4、There are two basic ways to see growth: One as a product, the other as a process（过程）． People have generally viewed personal growth as an external （外部的） result or product that can easily be realized and measured．The worker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language — all these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts．

By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to measure, since it is a journey and not the landmark along the way．The process is not the road itself, but the attitudes and feelings people have, their carefulness 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 difficulties to overcome．

In order to grow, 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 is basic to our ability to grow．Do we notice ourselves as quick and curious? If so, then wet end to take more chances and to be more open to unfamiliar experiences．Do we think we’re shy and uncertain? Then our sense of timidity （胆怯） 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 changes or that we’re not clever enough to deal with a new challenge? Then we are likely to take a more passive（被动）role or not try at all．

These feelings of unsafely and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow．If we do not face and overcome these fears and doubts and if we protect ourselves too much, we stop growth．We become hidden inside a shell of our own making．

1． _____ can be considered as a product of personal growth．

A．Giving up smoking                                      B．Sparing no efforts in work

C．Being ready to help others                            D．Being brave before difficulties

2．One who views personal growth as a process may____

A．succeed in business                              B．face difficulties and challenges

C．always aim high                               D．try to avoid changes

3．The underlined word "chances" possibly means _______

A．risks                B．possibilities                     C．measures         D．interests

4．The author agrees that one should NOT

A．be curious about more changes

B．avoid fears and doubts

C．adapt oneself to new conditions quickly

D．be open-minded to new experiences

3、根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

—What can I do for you, sir?

—I bought this mobile last Saturday here in your shop．   1 

—What’s the matter with it?

—   2 

—How long does it last?

—It can last only one day! Then, I’11 have to recharge it． Sometimes it just turns off by itself．

—It doesn’t seem to matter much．  3 

—I’d like you to return the money．

—   4   We can repair the mobile for you．

—No, I hope you can change it for a new one of the same model at least．

—All right． 5 

A．I’m sorry, but we can’t．

B．But it doesn’t work well．

C．Is there anything wrong?

D．So what do you want us to do?

E．The battery doesn’t last long．

F．We can change it for another one．

G．All right, don’t worry．

2、根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在相应题号的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。

1．When he was a boy, he liked _______（爬） the hill nearby．

2．We have_______ （相似） hobbies and interests．

3．Bank of China has many _______ （分行） in the world．

4．After a _______ （讲价）, he offered the painting to me at a low price．

5．Do you still remember how we_______ （庆祝） Teachers’ Day last year?

6．If the________（药） has little effect in a week, see your doctor．

7．His classes are so_______ （生动） that everyone enjoys them very much．

8．He_______ （重复） what he said to make himself better understood．

9．All the nations in the world should live_______ （和平） with each other．

10．More and more_______ （加拿大） youths are becoming interested in Chinese culture．

1、此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

I’m a middle school student．I once had very happy                       1． _________

family, and now everything has changed only because                           2． _________

of my father．He used to being a very good doctor and                       3． _________

was often praised for his patients．He did housework                         4． _________

almost every day and took good care of the family．                             5． _________

However, he’s quite different now．He plays card all night                 6． _________

and often quarreled with my mother．It seems impossible                     7． _________

to have my attention fixing upon my books．I have failed                      8． _________

two exams．I’m afraid it’ll destroy my family as good as                      9． _________

my father himself．Could you help me and give to me some advice?     10． _________

22、Terry Thomas has a very boring job, although it pays very well. What Terry does is sitting in a rowboat all day long. He makes $ 16.37 an hour, which is certainly an excellent wage for sitting in a little boat and doing nothing

The boat stays all day under a bridge that is being rebuilt. There is a distance of about 100 feet between the boat and the workers on the bridge overhead. The rest of Terry’s fellow workers are up on the bridge working. Terry’s job is to rescue anyone who falls off the bridge into the water. So far, no one has given him anything to do. Although he’s delighted that none of his companions has fallen into the water, he also admits that the job is very boring because there is nothing to do

No one on the work crew really wants duty on the boat. But the job is a union requirement, and it must be filled. To quality for the job, a person must be an excellent swimmer and have training in lifesaving skills. Only a few men on the work crew meet those standards. Before Terry took the boat job, several others had it and gave up because they found it so tedious.

