题目内容
B.comparing to; strengths
C.are compared to; energies
D.compared to; energies
短文改错 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:在错的词下画一横线,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。
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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.
【小题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 |
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. |
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 |
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 |
A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing class. Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. My father went by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. “Wait a minute,” someone might say, “are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar?”
The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a period I spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, “Hello, class. I’m Mr. Davis.” Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy.
I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.
“All right then,” I said. “Okay, here we go.” Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forests of hands. Every student would yell. “Calm down, you’ll all get your turn. One at a time, one at a time!”
A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, I inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.
【小题1】The author took the job to teach writing because ______.
A.he wanted to be expected |
B.he had written some storied |
C.he wanted to please his father |
D.he had dreamed of being a teacher |
A.He would be aggressive in his first class. |
B.He was well-prepared for his first class. |
C.He got nervous upon the arrival of his first class. |
D.He waited long for the arrival of his first class. |
A.write down their suggestions on the paper cards |
B.cut maple leaves out of the construction paper |
C.cut some cards out of the construction paper |
D.write down their names on the paper cards |
A.They began to talk. | B.They stayed silent. |
C.They raised their hands. | D.They shouted to be heard. |
A.he got disappointed with his first class |
B.he had prepared the topic before class |
C.he wanted to calm down the students |
D.he thought it was an easy topic |