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One of the best personal growth keys we should go after is proper selfawareness.Generally，selfawareness is real understanding of yourself.Your personal habits，strengths，areas in which you need improvement，etc.The more you know about yourself，the better you fit in with the environment，and grow healthily.Without it，you are tricking yourself into living your life through unclear feelings instead of reality.
So，how do you become selfaware？One of the best ways is to invite honest advice into your life.I grew up in a generation in which everyone got a medal as long as they participate in.Take race for example，everyone is a “winner”，even if you are the last one.Although I need encouragement，false feedback only masks blind spots in a person's character.Worse yet，a “everyone gets a trophy” culture through ages supports mediocrity (平庸)．Of course，no one likes hard words，but I'd like to suggest embracing honest feedback and developing real selfawareness.
Imagine you are texting while driving，and you take your focus from the road to your phone.Just seconds.Later，your eyes go back to the road and you realize that you're dangerously driving onto the opposite lane.Our selfawareness can tell us “Yes，I was texting while driving”．But that acknowledgement (承认) alone doesn't lead to change and growth beyond the harmful behavior.However，applied selfknowledge does，which is one key ingredient of the selfawareness.And applied selfknowledge begs the answer to the question “Why was I texting while driving in the first place？” If we can form answers to the motivations behind our thoughts and actions，and then make a plan to change our behavior，we'll be better experiencing lasting growth.
We can get all the selfhelp guides and personal growth methods money can buy，but if we don't know ourselves well enough to put any of it into effective and specific practice，we'll never arrive at the greatest place of success possible in our lives.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了培养正确的自我认识给我们带来的影响和意义。
1．What can be inferred from Paragraph 1?
A．People often cheat themselves.
B．Proper selfawareness increases confidence.
C．Proper selfawareness is beneficial to growth.
D．People can keep healthy selfawareness by practice.
C [推理判断题。根据第一段中的“...the better you fit in with the environment，and grow healthily.”可推断，正确的自我认识对我们的成长有益。]
2．What can we learn about the “everyone gets a trophy” culture?
A．It focuses on character development.
B．It stresses positive judgment.
C．It uncovers blind spots.
D．It calls for equality.
B [推理判断题。根据第二段中的“...everyone got a medal as long as they participate in.”并结合本段内容可推断，这种参与就有奖的文化重视给予人积极的评价。]
3．What is the author's purpose in using the example in Paragraph 3?
A．To warn the danger of texting while driving.
B．To provide ways to change your driving behavior.
C．To introduce the concept of applied selfknowledge.
D．To explain common motivations behind your actions.
C [写作意图题。作者在第三段通过举例指出仅仅意识到自己的错误行为还不够，还要在行动上做出改变。由此可知，作者列举开车看手机的例子是为了引出applied selfknowledge这个概念。]
4．What is the text mainly about?
A．Benefit of accepting honest feedback.
B．Value of having proper selfawareness.
C．Ways to form proper selfawareness.
D．Behaviors lacking selfawareness.
B [主旨大意题。本文主要论述了培养正确的自我认识给我们带来的影响和意义。]
