People who speak or perform before the public sometimes may suffer from “stage fright”. Stage fright makes a person   1  . In the worst case, it can make one's mind   2   what one ought to say, or do. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even radio show hosts have   3   stage fright at one time or another.

Bonny Miles is an expert in helping people   4   themselves from stage fright at a medical center in New York City. She helps actors learn   5  . Miss Miles says some people have always been afraid to perform before audience. Others, she says, have stage fright after a fearful   6  . She offers them ways to control   7  . One way is to   8   before going into the stage. Taking two deep breaths also helps. Deep breathing helps you get control of your body.

Miss Miles   9   her patients to tell themselves that their speech or performance does not have to be   10  . It's all right to make a mistake. She tells them they should not be too cautious(小心的) while they are performing. It is   11   that they should continue to perform while she is helping them. After each performance, they   12   what happened and find out what   13   helped and what did not. As they perform more, they will fear

  14  , by as much as 10%. Miss Miles says the aim is only to reduce stage fright, not to get rid of it   15  . This is because a little stage fright makes a person more cautious, and improves their performance.

1.A.curious                     B.disappointed          C.hopeless                 D.afraid

2.A.lose                          B.destroy                 C.forget                    D.remember

3.A.learned from              B.suffered from        C.met with                D.kept from

4.A.free                          B.keep                     C.prevent                  D.stop

5.A.self-act                     B.self-control           C.independence          D.courage

6.A.life                            B.accident                C.matter                    D.experience

7.A.spirit                         B.danger                  C.fear                       D.happy

8.A.shout                        B.smile                    C.sing                       D.whisper

9.A.persuades                  B.orders                  C.warns                    D.permits

10.A.mistaken                  B.successful            C.perfect                   D.wrong

11.A.impossible               B.useless                 C.false                      D.useful

12.A.discuss                    B.refer                     C.know                     D.quarreled

13.A.education                 B.advice                  C.instruction              D.information

14.A.more                       B.so                        C.less                        D.much

15.A.partly                B.exactly            C.generally          D.completely

 A man made a nice talk machine. It could weigh people’s weight. The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of them. He put the machine into the waiting of a station. There were a lot of people in and out.

       The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine. The machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak.

       “Good morning, madam,” it said in Indian, “Your weight is 72 kilos. That’s three kilos more. If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you’ll be soon all right. Please have a nice day.”

       The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl. She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight.

       “Good morning, Miss,” The machine said in Chinese .Your weight is 45 kilos .It’s all right for your age and height. Go on to eat what you eat every day. Please have a nice day.”

       The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman .She thought for a long time to stand on the machine. The machine spoke highly in English, “ Good morning, Will one of you get off?”

1.       What did the man make?

2.       Who was the first person to use the machine?

3.       How many languages did the machine speak in this passage?

4.       How much did the first woman weigh at most if she wanted to be healthier?

5.       What is the meaning of the last sentence in this passage?

Making friend is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing（乐意） to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone.
Join a club or group, talking with those who like the same things you do is much easier. Or join someone in some activity. Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.
Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are giving an opinion about us-finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same away. Try to accept(接受)yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease(不拘束). You’ll both feel more comfortable.
Try to keep self-confident(自信)even when you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall(趾高气扬)and straight, look directly at other people and smile. If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.
Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is based on each other’s liking and “give and take”. They take time and efforts to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.
【小题1】If you want to meet people and make friends, what should you do?

Making friend is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing（乐意） to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone.
Join a club or group, talking with those who like the same things you do is much easier. Or join someone in some activity.
Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.
Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are giving an opinion about us-finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same away. Try to accept(接受)yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease(不拘束). You’ll both feel more comfortable.
Try to keep self-confident(自信)even when you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall(趾高气扬)and straight, look directly at other people and smile.
If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.
Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is based on each other’s liking and “give and take”. They take time and efforts to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.
【小题1】If you want to meet people and make friends, what should you do?

Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it ?? with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to ?? some actions. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home? ?? .

Join a club or group, talk with those who like the same things ?? you do is much easier. Or join someone ?? some activity.

Many people are nervous when talking to new people. ?? all, meeting strangers means ?? the unknown. And it’s human nature to? ?? a bit uncomfortable(不舒服)about the unknown.

? ?? our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts(怀疑)about ?? . We imagine other people are judging us, finding us too tall ?? too short, too this or too that, but don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself? ?? you are, and try to put the other person at ease(不拘束).You’ll both feel more comfortable.

Try to ?? self-confident(自信)even if you don’t feel that way when you ?? a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall and straight, look directly ?? other people and smile.

If you see someone, you’d like to ?? , say something. Don’t wait for ?? person to start a conversation(谈话).

Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will ?? friends with that person. Friendship is based on mutual(相互的)liking and “give and take”. It ?? time and effort to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from? ?? .??

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8.A. see???????? B. touch???? ?????? C. feel????????????? D. do

9.A. Many?????? B. Some???????????? C. Much?????????? D. Most of

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11.A. and??????? B. but?????????????? C. or?????????????? D. as

12.A. like??????? B. as??????????????? C. what??????????? D. that

13.A. make?????? B. act? as???????????? C. like??????????????? D. express

14.A. come to???? B. go to???????????? C. enter?????????????? D. step to

15.A. for???????? B. to?????????????? C. at????????????????? D. about?

16.A. speak to???? B. talk to?????????? C. say to?????????????? D. call up

17.A. other?????? B. the other???????? C. another???????????? D. others

18.A. make?????? B. do?????????????? C. turn???????????????? D. put

19.A. costs?????? B. takes???????????? C. spends????????????? D. uses

20.A. growing???? B. living??????????? C. increasing?????????? D. happening