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

My boss’s daughter was studying in the Philippines. He asked me if my husband and I could take care of her. He thought his daughter would be able to improve her English communication skills in this way.

After days of thinking, we agreed. He then brought her here and left after 3 days. I thought that my boss’s daughter was well-mannered, but that was wrong.

After a month of staying in the Philippines, she started to show her true colors. When my husband asked her what she wanted for breakfast, she answered him in a rude way. From then on, we experienced fights at home. There was a time when we didn’t talk to her for a week as a punishment of not being good to us. What I hated most was that she didn’t care about other people’s feelings. She ate ahead of us when we were still working and didn’t leave anything for us. So we had to separate her food from ours to avoid such a problem.

The worst thing about her was that she shouted at us. I was wondering if she did this to her parents. We told this to her parents, but unfortunately I didn’t think that solved the problem. This situation lasted for almost 8 months. Our patience was tested during that time.

We tried to teach her everything we could to make her a better person, but I guess 8 months may not to be enough. We even tried to understand her and adjust for her, but it didn’t work. I just hope that she learned something from us and from other Filipinos.

1.This passage is mainly about the writer’s experience of ________.

A. trying to please her boss

B. changing a girl’s bad behavior

C. improving her communication skills

D. dealing with a teenage girl staying in her house

2.What do the examples in paragraph 3 tell us?

A. The daughter wasn’t behaving well.

B. The writer and her husband were careless.

C. The writer and her husband hated children.

D. The daughter tried her best to make others happy.

3.. The underlined word “that” in paragraph 4 refers to _______.

A. being patient with her B. her parents punishing her

C. asking her parents about her D. telling her parents about her behavior

4.After reading the passage, we learn that .

A. the writer had known the daughter was hard to deal with

B. the daughter learnt to behave well in the end

C. the writer didn’t enjoy the daughter’s stay

D. the daughter hated dealing with others

5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The writer’s boss’s daughter was well-mannered.

B. The writer didn’t like the colour of the girl’s hair.

C. The writer hopes the girl learned something from them.

D. The writer never separated the girl’s food from theirs.

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