文章大意:这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了作者恐惧公开演讲,而且害怕别人看出自己紧张和不自信。然而,根据一项引人注目的新研究,这些担忧可能是不必要的。研究指出压力的明显迹象通常很有吸引力,让别人更有可能喜欢我们,热情地对待我们。
1 . Like many people, public speaking once filled me with fear As a writer, I felt much more ________ expressing myself on the page, rather than on the ________. Strangely, I found that the feelings of ________ to be perfectly tolerable; ________, I was concerned with the ways that others would perceive my nervous energy. A slight change of ________, the unconscious biting of my lip — I assured that I’d be ________ for any nom-verbal signal that showed my lack of ________. I was experiencing anxiety about my anxiety—consequences that made the whole task feel much more ________.
You might have ________ this yourself before a job interview or important work meeting in front of senior colleagues. And the more you try to ________ your feelings, the more obvious they appear to others.
According to a striking new study, however, these concerns may be ________. Jamie Whitehouse, a research fellow at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, has shown that visible signs of stress are often ________, leaving others more likely to like us and treat us ________. If so, then we need not try so hard to ________ a calm-and-collected poker face, safe in the knowledge that people will relate well to our ________.
1. A.anxious | B.comfortable | C.cautious | D.hesitant |
2. A.exam room | B.video call | C.stage center | D.teacher’s desk |
3. A.burden | B.loneliness | C.conflict | D.anxiety |
4. A.besides | B.instead | C.therefore | D.otherwise |
5. A.voice | B.appearance | C.attitude | D.routine |
6. A.paused | B.rejected | C.assessed | D.warned |
7. A.knowledge | B.experience | C.process | D.confidence |
8. A.astonishing | B.terrifying | C.pressing | D.confusing |
9. A.noticed | B.refreshed | C.mentioned | D.supposed |
10. A.permit | B.declare | C.hide | D.deserve |
11. A.practical | B.inaccurate | C.unpredictable | D.unnecessary |
12. A.appealing | B.annoying | C.frustrating | D.convincing |
13. A.warmly | B.apparently | C.curiously | D.casually |
14. A.remind | B.require | C.wander | D.maintain |
15. A.attention | B.expectation | C.emotions | D.appreciation |