【正文】 ion from it C. discussing it with specialists D. recalling the specifics Passage Four Public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation is the greatest fear； selfexposure and failing to appeal to the audience e a close second. Women hate it most, since girls are pressurized from an early age to be concerned with appearances of all kinds. Most people have plenty of insecurities, and this seems like a situation that will bring them out. If parents, teachers or peers mocked your foibles as a child, you fear a repeat. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are terrified of failing in the most public of ways. While extroverts will feel less fear before the ordeal, it does not mean they will necessarily do it better. Some very shy people manage to shine. In fact, personality is not the best predictor of who does it well. Regardless of what you are like in real life, the key seems to be to act yourself. Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, does not do the job. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed, written screeds to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not be true. Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Diana’s funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally. The script rarely works and it is used as a crutch by most people. But, being yourself doesn’t work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, it would be too authentic, too unaware of the need to municate with an audience. I remember going to see British psychiatrist RD Laing speak in public. He behaved like a seriously odd person, talking off the top of his head. Although he was talking about madness and he wrote on mental illness, he seemed to be exhibiting rather than explaining it. The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious selfconsciousness, providing the illusion of being natural. Studies suggest that this state of “flow”, as psycho1ogists call it, is very satisfying. Whether in normal life or making speeches, the key is to remind yourself that, contrary to what your teachers or parents may have implied, your best is good enough. In the zone, a strange place of authentic falsehood and shallow depth, play is possible. 59. For most people the biggest fear for public speaking is_ ___ A. 1ooking foolish. B. failing in words. C. not attracting attention. D. appearing pressurized. 60. According to the passage shy people_ ___ A. have greater difficulty than extrovert ones. B. are not good at acting. C. may well do a good job in a speech. D. are better speakers in the public eye. 61. A successful speech maker is usually one who_ ___ A. can act naturally. B. makes careful preparations. C. rehearses adequately. D. can get across easily. 62. The example of the British psychiatrist in Paragraph 6 shows a failure in_ ___ A. showing modesty in public. B. talking about one39。 only one or two minor points he made were not closely connected with the matter being discussed. A. reliable B. relative C. related D. relating 31. A laser beam can be turned into a _ _ weapon. A. dead B. dying C. deadly D. deathly 32. I was _ _ when I learnt that your application for the post of secretary had been unsuccessful. A. regrettable B. regretted C. regretful D. regrettably 33. Weightlifting is an _ _ exercise. A. exhausting B. exhaustive C. exhausted D. exhaustible 34. Tom is the most_ _ pupil in the class. A. industrious B. indulgent C. industrialist D. industrial 35. Henry wasn39。 1 全真 模擬試題 C Part I: Vocabulary (20 points) 1. That Pacific island attracts shoals of tourists with its rich ____of folk arts. A. heritage B. heredity C. heroism D. hermitage 2. As for the missing funds, the pany manager, when demanded to give an explanation, could not even e up with a ____one. A. plaintive B. pervasive C. perpetual D. plausible 3. The government’ s policies in the past five years have shown a(n)____in emphasizing the necessity of improving the peasants’ livelihood. A. exaltation B. coherence C. agony D. behavior 4. The Chinese world diving champion was ____from the national team, which news has been frontpage report in the country for several days. A. displayed B. dispersed C. disarmed D. dismissed 5. A et is distinguished from other bodies in the solar system____. A. into its appearance B. off its appearance C. by its appearance D. to its appearance 6. The failure of the experiment to produce the expected result should alone be _________ to your carelessness. A. contributed B. ascribed C. distributed D. prescribed 7. Susan made careful __________ as to the kinds of cake and candy needed for her party. A. stimulation B. appreciation C. identification D. specification 8. If excellent work results in frequent pay increases or promotions, the workers will have greater _________ to produce. A. incentive B. initiative C. instruction D. instinct 9. Substances, whether in the solid, liquid, or gaseous state, possess __________ which are independent of the force of cohesion. A. attributes B. tendencies C. elements D. ingredients 10. Napoleon was ___________ at the battle of Waterloo in 1815. A. sublimated B. interspersed C. vanquished D. interposed 11. Sarah ___________articles to the New York Times from time to time. A. distributes B. issues C. subscribes D. contributes 12. The rain looked as though it had ___________for the night. A. set off B. se