课时作业25 Growing up-（课时作业）【红对勾讲与练】2024版新高考英语大一轮复习全新方案（外研版）

选择性必修第二册　 3 　 选择性必修第二册 课时作业 25　 Growing up Ⅰ. 阅读理解 " (2022·江苏南京二模) When I saw the black bear appear, I knew I shouldn􀆳t turn around and flee. So I held my ground in spite of my fear. It was a moment I􀆳d been frightened for months. I grew up in the Rocky Mountains and spent much of my childhood hiking and exploring outdoors. Fascinated by the mountains and streams, I decided to study geology at college. I was excited when I had the opportunity to participate in summer field research. One summer, I spent nearly 3 months hiking every day and living in a village cabin, which was a great experience. I􀆳d been hired as an undergraduate field assistant to do geology work. I worked alongside my supervisor and one other assistant. Before we went into the field, I overheard the other assistant saying I was a slow hiker. It wasn􀆳t the first time that he had disparaged my physical or intellectual abilities. He argued with me constantly. The more it happened, the quieter I became. After a few weeks of misery, I could see that my supervisor was mistaking my silence for incompetence. Sensing his disappointment to me, I began to believe I wasn􀆳t cut out to be a scientist. Several days later, I spotted the bear. At first I was terrified. But when it quickly ran away, simply because I was standing there, my feelings started to change. I realized that if a wild animal feared me, I wasn􀆳t powerless after all. I went back to camp with the confidence I needed to stand up to the