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【題目】 About 10 years ago, I started a job as a trainer. In one of my first classes, the head trainer told us a very encouraging story.

He began by drawing a man standing in the middle of a circle. To make it more interesting, he drew things like a house, a car, and a few friends inside the circle.

He asked the question, “Can anyone tell me what this is?” In a long silence, one guy decided to throw out, “The world?” The trainer said, “That’s close. Actually, this is your Comfort Zone. Inside your circle, you have all the things that are important to you. Your home, your family, your friends and your job. People feel that inside this circle they are safe from any danger.”

“Can anyone tell me what happens when you step out of this circle?” A strong silence came over the room. The same guy finally started, “You are afraid.” Another guy said, “You make mistakes.” The silence continued and the trainer smiled and said, “When you make mistakes, what can the result be?” The first guy shouted, “You learn something.”

“Exactly, you are learning.” The trainer turned to the board and drew an arrow(箭頭) pointing from the man to the outside of the circle. And he went on, “When you leave your Comfort Zone you put yourself out there, in front of the world that you are not comfortable with. The end result is that you have learned something that you did not know and you slowly become a better person.” He turned again to the board and drew a bigger circle around the first one, and added a few new things like more friends, a bigger house, etc…

【1】According to the passage, the Comfort Zone is probably ____.

A.a house which can offer us safetyB.a circle which we can stay inside

C.a group of people who bring us pleasureD.a place we can live a comfortable life

【2】If we step out of the first circle, we may ____.

A.have fewer friendsB.be more afraid to talk

C.learn something moreD.feel safer and happier

【3】The final drawing on the board might be ____.

A.B.

C.D.

【4】The best ending of this passage could be “____”.

A.To keep safe, please stay inside the Comfort Zone.

B.If you want to get more, you’d better stay in the Comfort Zone.

C.Step out of the Comfort Zone, and you can be a better person.

D.You can make more friends if you leave the Comfort Zone.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

本文主要話題是舒適區(qū)。每個人都有自己的舒適區(qū)。在舒適區(qū)里，人們都過得很舒服。但當(dāng)要走出舒適區(qū)時，許多人會感到害怕。當(dāng)真正勇敢走出去之后，還是會學(xué)到一些新東西，并成為一個更好的人。

【1】題意：根據(jù)文章，舒適區(qū)可能是_________。

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. a house which can offer us safety能給我們提供安全的房子；B. a circle which we can stay inside我們可以呆在里面的圈子；C. a group of people who bring us pleasure給我們帶來快樂的一群人；D. a place we can live a comfortable life一個我們可以過上舒適生活的地方。根據(jù)原文第三段That’s close. Actually, this is your Comfort Zone和People feel that inside this circle they are safe from any danger可知，舒適區(qū)是一個能讓我們感到舒適安全的地方，D選項符合題意，故應(yīng)選D。

【2】題意：如果我們走出第一個圈子，我們將_________。

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. have fewer friends朋友變少；B. be more afraid to talk更害怕說話；C. learn something more多學(xué)到一些東西；D. feel safer and happier感到更安全和更快樂。根據(jù)原文第五段When you leave your Comfort Zone you put yourself out there, in front of the world that you are not comfortable with. The end result is that you have learned something that you did not know and you slowly become a better person可知，走出舒適區(qū)，一開始會感到不舒服，但最后還是會學(xué)到一些新東西，并成為一個更好的人，C選項符合題意，故應(yīng)選C。

【3】題意：黑板上最后的圖像可能是___________。

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文第五段The trainer turned to the board and drew an arrow(箭頭) pointing from the man to the outside of the circle和He turned again to the board and drew a bigger circle around the first one, and added a few new things like more friends, a bigger house, etc…可知，箭頭是往外的，大圈套著小圈，故應(yīng)選A。

【4】題意：這篇文章最好的結(jié)尾是___________。

主旨大意題。A. To keep safe, please stay inside the Comfort Zone.為了安全，請呆在舒適區(qū)內(nèi)；B. If you want to get more, you’d better stay in the Comfort Zone.如果你想得到更多，你最好呆在舒適區(qū)；C. Step out of the Comfort Zone, and you can be a better person.走出舒適區(qū)，你就能成為一個更好的人；D. You can make more friends if you leave the Comfort Zone.如果你離開舒適區(qū)，你可以交更多的朋友。通讀全文可知，本文一直在講走出舒適區(qū)的話題，人們害怕走出舒適區(qū)，是因為舒適區(qū)外有未知的恐懼和失敗在等著他們，而主教練則從積極的方面對其他教練進(jìn)行引導(dǎo)，即跨出這個圈子，最后還是會學(xué)到一些新東西，并成為一個更好的人，故本文最后可用C選項作結(jié)尾，故應(yīng)選C。