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语言知识应用七 一　完形填空People who speak or perform before the public sometimes may suffer from Stage Fright. Stage fright makes a person 1 . In that 2 it can make ones mind go lank and forget 3 one ought to say, or to act. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even radio show hosts suffered from stage fright at one time or 4 . Diana Nichols is an expert in helping people 5 from stage fright at a medical center in New York City. She helps actors learn to 6 themselves. Miss Nichols says some people have always been 7 to perform before the audience. Others, she says, develop stage fright after a(n) 8 experience. She offers them ways to control the fear. One way is to smile 9 going onto the stage. Taking two deep breaths 10 helps. Deep breathing helps you 11 control of your body. Miss Nichols 12 her patients to tell themselves that their speech or performance does not have to be 13 . Its 14 to make a mistake. She tells them they should not be too nervous while they are performing. It is important that they should continue to perform while she is 15 them. After each performance, they discuss what happened and find out what 16 helped and what did not. 17 they perform more and more, they will fear less and less as much as 50%. Miss Nichols says the aim is only to reduce stage fright, not to smooth it away 18 . This is 19 a little stage fright makes a person more careful, and 20 the performance. 1. A. joyful B. anxious C. nervous D. hopeless 2. A. case B. mood C. sense D. condition 3. A. when B. what C. how D. whether 4. A. two B. other C. another D. the other 5. A. away B. free C. far D. absent 6. A. cure B. control C. hold D. protect 7. A. satisfied B. happy C. afraid D. surprised 8. A. te