Question

【题目】Did you hear of “comfort zone”(舒适区)? 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(消极的) 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】

你听说过舒适区吗？这是一个我们会感到很自在、舒服的地方，但如果你总是待在舒适区里，你就不会进步。因此文章的作者建议我们走出舒适去，迎接新事物和生活中的挑战。

【1】句意：它就像一个你感到自在的地方，在那里你做任何事情都不会感到压力。excited兴奋的；comfortable舒适的；stressed有压力的；scary可怕的，吓人的。根据下文however, it ____2____ you feel uncomfortable and stressed when you…可知，在舒适区里，你不会感到有压力，故应选C。

【2】句意：例如，你觉得在十个人面前讲话很舒服、放松，然而当你不得不在十个人以上讲话时，这就会使你感到不舒服和紧张。makes 使；causes促使，导致；decides决定；helps帮助。根据句意可知，这里应表示“使你感到…”，make sb. do sth.使某人做某事，B选项的意思合适，但它的句型是cause sb. to do sth.，空后没有to，故B不对，应选A。

【3】句意：她总是害怕在同学们面前讲话。just仅仅，只；刚刚；hardly几乎不；always总是；never从不，从来没有。根据下文She was always thinking about if people liked her可知，Lisa总是这样，故应选C。

【4】句意：当她注意到人们在看她的时候，她总是有很多消极的想法。looking for寻找；looking at 看…；looking after照顾；looking around向四周看。根据句意可知，这里应表示“当人们看她的时候”，故应选B。

【5】句意：她总是想人们是否喜欢她，或者他们是否认为她很酷。they他们；we 我们；he他；she她。根据句意可知，这里的代词代指的是people，故应用第三人称“他们”，故选A。

【6】句意：她发现的事让她自己很吃惊。Where在哪里；Which哪一个；Who 谁；What什么。根据句子结构可知，这是一个主语从句，从句中缺少宾语，用what引导，代指“她所发现的事情”，故应选D。

【7】句意：现在她变得比以前更加外向、更开心了。taller更高的；happier更开心的；quieter更安静的；sadder更伤心的。根据上文Her classmates actually really liked her and enjoyed playing with her.可知，Lisa发现她的同学们都非常喜欢她，喜欢和她一起玩，所以她比以前更开心了，故应选B。

【8】句意：如果他们总是待在舒适区里，他们就会停止进步。in 在…里面；out of出来；on在…上面；away离开。根据文意可知，总是待在舒适区里，会停止进步，故应选A。

【9】句意：所以让我们足够勇敢在生活中冒险，挑战我们自己。care 关心，照顾；exercise练习，锻炼；breaks打破；risks冒险。根据空后challenge ourselves可知，文章作者让我们走出舒适去，接受新事物，敢于冒险，敢于挑战。故这里应选D。

【10】句意：如果我们不推动自己去改变，我们就不能成为我们想成为的人。Because因为，引导原因状语从句；Unless除非，如果不；If 如果，引导条件状语从句；When当…时候，引导时间状语从句。根据句意we can’t be who we want to be可知，这里应表示否定的假设，故应选B。

这篇短文中作者给我们介绍了舒适区，并通过Lisa的事例告诉我们，要走出舒适去，敢于接受新事物，迎接生活中的挑战。文章主题明确，叙述清晰、完整，比较容易理解。题型是完型填空，考查学生们在具体语境中运用语言的能力，综合性较强。做题时，应先通读全文，了解大意；然后根据上下文语境的提示做题，注意仔细辨析选项中四个单词的意思和用法；最后应再读一遍短文，检查答案。例如第2小题，考查动词辨析，makes 使；causes促使，导致；decides决定；helps帮助。根据句意可知，这里应表示“使你感到…”，A和B意思合适，空后是…you feel…，是make sb. do sth.这个句型，意为“使某人做某事”，B选项的句型是cause sb. to do sth.，空后没有to，故B不对，应选A。再如第7小题，考查形容词辨析，根据上文Her classmates actually really liked her and enjoyed playing with her.可知，Lisa发现她的同学们都非常喜欢她，喜欢和她一起玩，所以她比以前更开心了，故应选B。