浙江省杭州某中学2014届高三英语下学期 模拟考试试题新人教版

 It’s often less expensive to buy goods in _______ quantity, but you’d better examine _______ quality before buying them.

  A. /; the         B. the; /         C. a; the         D. the; the

 Just after putting away the dishes, ________.

A. the door bell was rung           B. Mother heard the doorbell ring

C. someone knocked at the door      D. the doorbell rang loud

 ________ many cities around the world are overcrowded, some Japanese are worried that more areas of their country will be uninhabited. The main reason is a _________ population.

   A. As; increasing   B. Though; pressing  C. While; declining D. Since; sliding

 Henry goes to a free class every Sunday afternoon which    ____    at 4 p.m.

  A. starts         B. is start                         C. is to start          D. started

 ---I’ll be away on a business trip. Would you mind looking after my cat?

---Not at all. ______.

A. I’ve no time B. I’d rather not                  C. I’d like it D. I’d be happy to

 It’s our hope that we’ll play a greater role in the market --- ___________, to supply more jobs.

A. eventually    B. otherwise      C. therefore      D. namely

 He was in hospital for six months. He felt as though he was _______ from the outside world.

A. cut out           B. cut up             C. cut off            D. cut down

 Living in a fast-paced world, we _______ get left behind if we stop learning.

A. should        B. dare           C. may            D. need

 ---Have you found a new job, Jim?

--- Not yet. I really regret __________ the IBM’s offer.

  A. taking over                      B. turning down   C. keeping from D. holding on

 --- The diseases she suffers from are not easy to cure.

 --- I know, but is she ______ better?

   A. much          B. any            C. even           D. little

 Last night the naughty boy climbed ______ the wall and jumped into the swimming pool only to find there was no water.

   A. across        B. over           C. down           D. for

 Waterfalls never fail to attract and ______ in Guangxi Province are no exception.

   A. they          B. it             C. those          D. that

 Mr. Smith couldn’t open the door because his naughty boy ______ it from the inside.

  A. would lock     B. was locking    C. has locked     D. had locked

 Shirley Temple Black, the ________ little girl with blond curly hair, began her film career in 1932, when the American economy was going through a _____ patch--- the Great Depression.

   A. adorable; rough   B. modest; tough                C. aggressive; mean D. optimistic; wound

 For most Chinese people, France conjures up (使人想像出) romantic ________---boating along the Seine or walking through a _______ of lavender (薰衣草) in Provence. 

   A. imagination; mountain           B. images; sea       

   C. figure; desert                                    D. character; ocean

 ______ or you will fail; ______ would be the situation facing us, I suppose.

   A. Try hard; so                       B. Keep yourself off; this

   C. Go all out; such                    D. Don’t lose heart; which

 ______ all over the hills and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds.

   A. To grow       B. Growing        C. Grown          D. Grow

 _________such a good chance, why not _______ a try?

   A. Giving; having                                   B. To give; to have             

   C. Having given; have              D. Given; have

 Oh! A narrow escape! Just now around the corner a car passed me at _____ I thought was a dangerous speed, I mean, I was close to being killed.

    A. what             B. as            C. which           D. that

 ---Can you spare me a few minutes now?

   --- ___________, but I’ll be free this afternoon.

   A. Yes, I can    B. Yes, with pleasure               C. I’m not sure    D. I’m afraid not

As a nurse working in the emergency room, I meet a lot of patients every workday. Yet those special “patients” on that Christmas have made a    21    impression on me.

It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I was    22   about having to work on Christmas when a pale woman and four small children,    23   that they were terribly sick, showed up at my desk.

But when it came to descriptions of their problems, things got a little   24  . They all claimed to have headaches, but the headaches weren’t   25   by the normal body language of   26   the head and trying to keep it still.

  27  was wrong. Our hospital policy, however, was not to   28   any patient. I explained it might be a little while   29   a doctor saw her. She responded immediately, even a bit   30  .

“Take your time,” and then she added, “It’s warm in here.” At this, I checked their registration form out of   31  . No address—they were homeless. And the waiting room was   32  .

I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned the family in the waiting room. The nurses,   33   to a family just trying to get warm on Christmas, went into action just as we do   34  there’s a medical emergency. But this one was a Christmas emergency.

