
        The Jewish family should give up observing the Sabbath after boarding
      3. C.
        The biggest problem of turning back is to bring trouble to the pilot
      4. D.
        The Jewish family had better avoid boarding on Friday afternoon

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    Every spring scores of people flock to the Buzzard Festival at Hinckley, Ohio. They come to watch for buzzards. Most would be glad just to take a look at a buzzard. If they do see one of these" flying garbage cans", it will probably be circling high in the sky. From there it can watch the ground for signs of the waste and the dead animals on which it feeds.
    The buzzard is the ugliest bird in the United States. In fact, it may well be the ugliest bird in the world. It has a small, bare, pink head. Its thick body is covered with dark, rough feathers.
    In spite of its looks, the buzzard is important to the people of Hinckley. It is their first sign of spring. After a winter in the south, buzzards return to their homes in the north. In the Hinckley area, they always return on March 15. No one knows why. But they have come back to Hinckley Ridge on that day, sure as clocks work, for at least forty years.
    The excitement starts in February. By the middle of March it has reached a high peak. Bets are placed. Prizes go to the person who sees the first buzzard. Radio stations and newspapers tell of the coming festival. And on the weekend after March 15 the people of Hinckley hold their Buzzard Festival.
    The people come and look around. They chat. They eat their fill of pancakes and sausages. Then they drive past Buzzard's Roost on Hinckley Ridge.
    A lot of them stop near the road at the stand set up to give information to visitors. There they can hear, from a recording, the main facts about the buzzard. They can see a stuffed buzzard. They can look at some pictures taken of buzzards in other years. With good luck and a strong pair of field glasses, they may sight one or two live buzzards high in the sky.
    Buzzards may be ugly. They may be "flying garbage cans". But in Hinckley they are just as welcome as the swallows in Capistrano, California. It would be a sad spring indeed if the buzzards ever failed to come back to Hinckley Ridge

    1. 1.

      A good title for this story would be __________

      1. A.
        The Hinckley Buzzard Festival
      2. B.
        Buzzard, the Ugliest Bird
      3. C.
        Why the Buzzard Has a Pink Head
      4. D.
        The Return of“The Garbage Can"
    2. 2.

      The buzzard is called the "flying garbage can" because it __________

      1. A.
        is ugly
      2. B.
        eats waste and dead animals
      3. C.
        looks like a garbage can
      4. D.
        collect rubbish on the ground
    3. 3.

      The surprising thing about Hinckley's buzzards is that＿

      1. A.
        they spend the winter in the south
      2. B.
        they come very close to the town
      3. C.
        they return on the same day each year
      4. D.
        both buzzards and swallows return to Capistrano on March 15
    4. 4.

      At the information stand, visitors to Hinckley's Buzzard Festival can _________

      1. A.
        learn some facts about the buzzard
      2. B.
        easily see a live buzzard
      3. C.
        take some pictures with the background of live buzzards
      4. D.
        feed their fill of pancakes and sausages to buzzards

