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.

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

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.aim high and reach his goal each time

3.When the author says “a new way of being” (para. 3), he is referring to _____.

A.a new way of taking risks           

B.a new approach to experiencing the world 

C.a new system of adapting to change

D.a new method of finding ourselves

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.avoidance of internal fears and doubts

 

Money is all surrounding us.Every day, we see it, use it, and it is on the tip of our tongue.Did you ever stop to take into consideration where the money that you carry around every day comes from?

Making new money is a very unique job and no easy task.It has up to 65 steps When the money in circulation(流通) gets dirty and worn out, it is replaced with new money The old money is taken from banks and brought to places where it is destroyed Usually, the old money is burned.The burned money is replaced by new paper money

If old money is being replaced, then new money is printed in a place called a mint(造币厂).Large sheets 01 paper are printed with many pictures of some currency (流通货币).These large sheets are cut into individual bills.The individual bills are then put together in big stacks and then sent to banks.

Sometimes the mint will make a new bill with a new picture (portraits of statesman and places of interest are favoured) or a new colour. It is not easy for the government to make a new bill. It takes a long time, and there are many steps to go through before a new bill can be sent to banks, first, people m the government decide that a new kind of bill is needed Then, they ask and artist to design the new bill.A different artist cuts the new picture into a soft piece of metal called a die.The dies are made and put onto large printing machines.Then, very special paper is used, which no one but the mint can have.Along with this special paper, the mint also prints currency using special colours.After the dies print the new currency onto the paper, the bills are cut, stacked, and sent off to the banks.

1.From the passage we know that

A.banks make new money

B.it takes 65 procedures to make new money

C.mints decide what kind of bill is needed

D.old money that is not used is forever stored in a special place

2.We can infer from the passage that a die is ____

A.something for dead people

B.a special machine that prints the money

C.a special piece of paper that the money is made from

D.a piece of metal that puts the picture on the money

3.'Which of the following shows the right order of dealing with new money?

①New money is printed in a mint.

②Bills are cut from large sheets of special paper.

③New money is sent in large amounts to banks.

④The government decides to make new money.

A.①②③④

B.④③②①

C.④①③②

D.④①②③

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A.The reason for making new money.

B.The processes of making a new bill.

C.The amount of new money needed.

D.Things used.to make new money or a new bill.

 

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Most people buy a lot of gifts just before Christmas. But some people think we buy too much. They have started a special day called Buy Nothing Day.  1.    .

   Buy Nothing Day is November 29. It’s 25 days before Christmas. It’s after Thanksgiving and often the first day of Christmas shopping.   2.   .

   The idea for Buy Nothing Day started in Vancouver, British Columbia.   3.    . In California, parents and children get together to read stories, sing songs, and paint pictures. The children talk about why they don’t need a lot of toys. This year, in Manchester, England, people dressed up in costumes to tell people that we buy too much.

   In Albuquerque, New Mexico, high school students.wanted to tell other students about Buy Nothing Day. They organized a spaghetti dinner to give people information about Buy Nothing Day.   4.   . They made posters and talked to other students about it.    5.   . The students at high schools liked the idea of this new tradition. Next year, they want to have another dinner to tell more people about Buy Nothing Day.

A. They asked restaurants in the neighborhood to donate the food.

B. At this time, we see ads in Newspapers and, on TV telling us to “ buy, buy, buy!”

C. Buy Nothing Day has successfully persuaded people not buy anything.

D. Many people think highly of the idea of Buy Nothing Day.

E. They don’t want anyone to go shopping on that day.

F. Now people all over the world celebrate Buy Nothing Day.

G. The dinner was a big success, and many students agreed not to buy anything on November 29.

 

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