We prepared meals for our Christmas   35  . We put together oranges and apples in a basket. We collected from different departments candies, crayons and other things    36   that could be presents. As   37   as we met the physical needs of the patients that came to us that day, our team worked to meet the needs of a family who   38   wanted to be warm on Christmas Day.

Later, as the family walked to the door to leave, the mother came   39   back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our   40   today.”

21. A. living       B. lasting      C. long             D. continuing

22. A. sighing      B. worrying     C. singing          D. speaking

23. A. talking      B. complaining  C. saying           D. telling

24. A. strange      B. normal       C. interesting      D. surprising

25. A. shown        B. accompanied  C. protected        D. followed

26. A. hitting      B. shaking      C. nodding          D. holding

27. A. Everything   B. Anything     C. Something        D. Nothing

28. A. keep away    B. take away    C. turn away        D. stay away

29. A. before       B. when         C. while            D. after

30. A. sensitively  B. angrily      C. happily          D. sadly

31. A. question     B. control      C. expectation      D. curiosity

32. A. warm         B. cold         C. big              D. small

33. A. devoted      B. sympathetic  C. accustomed       D. grateful

34. A. if           B. unless       C. when             D. while

35. A. guests       B. patients     C. travelers        D. children

36. A. visible      B. available    C. accessible       D. possible

37. A. jokingly     B. casually     C. seriously        D. faithfully

38. A. often        B. simply       C. surely           D. actually

39. A. walking      B. stepping     C. rolling          D. running

40. A. friends      B. nurses       C. hosts            D. angels

Read the advertisements carefully. Then answer the questions that follow.

41. You may find the above advertisements   .

A. in a store window                   B. in a school magazine

C. in a newspaper                     D. on a company notice-board

42. The position of a(n)    is a part-time job.

    A. florist              B. artist        C. preschool teacher     D. dental nurse

43. Which of the following is the most important for the childcare job?

    A. Cooking skills.                      B. Childcare experience.

C. The ability to start work in two weeks.   D. The ability to work well with other people.

44. The office cleaners will be required to work about   hours a week.

    A.5               B.10              C.15            D.20

After 20 years as a full-time wife and mother, I decided to be a school bus driver for I loved kids. After hard practice, by the time school started that year I’d gotten the hang of it. I was happy in my new work. I became a combination chauffeur, nurse and friend. And if the kids needed it, I’d put on my “Tough Big Sister” act. It was a lot like my previous job---being a mom.

    When I think about my years of bus driving, many things crowded in, but mostly, I remember Charlie.

  Charlie, eight years old, with blond hair and crystalline gray eyes, began riding my bus in September of my fourth year driving. They all had stories to tell me about their summers. Charlie, though, ignored me. He didn’t even answer when I asked his name.

    From that day on, Charlie was a trial. If a fight broke out I didn’t have to turn my head to know who had started it. If someone was throwing spitballs I could guess the culprit’s name. If a girl was crying, chances were Charlie had pulled her hair. No matter how I spoke to him, gently or firmly, he wouldn’t say a word. He’d just stare at me with those big gray eyes of his.

    I asked around some, and found out Charlie’s father was dead and he didn’t live with his mother. He deserves my patience, I thought. So I practiced every bit of patience I could muster. To my cheery “Good Morning”, he was silent. When I wished him a happy Halloween, he sneered. Many, many times I asked God how I could reach Charlie. “I’m at my wit’s end.” I’d say. Still I was sure that this child needed to feel some warmth from me. So, when he’d pass by, I’d ruffle his hair or pat him on the arm.

    Toward the end of that year, the kids on my bus gave me a small trophy inscribed “To the Best Bus Driver Ever”. I propped it up on the dashboard. On top I hung a small tin heart that a little girl had given me. In red paint she had written, “I love Polly and Polly loves me.”

    On the next-to-last day of school I was delayed a few minutes talking to the principal. When I got on the bus I realized that the tin heart was gone. “Does anyone know what happened to the little heart that was up here?” I asked. For once with 39 children, there was silence.

    One boy piped up, “Charlie was the first one on the bus. I bet he took it.” Other children joined the chorus, “Yeah! Charlie did it! Search him!” I asked Charlie, “Have you seen the heart?”