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    A few years ago my sister moved from her home in Alabama to Buffalo, New York. Since moving to Buffalo she’s become a big hockey fan and has encouraged me to start watching it. Unfortunately it’s very difficult to find hockey on television here in Alabama. Since hockey games don’t air very much on television I’ve had to look for different ways to watch hockey games.
    I often see websites that claim if you go to their website you can watch television on your computer. I try out many of these websites hoping that one of the television stations is a northern station that airs hockey games. Unfortunately, most of them don’t work. Either the site doesn’t really give you what they advertise or their video player doesn’t work properly. But finally I’ve found one website that actually works.
    Free Tube is a site that you can go to and watch Television online for free. You don’t have to download any kind of special software or pay money or even sign up for anything. All you have to do is go to Free Tube, choose your channel and start watching. 
    The different channels to choose from are separated into different categories like news, business, entertainment, music and sports. You’re not going to find channels like NBC or ABC so you can watch the latest episode of Heroes or Grey’s Anatomy but it does include some popular channels like Cartoon Network and ESPN.
    There is also a movie section. Each movie channel airs different sorts of films like adventure, classics, comedy or horror and that channel will always air that kind of movies. The movie section also includes my favorite station called Maxx Trailers (预告片). Maxx Trailers airs nothing but movies trailers 24 hours a day. Some of the trailers are for movies coming out and some are for movies that have already been released but already released movies don’t go back farther than a couple of months.
    So far I haven’t had any problems with Free Tube’s video player either. Whenever I choose a channel, the video almost always works and usually loads every quickly. The only problem I have with Free Tube is that there is currently a glitch if you’re using Firefox. Once you choose a channel you can’t select another channel to change to, your web browser will freeze up. So if you’re using Firefox, the only way to switch channels is to leave the site and re-enter the site, when choosing what channel you want to go to. However, Free Tube is aware of this glitch and is working with Mozilla to get it fixed right away.
    If you’re missing some show everyone is talking about like Grey’s Anatomy or Heroes, this isn’t really a solution for that. But Free Tube is a good way to find channels that you weren’t aware of; there are several good stations to be found

    1. 1.

      The author mainly ________ in this passage

      1. A.
        tells us his experience in using the Web
      2. B.
        introduces Free Tube to the readers
      3. C.
        shows us the disadvantages of Free Tube
      4. D.
        shows us how to enjoy films online
    2. 2.

      The author got interested in watching hockey games ________

      1. A.
        because he is a sports fan
      2. B.
        due to his sister’s influence
      3. C.
        since everyone enjoys the games
      4. D.
        because he has nothing to do all day long
    3. 3.

      From the passage we can learn that ______________

      1. A.
        the author is also very fond of movies
      2. B.
        Maxx Trailers airs to-be-released movies
      3. C.
        ABC is a very famous TV station in America
      4. D.
        Firefox is the only software used to watch films online
    4. 4.

      The underlined word “glitch” probably means _________

      1. A.
        cover
      2. B.
        change
      3. C.
        note
      4. D.
        fault

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    To me, life without music would not be exciting. I realize that this is not true for everybody. Many people get along quite well without going to the concert, and listening to the record. But music plays an important part in everyone’s life, whether he realizes it or not. Try to imagine, for example, what films or TV plays would be like without music. Would the feelings, the moving plot（情节） and the greatest interests be so exciting or dramatic? I’m not sure about it.
    Now, we have been speaking of music in its more common meaning—the kind of music we hear in the concert hall. But if we look at some parts of music more carefully, we discover them in our everyday life too—in the rhythm(节拍) of the sea, the melody of a bird in the woods and so on. So music surely has meaning for everyone, in some way or other. And, of course, it has special meaning for those who have spent all their lives working on playing or writing music.
    It is well said, “Through music a child enters into a world of beauty, express himself from his heart, feel the joy of doing things alone, learns to take care of others, develops his mind and makes his body strong.”

    1. 1.

      From the text, we learn that many people______

      1. A.
        don’t realize the importance of music
      2. B.
        get along quite well without music
      3. C.
        go to the concert instead of enjoying music
      4. D.
        think music would be less exciting than films
    2. 2.

      What does the underlined word “melody” mean in the text?

      1. A.
        flying
      2. B.
        singing
      3. C.
        looking
      4. D.
        living
    3. 3.

      From the last paragraph, we learn that music_____

      1. A.
        can make our life exciting and dramatic
      2. B.
        is very necessary for our daily life
      3. C.
        is very important, especially for children
      4. D.
        can enter into another beautiful world
    4. 4.

      What’s the meaning for those who work on playing or writing music?

      1. A.
        They treat music as their life
      2. B.
        They treat music as part of their life
      3. C.
        They don’t think music is important
      4. D.
        They think it’s only their job
    5. 5.

      What does the writer say more about in the text?

