题目内容
B. someone knocked at the door
C. we heard someone knocked at the door
D. the door was opened
There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as a result or product that can easily be identified (识别) 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 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 obstacles (障碍). 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 extremely important to our ability to grow. Do we notice ourselves as quick and curious? If so, then we tend to take more chances 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 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 (无把握) 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.
【小题1】Which of the following can be viewed as the process of personal growing?
| A.Helen was always willing to accept 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. |
| A.being cautious(谨慎的) with changes |
| B.having little interest in new things |
| C.staying away from failures and challenges |
| D.having an open mind to new experiences |
| A.We are trapped and injured. |
| B.Our body is trapped and stops growing. |
| C.We get stuck in what we are doing and can not achieve real growth. |
| D.We can’t protect ourselves and are trapped by others. |
| A.Facing New Challenges | B.Growth—Product or Process |
| C.Two Basic Ways of Growth | D.Overcoming Fears |
Have you ever heard of blogs (博客)? If you haven’t, you should have. It’s here, it’s growing and it’s having an influence on our life. Surf the Internet and you’ll find blogs everywhere. A blog, shortened from “weblog”, is a public Internet journal written by one person or a group of people. It is a website in which a person or a group can place news, personal thoughts, text, photos, video or audio files, or links upon which visitors can comment. A blog lets you post on the Internet without having to know web design or be technical. You are given an environment to make dated entries on the topic of your choice which are “published”, so other people can read them.
Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Blogging has revolutionized Internet publishing in the last several years because it gives everyone with Internet access the opportunity to become an online writer. Objects, such as “text and photos” in a blog can be called “blog posts”, “posts”, or “entries”. The person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”.
Now, somewhere around the world, a blog is created almost every 6 seconds. Because it’s great potential, Bill Gates views it as important as e-mail, BBS, and MSN. He’s trying to make blogs the important tools for future business communications.
【小题1】A blog is .
| A.a comment | B.an Internet journal |
| C.a design | D.a link |
| A.talk to others | B.give comments | C.read articles | D.enjoy photos |
| A.A person who posts letters. |
| B.A person who writes articles. |
| C.A person who posts text or photos in a blog. |
| D.A person who is an online publisher. |
| A.give everyone the chance to be an online writer |
| B.can be created by people without much knowledge of computer technology |
| C.enable a blogger to place news, personal thoughts, text and photos and give comments |
| D.all of the above |