Question

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

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