      1. A.
        The importance of music
      2. B.
        Life without music
      3. C.
        Life full of music
      4. D.
        The development of music

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    February 4, 2012 saw the take-off of a new rising NBA star-Jeremy Lin.
    Among professional basketball players, Jeremy Lin's background is not typical. He graduated from Harvard University, which sends few players to the NBA, and he is the only Chinese-American NBA player. But when you watch him on the court, there is no doubt that he belongs there. He moves with speed and grace that demonstrate years of faithful practice, which is fueled by a love for basketball.
    Lin's enjoyment of basketball actually began in Taiwan. When Lin's father moved to U.S., his interest in the sport only grew and he passed on this love of basketball to his son, introducing him to the game at the age of five. The young Lin spent much of his youth playing basketball for fun.
    In high school, Lin dreamed of playing in the NBA. When he applied for college, he was not offered a single sports scholarship. However, after his admission to Harvard, he was offered a place on its college basketball team.
    During Lin's time at Harvard, his basketball career began to speed up. He scored 1,482 points, making him one of the highest scorers in Ivy League history.
    When he graduated, no professional teams offered Lin a contract, but he was invited to play in the NBA Summer League. He played well and ended up eagerly signing a contract with the Golden State Warriors.
    At first，playing in professional games filled Lin with excitement. He treasured opportunities to meet players he had been watching on TV for years. But slowly, the excitement wore off and was replaced by anxiety. In a few very difficult months, he was cut by two teams before the New York Knicks picked him up.
    But he had the courage and determination to stick to his dream, so he put himself into hard training to get ready for his opportunity to come. Then his moment arrived on February 4, 2012，on which his excellent performance made him famous overnight. After that, he led the Knicks to their fifth straight victory.
    The Associated Press called Lin "the most surprising story in the NBA". Knicks fans developed the nickname for him "Linsanity" （林发疯）. Time magazine released its 2012 list of the 100 "Most Influential People in the World", Jeremy Lin included.
    No doubt, Lin fever is continuing to spread if you haven't already caught "Linsanity", get ready

    1. 1.

      Which of the following elements is of little help in Lin's success?

      1. A.
        his father's influence
      2. B.
        his devotion to basketball
      3. C.
        his years of hard work
      4. D.
        his graduation from Harvard University
    2. 2.

      What does the phrases "wore off" in seventh paragraph probably mean?

      1. A.
        arose
      2. B.
        disappeared
      3. C.
        grew
      4. D.
        remained
    3. 3.

      Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

      1. A.
        Before Lin there was no Chinese-American NBA players
      2. B.
        Lin learned to play basketball when he was eight
      3. C.
        Lin was excited for professional games and did a good job at the beginning
      4. D.
        Lin is the most outstanding player in NBA
    4. 4.

      Which is the right order for Lin's life?
      a He made an excellent performance on Feb,4.
      b He was fired by the Golden State Warriors.
      c He was invited to play in the NBA Summer League.
      d He graduated from Harvard University.
      e He became famous overnight

      1. A.
        a, d, c, b, e
      2. B.
        d, b, c, e, a
      3. C.
        d, c, b, a, e
      4. D.
        a, e, d, c, b
    5. 5.

      It can be inferred from the passage that ______

      1. A.
        NBA prefers graduates from Harvard University
      2. B.
        Lin got an easy entry into NBA
      3. C.
        Lin didn't show his basketball talents in Harvard University
      4. D.
        Lin didn't have a smooth road in NBA