    “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he protested. Standing up, he took a few pennies and a small ball out of his pockets. “See, I don’t have it.”

    “I bet he does!” insisted the girl who had given me the heart. “Check his pockets.”

    Charlie glowered when I asked him to come forward. His gaze burned into mine. I stuck my hand into one pocket. Nothing. I reached into the other pocket. Then I felt it ---the familiar outline of the small tin heart. Charlie stared at me for a long time. There were no tears in those big gray eyes, no plea for mercy. He seemed to be waiting for what he’d come to expect from the world. I was about to pull the tin heart out of Charlie’s pocket when I stopped myself. Let him keep it, a voice seemed to whisper.

   “It must have fallen off before I got here,” I said to the kids. “I’ll probably find it back at the depot.” Without a word, Charlie returned to his seat. When he got off at his stop, he didn’t so much as glance at me.

   That summer Charlie moved away.

   Eventually I retired. And there my story as a school bus driver ends, except for one more incident. A dozen years after retirement I was in a department store in Kansas City, when someone said tentatively, “Polly?”

    I turned to see a balding man who was approaching middle age. “Yes?”

    His face didn’t look familiar until I noticed his big gray eyes. There was no doubt. It was Charlie.

    He told me he was living in Montana and doing well. Then, to my surprise, he hugged me. After he let go, he pulled something from his pocket and held it up for me to see. An old key chain….bent out of shape, the lettering faded. You can probably guess what it was---the little tin heart that said, “I love Polly and Polly loves me.”

  “You were the only one who kept trying,” he explained. We hugged again, and went our separate ways. That night I thought over his words. You were the only one who kept trying. Before I fell asleep I thanked the Lord for the reassurance that I’d done a good job and for all the qualifications he’d given me to do it with.

45. From whose point of view is the story told?

   A. Polly’s          B. Charlie’s          C. a mother’s       D. Tough Big Sister’s

46. From the passage, we learn that Charlie was _______ .

   A. cold and firm B. naughty and lazy   C. tough and lonely   D. gentle and smart

47. The sentence “He seemed to be waiting for what he’d come to expect from the world.” suggests that Charlie _______.

   A. expected to get away with what he had done

   B. expected to get punished for what he had done

   C. felt ashamed of what he had done        D. felt Polly had done wrong to him

48. Charlie kept the tin heart all the time because it reminded him _______.

   A. it was once a shame to him               B. someone there cared him

   C. it once gave him warmth               D. it was a Christmas gift from Polly

49. What do you think is the best reward to Polly’s love for Charlie?

   A. People’s appreciation for her kindness.   B. His doing well in his life.

   C. His thanks to her love.                   D. Charlie’s recognition of Polly after many years.

50. Which detail from the story best shows Polly’s love for Charlie?

   A. She greeted him with cheery “Good Morning”.

   B. She wished him a happy Halloween.      C. She ruffled his hair when he passed her.

D. She lied to the other kids about what happened to the tin heart.

I was a fat kid who grew into an overweight adult．I was constantly laughed at for being heavier than the other kids, leaving me feeling shy．I tried several diets, but none worked, and I ended up gaining weight．Another factor contributing to my weight gain was my love for cooking, especially rich, high-fat desserts, which I enjoyed preparing and, of course, eating．

When I finished high school at the age of 18, I weighed 215 pounds．Lacking the self-confidence to go to a new, faraway school, I decided to stay close to home instead of going away to college．I continued with my unhealthful eating habits and felt more miserable as the weight came on, but I did nothing about it except buy larger plus-size clothes．

My turning point came 10 years later at a friend's New Year's Eve party when I was at my all-time highest weight of 330 pounds．I caught my reflection in a mirror and the truth hit me: I was overweight and unhealthy, and unless I did something about it now, I would only get bigger and unhappier．

After leaving the party, I thought about my past weight-loss efforts and realized they didn't work because they required me to give up foods I loved．Then I would constantly think about food and binge, abandoning the diet altogether．If I took a common-sense approach and ate smaller portions of all foods, I would be able to satisfy my hunger and not feel deprived．

My biggest challenge was finding a way to fit my passion for cooking into my healthier lifestyle．At first, I tried to stay away from the kitchen to prevent myself from thinking about food．The result: Food was all I thought about．There had to be some way to combine cooking with healthful eating．I found the solution after reading several low-fat cookbooks．With some trial and error, I could modify my favorite foods and make them low in fat, yet delicious．

