Question

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（外部的） result or product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a promotion, 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 determine, since by definition 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 go through new experiences and unexpected obstacles. 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 be faced with 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.

    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 cease to grow. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.

1.A person is generally believed to achieve personal growth when______..

A．he has given up his smoking habit

B．he has made great efforts in his work

C．he is interested in making anything new

D．he has tried to determine where he is on his journey

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

A．judge his ability to grow from his own achievements

B．succeed in climbing up the social ladder

C．face difficulties and take up challenges

D．aim high and reach his goal each time

3.When the author says “a new way of being” (para. 3), he is referring to _____.

A．a new way of taking risks

B．a new approach to experiencing the world

C．a new system of adapting to change

D．a new method of finding ourselves

4.For personal growth, the author may not support __________.

A．curiosity and more chances

B．being quick in self – adaptation

C．open – minded to new experiences

D．avoidance of internal fears and doubts

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了看待成长的两种基本的方法：结果和过程。一般来讲，人倾向于将个人的成长（或发展）看作是一个易于识别和测量的外在的结果。而将发展看作是一个过程的人关心的不是结果，他们更多地是注重人面对新的体验与不期而至的障碍时所表现出的态度与感受。

1.推理题。根据文章第一段第二句people... viewed personal growth as an external（外部的） result or product that can easily be identified and measured可知，人倾向于将个人的成长（或发展）看作是一个易于识别和测量的外在的结果。A项放弃抽烟的习惯，是一种明显的结果，故入选。而BCD的内容表述均没有强调结果。

2.细节题。根据文章第二段they meet with new experiences and unexpected difficulties．和there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept可知C项“面对困难，接受挑战”内容正确。AB项是谈结果，D项中reach his goal each time 也是谈结果，选C

3.推理题：第三段第二句指出，当我们用新的方式生存（或体验世界）时，我们对自己的看法对我们能否发展至关重要，并举了几个例子来阐述这一观点，从而说明，我们的态度决定了我们的生活方式。故选B。

4.推理题：在最后一段，作者指出，不安全感与自我怀疑不仅是无法避免的(unavoidable)，而且是必要的，根据最后一段第二句If we do not face and overcome these internal fears and doubts, if we protect ourselves too much, then we cease to grow，故选择答案D。

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