With the winter vacation coming, I realized I needed to find a part-time job, because I didn’t want to ask my parents for money. I had imagined having a job at a winter camp where I could play games with children. In fact, the only job I could find was cleaning up tables at a local convenience store.
At first, I wanted to give up the job because getting up too early in the morning made me unhappy. I’ll never forget how tired I felt on my first day, but I’ll never forget sitting together and talking about our days with my workmates for the first time either. Suddenly, I felt good to be a member of them.
After working at the convenience store for almost one year, I was used to getting up so early, because I knew there would be a few good moments every day there.
Working at the convenience store, I’ve learned to grow into a boy that can depend on myself and get along well with others. And I’m not the shy person that I used to be. Meeting an impolite customer might make me feel bad, but very soon I could deal with it without difficulty. The job has given me so much, and I can’t wait to go back to the convenience store and continue to grow from my experience.
8 ． How did the writer feel at first when he found the job at the convenience store?
A ． Excited. B ． Surprised. C ． Disappointed. D ． Satisfied.
9 ． What can we know from the passage?
A ． He didn’t want to go back to the convenience store.
B ． He had few good moments at the convenience store.
C ． He forgot talking about their days with his workmates.
D ． He improved himself after working at the convenience store.
10 ． The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to （指的是） __________.
A ． being a shy person B ． getting along well with his workmates
C ． meeting a rude customer D ． growing from the experience
11 ． What’s the best title of the passage?
A ． My Workmates B ． A Tiring Job
C ． A Local Convenience Store D ． A Meaningful Work Experience
C 9 ． D 10 ． C 11 ． D
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述的是作者寒假期间在一家便利店兼职打工的工作经历，这份工作让他成长了不少。
8 ．推理判断题。根据 “At first, I wanted to give up the job because getting up too early in the morning made me unhappy.” 可知一开始， “ 我 ” 想要放弃这份工作，因为早上太早起床让 “ 我 ” 很不开心，由此可知， “ 我 ” 一开始的心情是很失望的。故选 C 。
9 ．推理判断题。根据 “The job has given me so much, and I can’t wait to go back to the convenience store and continue to grow from my experience.” 可知这份工作给了 “ 我 ” 很多东西， “ 我 ” 迫不及待地想回到便利店继续成长，由此可知作者在便利店工作后改变了很多。故选 D 。
10 ．词句猜测题。根据 “Meeting an impolite customer might make me feel bad, but very soon I could deal with it without difficulty.” 可知遇到一位没礼貌的顾客可能会让 “ 我 ” 感觉很不好，但是很快 “ 我 ” 就能毫无困难地解决这样的问题，由此可猜测代词 it 指代的是 “ 遇到没礼貌的顾客 ” 这件事。故选 C 。
11 ．最佳标题题。纵观全文，可知文章讲述的是作者在寒假时在一家便利店打工的经历，这份工作让他成长了很多，是一次非常有意义的工作体验。故选 D 。
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It’s always challenging to face fear. Here are some ways to help you overcome（克服）it.
Breathing
As we know, breathing can help us relax. If you purposely breathe out longer than you breathe in, your body will calm down. If you start to feel fearful, try this. Take a breath in (to a count of 7 in your mind), and then slowly breathe out (to a count of 11 in your mind). To your surprise, if you do this for a minute or so, you’ll calm down quickly. We call this "7/11 breathing".
Using a different part of your brain
When we feel fearful, it’s harder to think clearly. But if we force ourselves to use the part of thinking brain, this will help to calm us down. The easiest way to do this is with numbers. You can set your own fear from l to 10, 10 being the worst state and 1 being the most relaxed state. When you’re feeling fearful, ask yourself; “Okay, what grade do I get right now? 7 or 5?” Just doing this will reduce fear because it starts the thinking brain. Once I gave a speech to three hundred people and I felt fearful. So I graded myself at 6, and waited for myself to go down to 3 before starting. I took control.
Getting control of your imagination
Imagine seeing yourself in the situation you were scared, but see yourself being calm and things going well. Doing this starts to recondition your mind to more calmly face the coming events which were causing fear.
It seems that overcoming fear is always the first step to finish all you need to do and it will help you devote yourself to what you really want to be and to do. It takes efforts, but it’s worth your try.
| 59． to overcome fear | |||
| Introduction | It’s challenging to face fear in your life. | ||
| Ways | Breathing | To calm down, you can breathe out 60． than you breathe in. You’ll be 61． that you’ve calmed down very quickly if you take 7/11 breathing. | |
| Using a different part of your brain | You can set ten 62． for your own fear with numbers. Grading your state of mind helps 63． the thinking brain and make you 64． fearful. | ||
| Getting control of your imagination | Imagine you’re in a bad 65． but you feel calm and things go well. It can help you feel 66． to face the coming events. | ||
| Conclusion | To finish all you need to do, you must overcome fear 67． It’s worth 68． though it takes efforts. | ||
