You always have to understand what you are good at, and what you are not good at. Or if you are interested in something you always have to master it first.

　　When I was ten, I came over to my cousin's house, and that was pain because he lived in New York and I lived in Miami. So I came over every summer break by myself, of course I had my parents' permission to go that far.

　　One day, we decided to head to the forest. I was looking forward to this trip because I knew that my cousin was an expert on tree climbing while I was not. So, as we walked closer and closer to the forest, I became_jealous_because I did not possess the ability to climb trees. When he started climbing a tree I was upset but I joined him hoping not to break my neck. Last summer break he invited me to his house. I was afraid of climbing to the tree so I gave up. But this time I tried climbing the tree. While I was climbing I was so scared like I was about to die at any moment. But when I was about to climb on the other branch I lost my balance. Luckily I got hold on one of the bottom branches. My cousin suddenly started climbing down and tried to help me. After he put me on the ground, he ran to get some help. The pain was just killing me, I lost a lot of blood and I knew that I have to be awake to survive.

　　Finally, my cousin brought the help. When I waked up I was happy that I did not die. It was pretty insane what happened to me.

　　8．The text is mainly about________.

　　A．my cousin

　　B．how to learn to climb a tree

　　C．an impressive experience

　　D．how to avoid being hurt when climbing

　　9．Which of the following statements was NOT mentioned in the passage?

　　A．The author's cousin was skillful at tree climbing.

　　B．After falling off, the author lay on the ground.

　　C．The author would see his cousin every summer vacation.

　　D．It was the first time for the author to climb the tree.

　　10．The underlined word"jealous"in paragraph 3 means "________"．

　　A．嫉妒的　　　　　　B．害怕的

　　C．激动的 D．紧张的

　　11．We can learn from the passage that ________．

　　A．The author would learn how to climb the tree after recovering

　　B．You can do anything well if you are interested in it

　　C．You should know yourself well first and do what you can

　　D．The author could go out without his parents' permission

　　D

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