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As we all know, music is p___小题1:____ the most importantpart in our day-to-day lives. Some songs can ___小题2:____ (激励) us and drive us forward, while _____小题3:_____ may remind us ___小题4:__ the people whom we love. Many important occasions like those of ___小题5:____ (婚礼) or sports and games have their special music. Every nation has its n____小题6:___ anthem. With years p_____小题7:___ by, music grows and changes.Modern science has also changed music. Inventions like records, radios, movies, ___小题8:____ (电的) instrument, tapes,recorders and videos have changed the way in ___小题9:___ we play and listen to music; they have h___小题10:_____ to make music an important form of international communication.

答案

小题1:playing

小题2:inspire

小题3:others

小题4:of

小题5:wedding

小题6:national

小题7:passing

小题8:electric

小题9:which

小题10:helped

题目分析:文章介绍了音乐在我们日常生活中起着重要的作用,一些音乐可以激励我们,很多重要的场合如:婚礼,运动会都有特殊的音乐,随着时间的变化,音乐发生了变化。

小题1:句意:众所周知,音乐在我们的日常生活中起着重要的作用。Play a….part起着..作用,被be动词连用用playing

小题2:句意:一些音乐可以激励我们驱使我们前进。动词“激励”inspire

小题3:和some连用,用others,表示“一些…其他的…”

小题4:其他的歌曲使我们想起我们爱的人。Remind sb of sth使某人想起…

小题5:很多重要的场合如:婚礼,运动会都有特殊的音乐。名词:婚礼:wedding

小题6:每个国家都有自己的国歌。形容词:国家的:national

小题7:几年过去了,音乐变化了。这是with复合结构,year和pass是主动关系:passing

小题8:electric instrument电器

小题9:in which引导定语从句,修饰先行词the way

小题10:他们帮助音乐成为国际交流的重要的形式。和have连用用过去分词:helped

单项选择题

Public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation is the greatest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the audience come 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, a 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 communicate 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 self-consciousness, providing the illusion of being natural. Studies suggest that this state of "flow", as psychologists 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.

"Shallow depth" in the last paragraph implies ().

A. being yourself in the performance

B. trying to look serious

C. pretending to be well-prepared

D. being seemingly knowledgeable

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