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

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　　One day when Jamie came home after school, his mother had on her“worry”face. He knew she was thinking of 1 . “It’s bad out there. Black clouds are coming from the sea.”Jamie said.

　　“Yes. I’m thinking of those fishing boats at sea, ”she said.

　　At that moment, 2 went out. Jamie and his mother were in the dark.

　　“The coastline will be in the dark, ”Jamie’s mother said. She got more worried.“ 3 always come in threes. I broke my best glasses this morning, and my sister had cold.”

　　“Now, don’t worry, mum. They’re 4 to come through this all right. ”

　　But Jamie really worried about those fishing boats himself. The fishing boats would 5 the cove(海湾)in the dark.

　　Jamie took flares(火焰信号弹)and rushed into the wind. There was a cliff by the sea. He started to climb. He 6 himself up hand over hand. At last he reached the top.

　　He 7 three times. On the fourth try he fired out one of the flares. It rose and cut into the black sky in bright light. Then he saw an answering flare up at sea. Jamie fired off two more. He saw another answering flare up, then another, then another. The answering flares from the finshing boats showed they 8 the entrance to the cove but then changed course and were 9 sailing into the cove. They were almost home.

　　Jamie helped 10 the fishermen of the village.

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