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【题目】 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(箭头) 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】

本文主要话题是舒适区。每个人都有自己的舒适区。在舒适区里，人们都过得很舒服。但当要走出舒适区时，许多人会感到害怕。当真正勇敢走出去之后，还是会学到一些新东西，并成为一个更好的人。

【1】题意：根据文章，舒适区可能是_________。

细节理解题。A. a house which can offer us safety能给我们提供安全的房子；B. a circle which we can stay inside我们可以呆在里面的圈子；C. a group of people who bring us pleasure给我们带来快乐的一群人；D. a place we can live a comfortable life一个我们可以过上舒适生活的地方。根据原文第三段That’s close. Actually, this is your Comfort Zone和People feel that inside this circle they are safe from any danger可知，舒适区是一个能让我们感到舒适安全的地方，D选项符合题意，故应选D。

【2】题意：如果我们走出第一个圈子，我们将_________。

细节理解题。A. have fewer friends朋友变少；B. be more afraid to talk更害怕说话；C. learn something more多学到一些东西；D. feel safer and happier感到更安全和更快乐。根据原文第五段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，走出舒适区，一开始会感到不舒服，但最后还是会学到一些新东西，并成为一个更好的人，C选项符合题意，故应选C。

【3】题意：黑板上最后的图像可能是___________。

细节理解题。根据原文第五段The trainer turned to the board and drew an arrow(箭头) 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，箭头是往外的，大圈套着小圈，故应选A。

【4】题意：这篇文章最好的结尾是___________。

主旨大意题。A. To keep safe, please stay inside the Comfort Zone.为了安全，请呆在舒适区内；B. If you want to get more, you’d better stay in the Comfort Zone.如果你想得到更多，你最好呆在舒适区；C. Step out of the Comfort Zone, and you can be a better person.走出舒适区，你就能成为一个更好的人；D. You can make more friends if you leave the Comfort Zone.如果你离开舒适区，你可以交更多的朋友。通读全文可知，本文一直在讲走出舒适区的话题，人们害怕走出舒适区，是因为舒适区外有未知的恐惧和失败在等着他们，而主教练则从积极的方面对其他教练进行引导，即跨出这个圈子，最后还是会学到一些新东西，并成为一个更好的人，故本文最后可用C选项作结尾，故应选C。