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    I get off the bus and walk a few blocks. I stop when I get to a garage-like place and walk to the metal door with brown paint. I turn the knob(把手)and walk in. A thousand eyes look at me as I take my place at the end of the long line. When I finally get up to the window, I hand the officer my ID. “I’m here to visit Mr C. Yes, I’m his daughter.”
    I learn that line by heart. The officer hands me a piece of paper with my name as the visitor and my father’s as the prisoner. It tells me which floor to go to. As I get on the elevator, a rush of excitement runs through me. Then I go to the eighth floor, look around and see the faces I see here every Sunday and Thursday.
    There he is. I stand on tiptoe(脚尖)to get a better view since I can hardly see him. He doesn’t look like my father. He’s got a beard now and he looks a lot weaker. He’s the dad that I see through a window. My dad who is separated from the world. The only place he now knows is his room in the prison. When I look deep into his eyes, I see emptiness and pain.
    It’s difficult to hear him through the thick glass and over everyone else who is trying to talk. We try to carry on a normal conversation about simple things including my day and what I’m doing in school, but we mostly talk about how we can’t wait until he gets out. After an hour my time is up. We say our good-byes and love-yous.
    I get on the bus to go home. My favorite place is where my father is—prison. I know, how can prison be anyone’s favorite place? But it is because my father is there. It’ll no longer be my favorite place once he gets out, though—home will be

    1. 1.

      The author goes to the prison__________

      1. A.
        to talk with the officer
      2. B.
        to visit her father
      3. C.
        to get a piece of paper from the officer
      4. D.
        to pay a visit to her favorite place
    2. 2.

      It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s father is _________

      1. A.
        working there for a long time
      2. B.
        just in prison for a short while
      3. C.
        still healthy and strong in prison
      4. D.
        seldom keeping in touch with people outside
    3. 3.

      What does the author mainly talk of with her father?

      1. A.
        Her behavior in school
      2. B.
        Simple things in everyday life
      3. C.
        Difficulty and trouble in her life
      4. D.
        The feeling of expecting him home
    4. 4.

      What can we know from the passage?

      1. A.
        The author’s father will never go home
      2. B.
        The author meets her father once a week
      3. C.
        The author’s favorite place will change
      4. D.
        The author hates her father

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    As the world watched the twin towers of the World Trade Center come under attack, a common phrase was repeated:” It looks like a movie.”
    But this time there was no superman to save the people or the famous building. The attack destroyed one of the world's highest skyscrapers and left 5,000 people dead or missing.
    Movie fans have become used to such events after years of Hollywood films showing disasters, terrorism and danger. The Empire State Building, the White House, New York City and even the American president himself have all been threatened(威胁) by terrorist attacks in these exciting films. The film” True Lies”, released in 1994, is considered to be a good example of this kind of movie. The special effects, including explosions and missiles, make the action look like a real thing.
    “Independence Day” in 1996 took this type of movie one step further by blowing up the White House. This science fiction(科幻) movie is about a war between human beings and aliens from another planet. In the movie, the World Trade Center towers are destroyed.
    Violence has become a major part of Hollywood movies. And this is what people enjoy. Soon after the attacks, many famous film companies stopped the planned releases of some of their new movies, especially if their films showed terrorist attacks or plane crashes. “Swordfish” was top of the American box office in June. But the movie's story was frighteningly similar to the Sept. 11 disaster. The film would have been stopped in American and British cinemas after the attack. But it's unlikely that Hollywood will stay quiet for long. It is already waiting for the feeling in America to calm down

    1. 1.

      What is the main subject of the newspaper article?

      1. A.
        The relationship between the Sept. 11 attack and Hollywood films
      2. B.
        The effect of the Sept. 11 attack and Hollywood films
      3. C.
        The response Hollywood made to the Sept. 11 attack
      4. D.
        The result of Hollywood films showing violence and disasters
    2. 2.

      Which of the following is TRUE?

      1. A.
        Hollywood made a lot of money out of the film “Swordfish” in June
      2. B.
        Hollywood stopped making films showing terrorism and disasters after the Sept. 11 attack
      3. C.
        “Swordfish” was not allowed to be shown after the Sept. 11 attack
      4. D.
        The World Trade Center was destroyed because no superman came to save I t
    3. 3.

      From this article we know that______.

