Question

【題目】Did you hear of “comfort zone”(舒適區(qū))? It is like a place where you feel comfortable with yourself and do things without feeling ________.

For example, you feel very comfortable and relaxed to speak in front of ten people, however, it ________ you feel uncomfortable and stressed when you have to give the speech to more than ten people. Then ten people would be the comfort zone for your public(公共的) speech.

When Lisa started in eighth grade with new classmates, she thought she was not going to have a wonderful school life. She only had three friends. And she was ________ afraid to speak in front of class. She had a lot of negative(消極的) ideas when she noticed people ________ her. She was always thinking about if people liked her or if ________ thought she was cool.

This all changed when she went out of her comfort zone and started communicating more with her classmates. ________ she found surprised herself. Her classmates actually really liked her and enjoyed playing with her. Now she has become more outgoing and she is ________ than she ever was before. She says she wishes she has done it earlier.

Going out of the comfort zone and trying some new things could be difficult for some people at first, like Lisa.That’s because they are afraid to fail and dislike getting uncomfortable. If they always stay ________ their comfort zone, they will stop making progress. So let’s be brave enough to take ________ in life and challenge ourselves. ________ we push ourselves to change, we can’ be who we want to be. Remember progress begins at the end of our comfort zone.

【1】A. excited B. comfortable C. stressed D. scary

【2】A. makes B. causes C. decides D. helps

【3】A. just B. hardly C. always D. never

【4】A. looking for B. looking at C. looking after D. looking around

【5】A. they B. we C. he D. she

【6】A. Where B. Which C. Who D. What

【7】A. taller B. happier C. quieter D. sadder

【8】A. in B. out of C. on D. away

【9】A. care B. exercise C. breaks D. risks

【10】A. Because B. Unless C. If D. When

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 A

【3】 C

【4】 B

【5】 A

【6】 D

【7】 B

【8】 A

【9】 D

【10】 B

【解析】

你聽說過舒適區(qū)嗎？這是一個(gè)我們會感到很自在、舒服的地方，但如果你總是待在舒適區(qū)里，你就不會進(jìn)步。因此文章的作者建議我們走出舒適去，迎接新事物和生活中的挑戰(zhàn)。

【1】句意：它就像一個(gè)你感到自在的地方，在那里你做任何事情都不會感到壓力。excited興奮的；comfortable舒適的；stressed有壓力的；scary可怕的，嚇人的。根據(jù)下文however, it ____2____ you feel uncomfortable and stressed when you…可知，在舒適區(qū)里，你不會感到有壓力，故應(yīng)選C。

【2】句意：例如，你覺得在十個(gè)人面前講話很舒服、放松，然而當(dāng)你不得不在十個(gè)人以上講話時(shí)，這就會使你感到不舒服和緊張。makes 使；causes促使，導(dǎo)致；decides決定；helps幫助。根據(jù)句意可知，這里應(yīng)表示“使你感到…”，make sb. do sth.使某人做某事，B選項(xiàng)的意思合適，但它的句型是cause sb. to do sth.，空后沒有to，故B不對，應(yīng)選A。

【3】句意：她總是害怕在同學(xué)們面前講話。just僅僅，只；剛剛；hardly幾乎不；always總是；never從不，從來沒有。根據(jù)下文She was always thinking about if people liked her可知，Lisa總是這樣，故應(yīng)選C。

【4】句意：當(dāng)她注意到人們在看她的時(shí)候，她總是有很多消極的想法。looking for尋找；looking at 看…；looking after照顧；looking around向四周看。根據(jù)句意可知，這里應(yīng)表示“當(dāng)人們看她的時(shí)候”，故應(yīng)選B。

【5】句意：她總是想人們是否喜歡她，或者他們是否認(rèn)為她很酷。they他們；we 我們；he他；she她。根據(jù)句意可知，這里的代詞代指的是people，故應(yīng)用第三人稱“他們”，故選A。

【6】句意：她發(fā)現(xiàn)的事讓她自己很吃驚。Where在哪里；Which哪一個(gè)；Who 誰；What什么。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，這是一個(gè)主語從句，從句中缺少賓語，用what引導(dǎo)，代指“她所發(fā)現(xiàn)的事情”，故應(yīng)選D。

【7】句意：現(xiàn)在她變得比以前更加外向、更開心了。taller更高的；happier更開心的；quieter更安靜的；sadder更傷心的。根據(jù)上文Her classmates actually really liked her and enjoyed playing with her.可知，Lisa發(fā)現(xiàn)她的同學(xué)們都非常喜歡她，喜歡和她一起玩，所以她比以前更開心了，故應(yīng)選B。

【8】句意：如果他們總是待在舒適區(qū)里，他們就會停止進(jìn)步。in 在…里面；out of出來；on在…上面；away離開。根據(jù)文意可知，總是待在舒適區(qū)里，會停止進(jìn)步，故應(yīng)選A。

【9】句意：所以讓我們足夠勇敢在生活中冒險(xiǎn)，挑戰(zhàn)我們自己。care 關(guān)心，照顧；exercise練習(xí)，鍛煉；breaks打破；risks冒險(xiǎn)。根據(jù)空后challenge ourselves可知，文章作者讓我們走出舒適去，接受新事物，敢于冒險(xiǎn)，敢于挑戰(zhàn)。故這里應(yīng)選D。

【10】句意：如果我們不推動自己去改變，我們就不能成為我們想成為的人。Because因?yàn)�，引�?dǎo)原因狀語從句；Unless除非，如果不；If 如果，引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句；When當(dāng)…時(shí)候，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句。根據(jù)句意we can’t be who we want to be可知，這里應(yīng)表示否定的假設(shè)，故應(yīng)選B。

這篇短文中作者給我們介紹了舒適區(qū)，并通過Lisa的事例告訴我們，要走出舒適去，敢于接受新事物，迎接生活中的挑戰(zhàn)。文章主題明確，敘述清晰、完整，比較容易理解。題型是完型填空，考查學(xué)生們在具體語境中運(yùn)用語言的能力，綜合性較強(qiáng)。做題時(shí)，應(yīng)先通讀全文，了解大意；然后根據(jù)上下文語境的提示做題，注意仔細(xì)辨析選項(xiàng)中四個(gè)單詞的意思和用法；最后應(yīng)再讀一遍短文，檢查答案。例如第2小題，考查動詞辨析，makes 使；causes促使，導(dǎo)致；decides決定；helps幫助。根據(jù)句意可知，這里應(yīng)表示“使你感到…”，A和B意思合適，空后是…you feel…，是make sb. do sth.這個(gè)句型，意為“使某人做某事”，B選項(xiàng)的句型是cause sb. to do sth.，空后沒有to，故B不對，應(yīng)選A。再如第7小題，考查形容詞辨析，根據(jù)上文Her classmates actually really liked her and enjoyed playing with her.可知，Lisa發(fā)現(xiàn)她的同學(xué)們都非常喜歡她，喜歡和她一起玩，所以她比以前更開心了，故應(yīng)選B。