Comfort Zone is a state(状态）of mind where there is the least stress. However, stepping into the learning zone can help to bring out the best in us. Here are the reasons.
Challenging yourself can help you do at your best.
Stepping outside one's comfort zone is important to personal development. How can we expect to make ourselves better if we only stick to habit and routine(日常）? We should try something we might not succeed at.
Taking risks is what helps us grow.
As children, we're natural risk-takers. But as we get older and learn to fear failure(失败）, we start trying fewer new things. We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. There is no learning without some difficulty.
Facing new challenges can help us age better.
Our comfort zones seem to become smaller as we get older-but if we can keep expanding them, we'll open ourselves up to a greater world as we age. As we step into the learning zone, we will get more comfortable with the skills gradually and we'll start to move into the comfort zone. A study found that learning new life skills can help our brain stay sharp(敏锐的）as we get older.
However, don't push yourself too far. Have you heard of "Yerkes-Dodson Law”？ It means performance increases as stress grows, but only up to a point. If the level of stress becomes too high, performance will go down. When stress becomes too great for us to deal with, we enter the danger zone.
1.Compared with the comfort zone, people in the learning zone may .
A.feel less stress B.face more challenges
C.make fewer efforts D.refuse more changes
2.From paragraph 3, we will learn more if we .
A.spend money B.fear failure C.take risks D.feel natural
3.The best title of the passage might be .
A.Comfort Zone Makes Us Safe
B.What Is Comfort Zone
C.Step Outside Comfort Zone
D.Never Fear Comfort Zone
4.“Yerkes-Dodson Law” can be described by Graph .
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Every day, Joan gets up early at six. Then she washes her face and brushes her teeth. After doing morning exercises, she reads English for 30 minutes and then has breakfast. She usually has some bread , an egg and a glass of milk.
At seven o’clock, Joan takes her schoolbag and goes to school. Her school is far away from her home. She has to transfer (换乘）two buses to the school, and on her way, she likes listening to songs.
After Joan gets to school, she gets ready for classes. The first class begins at eight. She has five classes in the morning and three in the afternoon. She has lunch at school. English is her favourite subject. School ends at five o’clock, and then she goes back home.
Joan sometimes helps her mother cook supper and sometimes watches TV in the evening. After supper she does her homework. She always ends it by nine and then takes a bath. She goes to bed at ten.
That’s the everyday life of Joan.
1.How long does Joan read English every morning ?
A.For twenty minutes. B.For half an hour. C.For forty minutes. D.For an hour.
2.Joan’s favourite subject is .
A.Chinese B.maths C.English D.music
3.What can we know about Joan ?
A.She gets up at seven every day. B.Her home is near her school.
C.She listens to songs on the way to school. D.She seldom watches TV in the evening.
4.In what order (顺序）does Joan do the following every day ?
a . She has breakfast；b . She takes a bath；c . She does her homework；d . She reads English；e . She goes to school
A.a-d-e-b-c B.a-d-e-c-b C.d-a-e-c-b D.d-e-a-b-c
Large gatherings such as weddings and meetings can be socially flooded with people. Learning people's names only adds to the stress. A new facial-recognition app could come to the rescue, but experts suggest people should be careful while using it.
The app, called SocialRecall, connects names with faces through smartphone cameras and facial recognition (识别), avoiding the need for formal introductions. "It breaks down these social barriers we all have when meeting somebody," says Barry Sandrew, who created the app and tested it at an event attended by about 1,000 people.
After receiving an invitation to download SocialRecall from an event organizer, the user is asked to take two selfies and sign in through social media. At the event, the app is active within a previously set geographical area. When a user points his or her phone camera at an attendee's face, the app identifies (识别) the person, displays the person's name, and links to his or her social media information. To protect Privacy (隐私), it recognizes only those who have agreed to use. And the app's creators say it automatically removes users' data after an event.
Ann Cavoukian, an expert who runs the Privacy by Design Center of Excellence praises the app's creators for these protective measures. She added, however, that when people choose to share their personal information with the app, they should know that "there may be unexpected results down the road with that information being used in another situation that might come back to bite you."
The start-up project has developed the app for people who suffer from prosopagnosia, or "face blindness," a condition that prevents people from recognizing people they have met. To use this app, a person first receives an image of someone's face, from either the smartphone's camera or a photograph, and then tags it with a name. When the camera spots or recognizes that same face in real life, the previously entered information is displayed. The collected data are stored only on a user's phone, according to the team behind the app.
1.Social Recall is used to .
A.take photos B.identify people
C.organize events D.make friends
2.Paragraph 3 is mainly about .
A.how the app works
B.how the app was created
C.what makes the app popular
D.what people can do with the app
3.SocialRecall helps people with prosopagnosia by .
A.giving names to the photos kept in their smartphones
B.collecting information previously entered in the phone
C.providing the information of a person when they first meet
D.showing the person's information when it spots a stored face
4.What can we learn about SocialRecall from the passage?
A.It may put people's personal information at risk.
B.It has caused many unexpected results.
C.It can stop people recognizing people they have met.
D.It is praised by users for its protective measures.
