《2025年全品学练考高中英语必修第一册外研版》

A [2025·浙江金砖高中联盟高一期中]
Psychological avoidance（心理回避）or avoiding emotions, a common way to escape painful and uncomfortable thoughts, feelings or situations, can harm the emotional well-being and personal growth of high school freshmen. Actually, psychological avoidance can lead to increased levels of anxiety and stress. Avoiding fears and worries only allows them to grow stronger.
By avoiding challenging situations, it prevents students from developing important skills, limiting their opportunities for self-discovery and improvement. The famous author J. K. Rowling once said, “It is impossible to live without failing in something, unless you live so carefully that you might as well not have lived at all.”
Psychological avoidance directly affects how well students do in their studies. Freshmen who turn to avoidance will always procrastinate, or even miss deadlines. By avoiding the necessary efforts and tasks required for learning, students may struggle to gain information, reducing the opportunity to succeed in grades.
Psychological avoidance can also cause stress or discomfort to relationships. High school students may avoid discussing their feelings with friends or family members, leading to misunderstandings and a breakdown in communication. Instead of dealing with their emotions, they hold back or hide themselves. Students miss out on the chance to deepen their connections with friends, family and peers（同龄人）, making it harder for them to form healthy relationships.
Psychological avoidance may provide comfort for a short period, but in the long run it can have negative impacts on our mental health, personal growth, academic performance, relationships and other aspects of life. Breaking free from avoidance behaviours is important for academic success and self-confidence, and recognizing the harmful effects of avoidance is the first step.
（C）1. J. K. Rowling might agree that by avoiding challenging situations, _.
A. we fail to discover our thoughts and feelings
B. we can avoid failing in something more easily
C. we miss out on valuable learning experience
D. we have opportunities to avoid fears and worries
（A）2. What does the underlined word “procrastinate” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Put off tasks.
B. Escape from reality.
C. Miss out on chances.
D. Get out of control.
（D）3. How does psychological avoidance affect students' ability to form healthy relationships?
A. It leads to difficult discussions.
B. It deepens their connections with others.
C. It makes them fail to make new friends.
D. It causes them to escape further communication.
（C）4. What will the following paragraph probably talk about?
A. The harmful effects of psychological avoidance.
B. The forms of psychological avoidance behaviours.
C. The strategies of overcoming psychological avoidance.
D. The importance of breaking free from avoidance behaviours.

答案： 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C