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.
【小題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
【小題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.a(chǎn)im high and reach his goal each time
【小題3】When the author says “a new way of being” (para. 3), he is referring to _____.
A.a(chǎn) new way of taking risks
B.a(chǎn) new approach to experiencing the world
C.a(chǎn) new system of adapting to change
D.a(chǎn) new method of finding ourselves
【小題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.a(chǎn)voidance of internal fears and doubts


【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】D

解析試題分析:本文講述了看待成長(zhǎng)的兩種基本的方法:結(jié)果和過(guò)程。并詳細(xì)解釋了其中的具體信息并做了詳細(xì)分析。
【小題1】推理題:根據(jù)第一段中“People have generally viewed personal growth as an external result or product that can easily be identified and measured”人們通常把個(gè)人的成長(zhǎng)視為非常容易識(shí)別和衡量的外在結(jié)果。因此正確的選項(xiàng)應(yīng)該是一件完成的事情,而非在過(guò)程中。顯然四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有A選項(xiàng)是確定性的結(jié)果,其他三項(xiàng)都還處于過(guò)程中。故選A。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題:根據(jù)第三段中“In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to confront the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may "fail" at first”為了成長(zhǎng)、為了走上新的旅途,人們需要有承擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)、面對(duì)未知世界、接受初次失敗可能性的意愿。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有C符合題意。而其余三個(gè)選項(xiàng)的內(nèi)容在原文中都沒有相應(yīng)的表述。故選C。
【小題3】推理題:劃線部分句意是“當(dāng)我們嘗試新的生存方式時(shí),我們?nèi)绾慰创陨,是我們能力成長(zhǎng)所必不可少的”, “a new way of being” 生存的新方式指的是探索世界的新方式。故選B。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題:根據(jù)最后一段中“These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow”如果我們希望改變、成長(zhǎng),那么這些不安全和自我懷疑的感覺是不可避免和必不可少的。D選項(xiàng)與原文意思相反,是正確選項(xiàng)。而A、B、C選項(xiàng)在第三段的三個(gè)問(wèn)句和回答中都有所體現(xiàn)。故選D。
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