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1、Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldⅡ.阅读理解AtarecentvisittothebeautifulKeukenhofflowergardensinHolland,Ilearnedaboutthepracticeoftopping.Asflowersgrow,sometimesthegrowerscutoffthetopsoftheflowers,whichtheybelievecausestheplantstoinvestmoreenergyintoflowergrowthandlessintoseedproduction.Theexpectedresult
2、isflowerbudsthatwillproducehigherqualityflowers.Thisisthesamewithpersonalgrowth.Sometimeswhenweproducefirstresultsinacertainarea,itcanbehelpfultocutthemoffandthrowthemaway.Thiscanfreeupenergyforastrongerattemptelsewhereinsteadofsettlingintothecomfortzoneofsatisfactionwiththeoldresults.Afterru
3、nningmycomputergamebusinessfor10yearsandgeneratingsatisfyingresultswithit,Idecidedtodropitandleavethatfieldbehind.Thisfreedupmyenergytofocusonmypersonaldevelopmentinwritingandspeaking.IfI'dkeptrunningtheoldbusiness,thiswouldhavemeantlessenergytoinvestinmynewpath.Itcanbedifficulttochoosethetop
4、pingapproachbecauseyou'retakingsomethingthat'salreadyreasonablysatisfyingandcuttingitoutofyourlife,inthehopesthatsomethingevenbetterwillgrowinitsplace.Doyouwanttosettlewhereyouarerightnow?Ifso,thentoppingisunnecessary.Butifyou'dliketodobetterandbelieveyouhaveagoodshotatimprovement,justlikethe
5、flowergrowersatKeukenhof,thentoppingisasensiblepractice.Tofreeuptimeandenergyforfuturegrowthinnewdirections,youhavetodropthemerelysatisfactory.Thisgivesyouashotatthetrulybeautiful.Steppingoutsideofyourcomfortzoneisbydefinitionanuncomfortableexperience,butitcanyieldalotmoregrowththanstayingput
6、.Thoughdroppingsatisfactiontogoformoregrowthisnotaneasypathtofollow,Idofindittobethemorebeautifulpath.1.Byusingmetaphor,theauthormeansthatthetopsofflowersare.A.personalgrowthB.hiswritingandspeakingC.astrongerattemptelsewhereD.thefirstresultweproduceinacertainarea2.Ifyoubelievethatyou“haveagoo
7、dshotatimprovement”,youbelievethat.A.youhaveastrongabilitytoimproveB.youhaveagoodchancetoimproveC.youaregoodatimprovingD.youarefondofimproving3.Theauthorcallsonthereadersthroughthepassageto.6A.settlewheretheyareB.dropthetrulybeautifulC.stepou
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