专题能力训练九 完形填空(四)(说明文)
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(2014·合肥八中高三联考)
Giving a successful speech requires many things,but the most important is making eye contact.As a matter of fact,eye contact is to a speech 1 a hand-shake is to a greeting.
Eye contact is a nonverbal (非言语的) 2 that helps the speaker “sell” his or her ideas to the audience. 3 its persuasive powers,eye contact helps 4 listeners’ interest.Successful speakers must 5 eye contact for at least 75 percent of the time.Some speakers always 6 their notes.Others look over the 7 of their listeners at the back wall or the ceiling.Both are 8 to prevent you from 9 the audience’s expression.People who maintain eye contact while speaking,whether from a podium (演讲台) or from across the table,are regarded as more 10 and sincere.
To show the 11 of eye contact in daily life,we have only to consider how passers-by 12 when their glances happen to meet on the street.At one 13 are those people who feel obliged to smile when they make eye contact.At the other extreme are those who feel 14 and immediately look away.To make eye contact,it seems,is to make a certain 15 with someone.
Eye contact with an audience also lets a speaker know and control the listeners.It is,in fact,important to 16 an audience during a speech.Visual cues (视觉暗示) from audience members can 17 that a speech is dragging,that the speaker is talking about a 18 point for too long,or that a point requires further 19 .As we have pointed out,visual feedback (视觉反馈) from listeners should play an important role in 20 a speech as it is delivered.
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