What does Terry do in his little boat all day? He spends a good bit of time making sure that his suntan lotion is adequate for the job of protecting his skin. He reads and listens to the radio .Each day he looks forward to lunch and then to quitting time

1．What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A Boring Job                      B．The Man in a Rowboat

C．A Job of Great Skill            D．Hard Physical Labor

2．Another word for the underlined word “tedious” is ______

A．difficult           B．boring          C．serious           D．tiring

3．Terry uses the suntan lotion because _______

A．he likes the smell                       B．he’s out in the sun all day

C．his shirt is torn                      D．it keeps the fly away

4．The best part of Terry’s job is _____

A．the books they give him             B．getting to work with his friends

C．the chance of promotion            D．the pay, lunch, and quitting time

21、Most shoplifters agree that the January sales offer wonderful opportunities for the hard-working thief. With the shops so crowded and the staff so busy, it does not require any extraordinary talent to help yourself to one or two little things and escape unnoticed. It is known, in the business, as “hoisting”.

    But the hoisting game is not what it used to be, even at the height of the sales, shoplifters today never know if they are being watched by one of those evil little balls that hang from the ceilings of so many department stores above the most desirable goods.

    As if that was not trouble enough for them, they can now be filmed at work and forced to attend a showing of their performance in court.

Selfridges was the first big London store to fix closed-circuit video-tape equipment to watch its sales floors. In October last year the store won its first court case for shoplifting using as evidence a videotape clearly showing a couple stealing dresses. It was an important test case which encouraged other stores to fix similar equipment

When the balls, called sputniks, first make an appearance in shops, it was widely believed that their only function was to frighten shoplifters. Their somewhat ridiculous appearance, the curious holes and red lights going on and off, certainly make the theory believable.

It did not take long, however, for serious shoplifters to start showing suitable respect. Soon after the equipment was in operation at Selfridges, store detective Chadwick was sitting in the control room watching a woman secretly putting bottles of perfume into her bag.

    “As she turned to go,” Chadwick recalled, “she suddenly looked up at the ‘sputnik’ and stopped. She could not possibly have seen that the camera was trained on her because it is completely hidden, but she must have had a feeling that I was looking at her.”

    “For a moment she paused, but then she returned to shelves and started putting everything back. When she had finished, she opened her bag towards the camera to show it was empty and hurried out of the store.”

1．The sputniks hanging from the ceiling are intended ________

     A．to watch the most desirable goods

B．to make films that can be used as evidence

     C．to frighten shoplifters by their appearance

D．to be used as evidence against shoplifters

2．The case last October was important because _________

       A．the store got the dresses back

B．the equipment was able to frighten shoplifters

       C．other shops found out about the equipment

D．the kind of evidence supplied was accepted

3．The woman stealing perfume _________

     A．guessed what the sputniks were for          B．was frightened by its shape

     C．could see the camera filming her             D．knew that the detective had seen her

4．The woman’s action before leaving the store shows that she _______

       A．was sorry for what she had done    

       B．didn’t want to take what she had picked up

       C．was afraid she would be arrested

       D．wanted to prove she had not intended to steal anything

20、After years of study, I have known there are only two types of people in this world：those who get to the airport early and those who arrive as the plane is about to take off.

If there were any justice in this world, the early-airport people would be rewarded for doing the right thing and the late-airport people would be punished. But the early-airport people get ulcers （溃疡）, heart attacks and bite their fingernails to the bone. The late-airport people are hardly aware that they are flying.

A guy of that kind once said, “Don’t hurry. If you miss your flight, it’s because God didn’t want you to go.” This is clearly a guy who is never going to get an ulcer.

Early-airport people suffer another “name”. They are called exactly what they are—wimps（懦夫）. I know I am an early-airport person for years. My luggage will get on the plane first, which makes it the last luggage they take off the plane after landing.

Another strange thing：No matter how early I showed up, I was always told that someone had called two or three years ahead of me and asked for the best seat. I figured it was a trick. I figured there was someone in America who called every airline every day and said, “Is that wimp Simon flying somewhere today? If he is, give me his seat.”

After a lifetime arguing with my wife over whether I really have to pack 24 hours in advance and set the alarm clock four hours ahead, I have learned another fact about early-airport people and late-airport people.

They always marry each other.

1．We can learn from the passage that________

       A．late-airport persons often get ulcers or heart attacks

       B．early-airport persons are always relaxed during the flight

       C．early-airport persons get their luggage first after landing

       D．late-airport persons always take things easy

2．The fifth paragraph mainly tells us________

       A．the writer is always played tricks on

B．the writer is usually fooled by airlines

       C．the writer’s seat is always taken by someone

D．the writer has never got a good seat

3．The purpose of writing the passage is to________

       A．give useful tips on taking a plane

B．offer advice about catching a plane

       C．express the writer’s anxiety about taking planes

       D．show people’s two attitudes towards catching planes

4．It could be inferred that the writer’s wife is________

       A．an early-airport woman                    B．a late-airport woman

       C．a hot-tempered woman                     D．a sensitive woman

19、Pets are no strangers to the White House. Many of American Presidents have been animal lovers. In recent times, White House pets have been tame dogs and cats. Long ago, however, presidential pets, like our nation itself, were wilder!

