Comfort zone is the mental place surrounded by borders in our mind where we feel secure.Even though this comfort area and its boundaries are just a state of mind that has nothing to do with reality，it plays a huge role in the progress of our development.Since the comfort zone is limited，there is not much benefit for you inside your comfort zone.Nothing new will happen until you open yourself and leave your comfort zone.

Even though your background may be affecting your present situation，what really matters is not where you were born，your skin color，race，age，gender，religion，government，or even the poor environment in which you have been living for so many years，but what really matters and makes a big difference in your life is your attitude，to understand your comfort zone，how you limit yourself within it，who you are，why you behave the way you do it，and mainly where you are going.

Sadly many people don’t go anywhere because they stay within their comfort zone.They accept defeat after defeat before even trying or knowing how capable or valuable they really are.These circumstances are not the cause of our actual situation but the conformism (因循守舊) and the poverty of our thoughts and therefore the weakness of our broken spirit. Leave your past behind；constantly transcend (超越) your comfort zone！Your past within this comfort zone is nothing but a wasted load that you don’t need to carry at all.

Take constant action as many times as it is required and never，never quit. As Napoleon Hill said，“A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. Defeat is never a failure；no circumstance ever is failure until it is accepted by the individual as a failure.” Nothing is impossible for an optimist attitude；everything is possible when we start blindly trusting ourselves，when we have a burning desire to succeed and a blind determination to make our dreams come true；everything is possible when we don’t take a no for an answer.

1. What is comfort zone according to the passage?

A．A place in our realistic life where we obtain comfort.

B．A mental place in our mind where we stick to our beliefs.

C．A limited place in our mind where we feel safe.

D．A secret place in our mind where we communicate with ourselves.

2. The author believes staying in our comfort zone can________.

A．prevent us from being aware of the reality

B．protect us from the cruel reality

C．push our development in life

D．stop us making progress in life

3. Napoleon Hill is quoted in the last paragraph to show that________.

A．one should not quit in order to succeed

B．a(chǎn) successful person can’t leave his comfort zone

C．there is a great difference between defeat and failure

D．it is important to take constant actions

4.The writing style of this passage can be described as________.

A．defensive B．persuasive

C．subjective D．supportive

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