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冲刺2023年中考英语首字母填空临考押题（上海专用）02 （一） “I’ve seen a huge difference in Irina since she started talking to a life coach,” says her mother Sylvana. “I get on very well with Irina, but she can’t always talk to me about everything. Talking to s____1____ who listens but is not a close family member is very important.” What is a life coach? An athlete improves because he trains with a coach. A life coach can also guide you to success. A life coach e____2____ you to think not only about what you want, but also about how you are going to get it. Until now, life coaches have helped adults, for example, business executives who need to make decisions or parents who want some advice on bringing up their children. Now it’s the t____3____ of our young people. Life Coach Simone Waltz Simon Waltz, a former radio producer, set up her life coaching company five years ago. “I offer teenagers a place to talk, to decide on their future plans and to solve problems,” says Waltz. Jem’s parents are delighted with what Waltz has done. Jem has got a place at university to study medicine but he has decided to take part in a volunteer project in central Africa first. “Yes, we were s____4____, but Jem is still very young. This experience abroad will help him grow up before he goes to university here.” Life coach Tara Newhouse Tara tells the story of a 15-year-old who was failing in science, u____5____they found out she learnt best through music. Once she made up songs to learn, then she achieved 99 percent in her tests. Tara has also helped Sylvana’s daughter, Irina, who was not sure whether she would go to university. Now she hopes to get into a top university. Irina now feels more c____6____ about everything. She has even taken up exercise for the first time in years. Life coach Mo Ahmed Mo Ahmed has coached children as young as five years old, “It could be something as simple as learning multiplication tables（乘法表）—asking them how they’re going to do it, how are they going to make it fun?” Mo has