In 1806, President Thomas Jefferson lived in the White House. Passers-by often caught sight of his pet bears. Explorers had discovered these fierce bears, caught a pair of small ones, and sent them to Jefferson. While the President was excited about his bears, his enemies in Congress constantly laughed at his pets, calling the White House “The President’s Bear Garden”

By 1825, the bears were long gone from the White House scene. Now, the building was home to President John Quincy Adams and his crocodile. The green beast actually belonged to General Lafayette, a French hero who had helped the United States win the Revolutionary War. When Lafayette asked Adams to keep the crocodile for him, the President couldn’t refuse. While President Adams babysat the huge crocodile, First Lady Louisa Adams was busy raising thousands of silkworms. She used the silk from the silkworms to make cloth for her dresses.

When President Martin Van Buren moved into the White House in 1837, he brought his tigers with him. At first, Van Buren said the tigers were his. The Sultan of Oman had sent the tigers when Van Buren was elected, so Congress argued that the tigers belonged to the American people. A fight over the tigers continued for months. In the end, Congress sent someone to seize the tigers and put them in a zoo.

Twenty years later, President James Buchanan received another valuable gift when he was in his first year in the White House. This time, the King of Siam sent several elephants! Buchanan had no desire to share his building with the big creatures, so he sent them to the zoo. Buchanan did, however, keep another gift—a pair of birds. They were a fitting symbol of presidential power.

1．How did the Presidents mentioned get their unusual pets?

A．The pets were given to them by others.  B．They bought them at the market

       C．They got them in the forest.             D．Their family members offered them the pets

2．What similar political effect did Jefferson’s bears and Van Buren’s tigers have?

       A．The pets made them happy and gay.

       B．It took them too much time to look after them.

       C．It brought about dissatisfaction with them in Congress.

       D．It made people believe that they were animal lovers.

3．According to the passage, we can infer that ________.

       A．the pets the Presidents raised were all huge ones

       B．the pets the Presidents owned were all their favorite ones

       C．the Presidents kept the pets not only at home but in the zoo

       D．the Presidents’ pets were not only cared about by their families

4． The passage mainly tells us _______

       A．The president’s bear garden           B．Historical American presidents’ pets

       C．The White House as a zoo              D．American presidents’ favorites

18、Psychologists tell us that there are four basic stages that human beings pass through when they enter and live in a new culture. This process, which helps us to deal with culture shock, is the way our brain and our personality react to the strange new things we encounter when we move from one culture to another.

Culture begins with the “honeymoon stage”. This is the period of time when we first arrive in which everything about the new culture is strange and exciting. We may be suffering from "jet lag" but we are thrilled to be in the new environment, seeing new sights, hearing new sounds and language, eating new kinds of food. This stage can last for quite a long time because we feel we are involved in some kind of great adventure.

Unfortunately, the second stage can be more difficult. After we have settled down into our new life, we can become very tired and begin to miss our homeland and our family, friends, pets. All the little problems in life seem to be much bigger and more disturbing when you face them in a foreign culture. This period can be very difficult and lead to the new arrival rejecting or pulling away from the new culture.

The third stage is called the “adjustment stage”. This is when you begin to realize that things are not so bad in the host culture. Your sense of humour usually becomes stronger and you realize that you are becoming stronger by learning to take care of yourself in the new place. Things are still difficult, but you are now a survivor!

The fourth stage can be called “at ease at last”. Now you feel quite comfortable in your new surroundings. You can cope with most problems that occur. You may still have problems with the language, but you know you are strong enough to deal with them.

There is a fifth stage of culture shock which many people don't know about. This is called “reverse culture shock”. Surprisingly, this occurs when you go back to your native culture and find that you have changed and that things there have changed while you have been away. Now you feel a little uncomfortable back home. Life is a struggle!

1．When does culture shock happen？

       A．When you reach your teens

       B．When you move to a big city

       C．When you meet foreign people for the first time

       D．When you go to live in a foreign culture

2．How do you feel during the first stage of culture shock？

       A．Lonely and depressed                  B．Bored and homesick

       C．Happy and excited                    D．Angry and frustrated

3．How could the second stage be described？

       A．Adjustment          B．Rejection            C．Enthusiasm         D．Anger

4．Why might reverse culture shock be a problem？

       A．It hardly ever happens.                B．It is extremely stressful.

       C．Most people do not expect it.           D．It only happens to young people.