The pounds started coming off, and when I started exercising （usually cardio and weight training five times a week）, they seemed to melt away．I didn't feel deprived, and I felt free to give my body the care and attention it deserved．

I lost 165 pounds over the next two years．I had many ups and downs, but I was determined to go on．Another challenge to me was not to beat myself up if I ate something that was unhealthy and to take it as a sign to abandon my healthful habits．Instead, I vowed to start again and always keep my goal in mind．

Thanks to losing weight and becoming fit I am in line with my body and myself．My dream is to help others realize the ease and benefits of low-fat cooking and eating．I've created and published a book of low-fat recipes（食谱） and run workshops and seminars（研讨会） on healthful eating．Now that I know what I can achieve when I set my mind to it, my dreams are no longer out of reach．I have finally found myself．

    Work out Schedule

    Running, stair climbing, step aerobics or kickboxing: 60 minutes/5 times a week

    Weight training: 30 minutes/3 times a week

    Maintenance Tips

    1．Make exercise a priority．After you work out, you'll be more likely to eat-healthfully．

    2．You don't have to miss out on enjoying your favorite foods to lose weight．Just enjoy them in smaller portions．

    3．Don't beat yourself up if you slip．Get back to your regular exercise and eating program as soon as you can and forgive yourself．

    Have you recently made fitness a priority?

51. What factors contributed to the narrator's failure in losing her weight at first?

    A．Her laziness in starting exercising．     B．Her unwillingness to abandon low-tat desserts．

    C．Her passion for cooking and unhealthy eating habits．

    D．Her lack of maintenance tips．

52. What did the narrator do as she kept on gaining weight?

    A．She tried a few low-fat diets．          B．She decided to stay away from home．

    C．She bought herself clothes of larger sizes．

    D．She could do nothing except that she felt deprived．

53. The narrator's story tells us that _____．

    A．it is important to have a balanced diet     B．cooking by oneself will make one healthy

    C．trial and error is important in learning cooking

    D．reading cookbooks will help to build up a good eating habit

54. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

    A．She missed opportunity to attend college because of her shyness．

    B．She didn't attend the New Year's Eve party because of her weight．

    C．Her dream of becoming a beautiful girl came true after she lost weight．

    D．She didn't seriously consider losing her weight until she realized how fat she was．

55. It can be concluded from the passage that _____．

    A．you will live a healthy life if you cook yourself every day

    B．you will feel deprived if one fails to give attention to your body

    C．it is the most important thing for you to have some maintenance tips in order to keep fit

    D．being overweight can not only be bad for your health but also bring you much trouble in your life

 “I was only thirteen when four of my team members and I were chosen by my swim coach to train with the Chinese National Team. The following piece shows how that experience has influenced me.”

     The night before I left for China, my mother called me into her room. I entered not knowing what to expect. I sat down at the end of her very neatly-made bed, opposite the bedroom table on which she kept a Ming-style vase illustrated in great detail. She told me that my great-grandmother was still living in the surroundings of Beijing. Her name was Ren Li Ling and she was 97 years old. This was the first time I had ever heard of her.

 The dragon on the vase snaked through the flowers and vines（藤蔓）as my mother said, “Pu Pu, look at me. You need to hear this so that when you go to China you will understand. You must keep this knowledge in your heart.”

     She told me a story about my grandfather, Ren Li Ling's son, who left Beijing to go to college in Taiwan. She told me how the Chinese civil war kept him away from his mother for fifty years, so neither of them even knew that the other was alive. No one from Taiwan could visit, write, or call anyone in mainland. All lines of communication were cut off.

She told me of my grandfather's devotion to his own children, and how difficult it was for him to send his daughter to America for her education, fearing the same separation. He gave my mother all that he could give — nineteen years of love and fifty years of savings. I learned how my mother, through means only available in this country, would finally be able to unite my great-grandmother with my grandfather again. The dragon curled around the vase, connecting the separate vines. For a fleeting second, I felt it was present in my mother's room. It was all very strange, yet very clear. I began to understand that this trip to China was not just for me; it was for my mother, and her father, and his mother. Now, I had not only a future, but more significantly, a past. I saw the world with new eyes.