      1. A.
        Hollywood is a film making center making films of violence and disasters
      2. B.
        too many Hollywood films showing terrorism and disasters resulted in the Sept. 11 attack
      3. C.
        people who were used to the Hollywood films were not shocked at the Sept. 11 attack
      4. D.
        in fact, the Sept. 11 attack had nothing to do with Hollywood films

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    Forget hard work and perseverance. Getting ahead is as simple as tidying your desk.
    According to a leading expert, having a cluttered environment reflects a cluttered mind, but the act of tidying up can help you be more successful. The advice comes from Jayne Morris, the resident "life coach" for NHS Online, who said it is no good just moving the mess around. In order to clear the mind, unwanted items must be thrown away to free your "inner world", she said.
    Ms Morris, who claims to have coached celebrities(名流) to major business figures, said: “Clearing clutter from your desk has the power to transform your business. Why? Because clutter in your outer environment is the physical sign of all the clutter going on inside of you." Clearing clutter has a chain effect across your entire life, including your work. Having an untidy desk covered in clutter could be stopping you achieving the business success you want." She is sure cleaning up will be helpful even though some of history's biggest achievers lived and worked in messy conditions.
    Churchill was considered untidy from a boy throughout his life, from his office to his artist's studio, and the lab where Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin was famously untidy.
    Among the recommendations is that simply tidying a desk at work and an overflowing filing cabinet (陈列柜) will instantly have a positive impact on "your inner world. " Anything that is no longer used should not be put into storage but thrown away completely.
    Keeping something in the loft, garage or other part of the house, does not help because it is still connected to the person "by tiny energetic lines", Ms Morris claims.
    She said, "The things in your life that are useful to you, that add value to your life, that serve a current purpose are charged with positive energy that refreshes you and enriches your life. But the things that you don't ever use and don't need anymore have the opposite effect on your energy. Things that no longer fit or serve you use up your energy. "

    1. 1.

      The underlined word "cluttered" (in Para.2) is closest in meaning to ______.

      1. A.
        messy
      2. B.
        brief
      3. C.
        complex
      4. D.
        aggressive
    2. 2.

      Which of the following statements does Ms Morris agree to?

      1. A.
        Changing the position of staff frequently will help to build up a clear mind
      2. B.
        A tidy office will lead to a success in your business affairs in no time
      3. C.
        To have a free mind, we need to throw away unneeded items at times
      4. D.
        You can pack up your things in garage or loft to cheer you up
    3. 3.

      According to Ms Morris, an untidy desk probably means that ______.

      1. A.
        you are quite a failure
      2. B.
        you are in a messy mind
      3. C.
        you are very tired to deal with it
      4. D.
        you have achieved the business success
    4. 4.

      Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

      1. A.
        Less untidy, more successful
      2. B.
        How to improve your inner world
      3. C.
        Cleaning up makes you less intelligent
      4. D.
        Being bigger achiever needs more effort

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    There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external (外在的) result or a product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, and the foreigner who learns a new language—all these examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.
    By contrast (对照), the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as they meet with new experiences and unexpected difficulties. In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.
    In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to face the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is essential to our ability to grow. Do we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, then we tend to take more changes and to be more open to unfamiliar experiences. Do we think we’re shy and indecisive? Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and not to take a step until we know the ground is safe. Do we think we’re slow to adapt to change or that we’re not smart enough to deal with a new challenge? Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all.
    These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we do not face and overcome these internal fears and doubts, if we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making

    1. 1.

      In the author’s eyes, one who views personal growth as a process would ______.

      1. A.
        succeed in climbing up the social ladder
      2. B.
        judge his ability to grow from his own achievements
      3. C.
        face difficulties and take up challenges
      4. D.
        aim high and reach his goal each time
    2. 2.

      Which of the following can be viewed as the process of personal growth?

      1. A.
        Our manager was always willing to accept new challenges
      2. B.
        Little Tom won the first prize in the Speech Contest
      3. C.
        Max picked up French while he was in Paris
      4. D.
        Daddy’s salary rose from数学公式3,800
    3. 3.

      The best title for this passage should be ______.

      1. A.
        Facing new challenges
      2. B.
        Growth ―product or process
      3. C.
        Unavoidable feeling of self-doubt
      4. D.
        Overcoming internal fears

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