Are you sorry for not traveling during the National Day? If you stay at home at that time, I think you are very lucky. Why? Because there are too many people everywhere. In many places of interest in China, it’s too crowded to do anything.

Look at the picture. It was too crowded in the West Lake on October 1st, 2015. You even couldn’t take photos for you or your friends. All what we could see where people. It was reported that there were about 13 people per meter by the lake. My friends told me they could see nothing but many tourists on the Broken Bridge (断桥). “We couldn’t walk if the people in front of us didn’t walk,” he said. He showed us a photo near the West Lake. In the photo, we hardly found him out, there were too many people.

So some people give the advice that we should not have the gold week (黄金周) any more. But other people say no about this advice. What’s your idea of it? Are you sorry now for not traveling during the gold week? I love staying at home more than traveling next National Day.

1.When is the gold week in the passage?

A. In January. B. In April.

C. In August. D. In October.

2.Why can’t the writer’s friends find themselves in the picture?

A. Because he didn’t go there.

B. Because there were too many people.

C. Because he was taking the photo.

D. Because their eyes were ill.

3.How did the writer feel about staying at home on National Day?

A. He felt lucky to stay at home on National Day.

B. He felt sorry to stay at home on National Day.

C. He believed it was boring to stay at home on National Day.

D. He believed it was interesting to stay at home on National Day.

4.Which of the following is TRUE about the West Lake on National Day?

A. There were about 30 people per meter.

B. You could walk as you like by the West Lake.

C. There were about 13 people per meter by the lake.

D. You could find yourself easily on the photos you took that day.

5.Where do you think is the article from?

A. www.chinabus.com. B. www.movies123.com.

C. www.chinatourist.com. D. www.storyhouse.com.

Most people follow others blindly mainly under the effect of peer(同龄人) pressure. Some people also feel it safe to follow a large number of people. In some rare cases it might be right to follow the crowd (群众), but in most cases this can be one big mistake. Ninety-five percent of people never succeed because they are following the wrong group. Actually there are reasons why we shouldn’t follow the crowd blindly. According to a study, people tend to follow the crowd when they aren’t sure about the direction they should take. This means a large number of people could be following others without understanding what’s right and what’s wrong! This attracts more people to follow them and the result is that most people move in a certain direction even if it isn’t right.

A man who wants to be successful always hopes for others’ guidance and he usually follows the same path of most people, but the question this man never asks himself is: are all of those people successful? Of course not! If you want to follow a crowd, then follow a successful one. However, in real life you’ll only find one successful person among hundreds of people, and that’s why following the crowd makes no sense at all.

Most people act without thinking wisely. If you always follow others because

they're greater than you in number, then sooner or later you'll discover that you're

making decisions you might regret later.

However, should we never follow the crowd?No. I'm not trying to say you should never follow the crowd, but instead I'm just asking you to think wisely before you take a decision. If you find others are right, there is no problem in following them, but if you have doubts about the direction they're moving in, don't follow them blindly.

1.What does the underlined word “rare” mean?

A. A small number of.

B. A large number of.

C. The total number of.

D. The same number of.

2.A man who wants to succeed should_____________.

A. follow the crowd

B. follow others’ guidance

C. follow a successful person

D. follow the same path of most people

3.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Ways of finding successful people to follow.

B. Advantages of making a right direction.

C. Examples of not following others blindly.

D. Reasons of not following others balindly.

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