Wearing a mask while sleeping at home sounds a little crazy. But Wu Keying did so during the novel coronavirus (新冠病毒) outbreak. "I'm afraid that I would be infected. Now I know it's not necessary to do so. But I am still worried about when the epidemic will end," said the 13-year-old girl from Chengdu, Sichuan province. Being stuck inside makes her feel nervous.
In fact, many people have experienced feelings like Wu. Nearly 80 percent of people are deeply worried about the outbreak, while 40 percent strongly fear it, according to a survey released on Jan 27 by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
These feelings are common for people who are experiencing stressful events, according to Wang Weihua, an expert on positive psychology (积极心理学). "Some stressful reactions (反应) can help us fight the virus," Wang said. "We can also take more protective actions, such as wearing masks and washing hands often, for example."
But if these feelings last too long, it will be bad for our mental (心理的) health, Wang added. So how can we stay positive?
First, we should learn to accept unexpected changes in life, wrote Xiong Kewei, a psychological consultant (咨询师) at Beijing Normal University. We might learn new lessons from these changes, like respecting (尊重) nature and doing our duty.
Another useful way to stay positive is to keep a healthy lifestyle.
"The key is to take good care of the body, arrange a reasonable schedule, ensure adequate sleep and diet, and get the necessary rest and relaxation," Zhang Hong, deputy chief physician of Wuhan Mental Health Center, told China Daily.
1.Wu Keying wore a mask while sleeping because .
A.her parents told her to do so
B.it's the best way to avoid infection
C.one of her family members was infected
D.she was scared of being infected
2.What can we know from Paragraph 2 ?
A.Many people feel worried about the coronavirus.
B.We shouldn't worry too much about the coronavirus.
C.Only 40 percent of people worry about the outbreak.
D.More than 80 percent of people wear masks while sleeping.
3.According to Wang Weihua, can help us fight the coronavirus.
①wearing masks；②being stress-free；③staying positive；④washing our hands
A.①②③ B.①②④ C.①③④ D.②③④
4.The last three paragraphs are mainly about .
A.how to stay away from the coronavirus
B.how psychologists helped patients
C.suggestions on how to stay positive
D.how to receive psychological counseling
The Simpsons are the most popular family in the world. Every week, many people all over the world stay at home to watch them on TV.
This is a cartoon family of five people: all of them have bad-looking yellow faces and big white eyes. The parents are Marge and Homer, Marge has blue hair. She loves her hair very much. She is always very kind to her family.
Homer works in a factory and spends all his free time watching TV and eating donuts（炸面圈）. He always eats with his mouth open and he is too fat.
Bart is the oldest child. He always gets bad grades. He doesn’t like to do his homework and often makes his parents angry. He likes playing tricks（恶作刷） on his sister, Lisa. Lisa is a little younger than Bart and is always top of the class at school. She is the smartest person in the family. Maggie is the youngest child. She can’t talk or walk and she’s always silent. She can only say one word: "Daddy".
The Simpsons started in 1989 and it’s still very popular now. People of all ages like it because the Simpsons are like a real family. They aren’t perfect or beautiful like a lot of families on TV.
1.What can we know about Bart according to the passage?
A.He is quite a smart boy.
B.He is the youngest in his family.
C.He doesn’t work hard at his study.
D.He likes to play tricks on his sister Maggie.
2.What does the underlined word "silent" mean?
A.Outgoing. B.Serious. C.Quiet. D.Strict.
3.What might the writer think of the Simpsons?
A.Boring. B.Successful. C.Terrible. D.Perfect.
A new study has showed the importance of exercise for teenage girls. Scientists studied the information from a study made in Shanghai on 75,000 _________aged from 40 to 70. The team found that women who often_______ as a teenager were healthier than those who didn't.
The scientists said that teenage girls who did almost 80 minutes exercise a week had a 16 percent lower risk of _________ from illnesses. This percentage(百分比) went down to 13 for women who exercised more than 80 minutes a week as teenagers. They said that women would usually live ______if they did just 15 minutes of exercise a day in their teens.
Head scientist Dr. Sarah Nechuta said that _________ women in their twenties, thirties and forties did not go out to work, doing exercise as teens would help _________ live longer. She said, "Whether they are adults or _______ , as for women, they can take lower risks of illnesses if they take part in exercise."
She added, "Our study shows the ________ of starting exercising from teenager time. It helps teenagers take part in exercising so that they can take _________ risks of illnesses and live longer in their later life." Dr. Nechuta said that although the study __________ the information on women in China, theadvantage of exercising during the teen years could be helpful to all women anywhere in the world.
1.A.women B.men C.girls D.boys
2.A.studied B.worked C.exercised D.played
3.A.coming B.dying C.stopping D.leaving
4.A.nearer B.closer C.shorter D.longer
5.A.so that B.even if C.as soon as D.as for
6.A.them B.it C.her D.him
7.A.boys B.gills C.teenagers D.men
8.A.difficulty B.illness C.health D.importance
9.A.lower B.longer C.richer D.poorer
10.A.asked for B.depended on C.waited for D.taken out
