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（一）
evidently at times of like
A. look (1) _____a fool
B. (2) ____to a significant degree
C. the way it would (3) ____ physical danger
Why is stage fright so universal when it does not pose a physical threat?
Our self-confidence and self-esteem are threatened, (4) ____. No normal person wants to (5) ____.Consequently, a speaking situation does involve threat, not physical but psychological. The brain instructs the body to react exactly (6) ____. In essence, the brain tells the body, " Get ready to fight off the danger or to run away from it".
（二）
far selling largely
A. it is (7) ____too soon
B. so reports of sales are (8) _____inaccurate
C. (9) ____everything from computer gear to income tax preparation service
The Internet offers, among other things, "an electronic mall" with scores of retailers, (10)
____. As with anything on the Internet, it is highly decentralized, with no one authority keeping track of transactions, (11) ____. But many of the reports are discouraging.
But (12)____ to sound the death knell(丧钟)for electronic retailing. One reason, say analysts and service providers, is that consumers are only beginning to understand the possibilities of the new technology.
（三）
as fast as outscoring them less and less concentrate on
A. he stumbles (13) ____
B. who were reading almost three times (14) ____the other children
C. still (15) ____on accuracy, comprehension and vocabulary
D. so he can (16) ____the meaning of the text
A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and decoding the words. With practice, (17) ____, reading by the phrase. With automaticity, he does not have to think about decoding the words, (18) ____.
It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwest University found automatic readers in the first grade (19) ____ and scoring twice as high on comprehension tests. At fifth grade, the automatic readers were reading twice as fast as the others, and (20) ____.
（四）
to scope with
A. a large population gives more (1) ____for
B. (2) ____feed a large population
C. could be obtained (3) _____a small population
The advantages and disadvantages of a large population have long been a subject of discussion among economists. It has been argued that the supply of good land is limited. (4)____, inferior land must be cultivated and the good land worked intensively. Thus, each person produces less and this means a lower average income than (5) ____. Other economists have argued that (6) ____specialization and the development of facilities such as ports, roads and railways, which are not likely to be built unless there is a big demand to justify them.
（五）
likely conclusive susceptible
A. is not (7) ____about
B. also were (8) ____to alcoholism
C. was more (9) ____to take up
This evidence in itself (10) ____anything. After all, it may be the constant exposure and easy access to alcohol that cause the children of alcoholics to become alcoholics themselves. But there is more evidence. The study found that children bore to alcoholic parents but raised by
non-drinking foster parents (11) _____. This group of offspring (12) ____drinking than youngsters who were born of and raised by non-drinking parents.