And so I went to China and met my great-grandmother. My great-aunt picked me up at the training center, and we rode in a taxi through the crowded city. The noise of the taxi and the city united into a deep roar. We finally stopped in front of a narrow street lined on either side with small one-level houses. As we made our way to a house like all the others, I drew the stares of many people in the street. My great-aunt led me through a rotting doorway into a room with a furnace（炉子）, table, and a rocking chair where an old woman wearing gloves sat facing the doorway, covered with a worn brown blanket. I walked over and immediately embraced this frail woman as if I had known her all my life. My limited, broken Chinese wasn't up to expressing my complicated feelings. And even though I couldn't completely understand what she was saying in her thick Beijing accent, I knew — the same way I knew what my mother had been trying to tell

me before I left. Her joy shone through her toothless smile. She wouldn't let go of my hand. I haltingly（结结巴巴地）asked her how she had managed to live such a long life. She answered in words I will never forget, “Hope has kept me alive. I have lived this long because I wanted to see my son before I died.”

My fellow team members must have wondered how two people separated by three generations could be so close. Before this trip, I would have wondered the same thing. And even now, I can't quite explain it. We were as different as two people can be; some 85 years and 8,000 miles apart. We came from two entirely different cultures; yet we were connected by a common heritage(传统).

I stayed for dinner which was cooked in a black iron wok（锅）over the furnace. The meal was lavish（过分丰盛的）, prepared in my honor. As I began to eat, with my great-grandmother beside me, I felt the dragon was present. But this time, the feeling didn't pass; the dragon had become a part of me.

My great-grandmother passed away last year at the age of 100. With her highest hopes and wildest dreams fulfilled, I know she died happy.

56. The writer’s mother called him into her room to ___________________. 

A. prepare him for the trip and warn him against possible problems 

B. remind him of his origin 

C. ask him to look for his great-grandmother 

D. share with him the story of her childhood 

57. The dragon is mentioned several times in the passage because __________________. 

A. the vase with the dragon on it is very valuable and beautiful 

B. it stands for the blood running in every Chinese 

C. it is a sign of the writer’s devotion to his birthplace 

D. the writer’s mother hoped the writer would be as strong as a dragon 

58. How old was the writer’s mother when she was sent to America for her education.    

A. 13                    B. 16                   C. 19                   D. 20 

59. Which of the following can be inferred from the text? 

A. The writer’s grandfather was afraid of a war when sending his daughter to America.  

B. The hope to see her son again kept the writer’s great-grandmother alive for this long.     

C. It was within the writer’s expectation that he could be so close to his great-grandmother.    

D. The writer’s great-grandmother was reunited with her son before she died. 

60. Which is the best title for the text? 

   A. We Share the Same Heritage.               B. Love from My Great-grandmother.    

C. A Story from My Mother.                    D. An Unforgettable Training Trip

A.     Find out what is expected of you.          B. Know what you expect from the others.

C. Consider what resources you have to offer.    D. Be sure to offer help to other family members.

E. Keep close contact with other family members.

F. Work out exactly what your role is in the family.

How to Become a Good Family Member

Do you feel like you don’t fit in within your family, or maybe you do but want to know how you can be an even better member in the family? Then try some of these steps to see if you could be doing more to keep your home life happy!

61. ____________

 How old are you? Do you live with your parents? Do you live alone? With a child? Do you have flatmates? If you have brothers and sisters (similar relatives), what’s your age in relation to theirs? Are you the baby, or the role-model? By asking yourself these questions and finding out the answers to them, you will get to know your position in your family and the part you should play in your family.

62. _____________

What do you have at your disposal (支配)----- money, materials, skills, knowledge and so on that you can use to help your family overall? Even if you are 10 years old with no financial income, you probably know how to wash dishes, put your own clothes in the laundry basket, and entertain your little brother/sister or at the very least avoid annoying your older brothers, sisters and parents too much.

63. ______________

If you are a parent, your children need a lot from you. If you are a child or teen, your parents need a fair amount too. What do the other people in your home need you to do? If your parents ask you to take the rubbish out, a good family member does so. Similarly, if you have a sister who needs your companion, an uncle who needs a bit of time alone every Saturday morning, or a struggling mother who could use your help with the rent or the dinner, a good family member will do what they can to relieve these burdens.

