1、单选题：
Personal development can be defined as_______.
选项：
A:

Being happy

B:

Being educated

C:

Being successful

D:

Improving yourself

E:

Being promoted in your job

答案: 【

Improving yourself

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2、单选题：
Socrates is the “father of Western philosophy” because____.
选项：
A:

He is the first philosopher to write a book in the West.

B:

He invented the Western scientific method.

C:

He claimed that he didn’t know anything but could only ask questions.

D:

He started a new religion.

答案: 【

He claimed that he didn’t know anything but could only ask questions.

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3、单选题：
 Measuring personal development requires self-assessment and also_______.
选项：
A:

Taking a test

B:

Psychological examination

C:

A framework for external observation

D:

Positive feelings

E:

A framework of economic criteria

答案: 【

A framework for external observation

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4、单选题：
The definition of a career is:
选项：
A:

Having a promotion

B:

How you make money

C:

How companies define work

D:

Developing yourself in your work

E:

Spending several years in the same job

答案: 【

Developing yourself in your work

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5、单选题：
Which of these statements about the Confucian idea of personal development is NOT TRUE?
选项：
A:

Personal development is essentially achieved through learning.

B:

The practice of rituals lead to personal development.

C:

Personal development is scientific.

D:

Being a “superior person” (junzi) is the goal of personal development.

答案: 【

Personal development is scientific.

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6、单选题：
In Taoist philosophy, the main disagreement with Confucius is about ____.
选项：
A:

The art of war

B:

The scientific method

C:

The use of poetry

D:

The practice of rituals leads to personal development

答案: 【

The practice of rituals leads to personal development

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7、单选题：
 In Plato’s philosophy, the idea of transcendence means____
选项：
A:

Philosophers should have a full-time profession.

B:

Philosophy is about arguing over truth.

C:

Philosophy is about truth that you cannot know through the senses.

D:

Philosophy is essentially an art form.

答案: 【

Philosophy is about truth that you cannot know through the senses.

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8、单选题：
Aristotle’s ideas are important for today because____.
选项：
A:

He invented science.

B:

He was the first communist philosopher.

C:

He inspired recent research in psychology and economics.

D:

His lost works were discovered in Egypt last year.

答案: 【

He inspired recent research in psychology and economics.

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9、单选题：
The idea of happiness that best describes the goal of personal development is:
选项：
A:

pleasure

B:

wealth

C:

realising potential

D:

family well-being

答案: 【

realising potential

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