I once experienced an unforgettable trip to Gloucester to see some of the world’s most beautiful and exciting animals in their own habitat(栖息地), the North Atlantic Ocean.

After a long trip by bus, we got on the ship. After a while, we stopped and everyone began to shout because we saw a humpback whale(座头鲸). It was wonderful. Sometimes, whales came so close to the ship that you thought you could easily touch them.

While we were watching the whales, a guide was giving us some information about them, She told us that we saw only two kinds of whales- 50 foot humpback whales (singing whales) and 70-foot finback whales(the second largest whales on earth). She also said we could easily recognize a whale by its tail because every whale has a different kind of tail just like people have different fingerprints.

They all have names,and on this trip we saw “Salt” and “Pepper”, two whales named by a biologist and a fisherman. They were swimming toghter all the time.

I took twenty-seven photos,but it was very hard to take them because the whales were quick and stayed on the surface of the ocean just for a short time. It was really something. It was one of the chances that a person hardly ever experiences in life, but I had that chance.

This passage is mainly about _________________.

A an unforgettable experience in the forest

B an unforgettable trip to see some strange animals in the mountains

C a long trip on the ship

D an unforgettable trip to watch whales

Everyone on the ship began to shout because_____________.

 A a whale came so close to the ship

 B they saw a singing whale

 C they saw a finback whale

 D they could touch the whale

When they were watching the whales, __________________.

 A some of them fed the whales

 B they found several kinds of whales

 C a guide told them something about the whales

 D some of them took many photos and touched the whales

How can we recognize a whale?

 A By its tail                B By its head

 C By its neck               D By its eyes

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, the foreigner who learns a new language—all these 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 it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way.The process is not the road itself, but the attitudes, feelings people have , and 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 necessary for our ability to grow.Do we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, we tend to take more chances and 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 we think we are slow to adapt 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 (不安全) and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow.If we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing.We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.

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

A.succeed in climbing up the social ladder

B.grow up from his own achievements

C.face difficulties and take up challenges

D.aim high and reach his goal each time

2.Which of the following can be viewed as the process of personal growing?

A.Our manager was always willing to accept new challenges.

B.Jane won the first prize in the speech competition.

C.Jerry picked up French during his stay in Paris.

D.Father’s salary rose from 5, 000 to 7,000.

3.For personal growth, the author is in favor of all the following EXCEPT _______.

A.being curious about more changes

B.being quick in self-adaptation

C.having an open mind to new experiences

D.staying away from failures and challenges

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.It is not so easy to measure personal growth

B.To try and fail on the new road facing the unknown is unavoidable

C.There are only two ways to see a person’s growth

D.If you are too shy to take any risks in life, you cannot grow up

 

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong.A day may begin well enough,but suddenly everything seems to get out of control.It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen.Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time.The telephone rings and this means your troubles are beginning.While you are on the phone,the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table,destroying your half-prepared meal.You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby.Meanwhile,the meal gets burnt.As if this were not enough to bring you to tears,your husband arrives,unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

Things can go wrong on a number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue.The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner.She suddenly got into a panic(恐慌)and stopped her car.This made the driver following her stop suddenly.His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake.As she was thrown forward,the cake went right through the window and landed on the road.Seeing a cake flying through the air,a truck-driver had to stop his truck all of a sudden.The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck on the road.This led to yet another angry argument.Meanwhile,the traffic piled up behind.It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again.In the meanwhile,the truck-driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.Only two dogs were enjoying themselves from the accident,for they were happily having what was left of the cake.It was just one of those days!

1.In the writer’s opinion         .

A.accidents may happen anytime

B.troubles always come in groups

C.a small matter may cause great trouble

D.anyone may have trouble any day

2.What did the police do after the accident?

A.They helped the driver clean up the road.

B.They helped the drivers to go on with their journey.

C.They tried to stop the people from arguing.

D.They would find out who should be responsible for(有责任的)the accident.

3.When the telephone rings        .

A.you’d better have your baby a little distant from your table before going to answer the phone

B.you’d better just let it ring all the way

C.you should never go to answer it in a hurry

D.you should answer it right away

4.From the story we can see_________.

A.some drivers are too careless

B.such accidents are rather strange

C.such accidents are very common

D.we don’t know why such accidents happen

 

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