64. ______________

A big source of conflict between teens and their parents occurs when parents don’t know what their teenagers expect of them; a teenager may want more freedom and independence, and the ability to control their life to a greater degree. However, if they don’t communicate this with their parents, they are unable to negotiate(商议) for it. Younger children may feel the same, and parents or other family members may have expectations of younger family members that they haven’t conveyed, either. Make sure others in your family know that you’re willing to do a little give-and-take.

65. ______________

Being nice to the family you live with is only part of it; make an effort to learn more about family members, and make sure you call them from time to time, or send out the occasional email. Be available not just for your younger brothers and sisters, but your cousins, nieces and nephews too. Send out Christmas presents and cards, and make an effort to remember birthdays. Don’t let your goodness end at home.

America, the“land of immigrants”, has always had people of many different nationalities and languages. A survey indicates that ethnic settlements, found particularly in the central cities, have kept the language and culture of American immigrants. Some local residents can do quite well in their native language, without having to bother learning English. __ 1    . Yet only three percent reported that they spoke English “not well” or “not at all”. That means that slightly more than one out of ten Americans could be considered bilingual. Besides that, many high school and college students--and even some elementary school students--are required to take a foreign language as a part of their course. More and more people pick up another language besides English.

    __ 2   Since the 1980s, the “English Only” movement has sought to make a law which would establish English as the “official language” and limit the use of non-English languages. However，some groups，including TESOL, the organization for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Language, object to such“language limitation”. Their view，known as “English Plus”, suggests that Americans should have respect for people’s native and help them fit into the mainstream of society. But so far, nineteen states have passed English Only law, and the topic is the focus of an ongoing debate.

Whether or not English is the official language, it remains the language of wider communication. Nearly everyone recognizes the need to develop a good ability in English in order to do well in America. To help those who want to improve their English skills, English as a Second Language（ESL）classes are around. Cities with large numbers of recent immigrants often set up bilingual education programmers to teach students content subjects in their native language while they improve their English.    3   

Americans recognize that English is the international language, and people with good English skills can get by in many international settings.   4   They can build cross—cultural bridges and give people an edge in a variety of career fields. Indeed, lack of foreign language ability can limit one’s chances for advancement and keep one in a cultural dead—end street. As many people in America are discovering, it is absolutely not a laughing matter.

第一节：根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D、E中选出最适合放人短文空缺处的选项，并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。选项中有一项是多余选项。

A．In fact, almost fourteen percent of Americans speak a non-English language at home.

    B．Second language skills can be a great favour in a world growing increasingly smaller, though.

    C．However，some Americans have begun to fear that the English language is being threatened.

    D．Some Americans even begin to appreciate the benefits of being bilingual.

    E．In this way, they can help students do well in English.

第二节：根据短文所给的信息，用一个完整的句子回答下列问题，并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。

5．What does the author mean by the underlined sentence?

下面文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\），并在该句下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改  后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

      2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

 例如：                                     

One morning I was out taking my dogs for a quick walk before work when I noticed, from a distance, an old man struggled with a wheelchair.

  As I got close, it was obvious there was anything wrong. Although I was not normally someone who got involving with other people’s business, he looked as he needed help.

  When I finally got to her, I asked if anything was wrong. The old man replied to that the battery on his wheelchair was flat, I offer to help him. At first he refused and said that he didn’t want to be bother. However, after I’d talked to him in a little while longer, he accepted my offer to help him.

Study the following cartoon carefully and write an essay on the topic of loving our parents。

Your essay should meet the requirements below:

1). Describe the cartoon and the message conveyed

2). Draw a conclusion and give your comment on the cartoon.

3). Word limit: 100-- 120 words

There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth   1   an external result or a product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a rise, the student   2   grades improve, and the foreigner who learns a new language — all these examples of people who have measurable results to show for their

  3  .

   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   4  . 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 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   5   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. Do we see ourselves as quick and curious?

If   6  , then we tend to take more changes 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   7  , and not to take a step until we know the ground is safe. Do 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   8   to take a more passive role or not try at all.

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   9   these internal fears and doubts, if we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing. We become   10   (trap) inside a shell of our own making.