Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.
问题1选项
A.They try hard to avoid getting off on the wrong foot.
B.They spend too much time anticipating their defeat.
C.They take too many irrelevant factors into account.
D.They make careful preparations beforehand.
问题2选项
A.Mental images often interfere with athletes’ performance.
B.Golfers usually have positive mental images of themselves.
C.Thinking has the same effect on the nervous system as doing.
D.A person’s nervous system is more complicated than imagined.
问题3选项
A.Anticipate possible problems.
B.Make a list of do’s and don’ts.
C.Try to appear more professional.
D.Picture themselves succeeding.
问题4选项
A.She won her first jury trial.
B.She wore a designer dress.
C.She presented moving pictures.
D.She did not speak loud enough.
Passage One [9] When facing a new situation, some people tend to rehearse their defeat by spending too much time anticipating the worst. I remember talking with a young lawyer who was about to begin her first jury trial. She was very nervous. I asked what impression she wanted to make on the jury. She replied, “I don’t want to look too inexperienced; I don’t want them to suspect this is my first trial.” This lawyer had fallen victim to the “don’ts” syndrome—a form of negative goal setting. The “don’ts” can be self-fulfilling because your mind responds to pictures. [10] Research conducted at Stanford University shows a mental image fires the nervous system the same way as actually doing something. That means when a golfer foretells himself “Don’t hit the ball into the water”, his mind sees the image of the ball flying into the water. So guess where the ball will go. Consequently, before going into any stressful situation, [11] focus only on what you want to have happen. I asked the lawyer again how she wanted to appear at her first trial, and this time she said, “I want to look professional and self-assured.” I told her to create a picture of what self-assured would look like. To her, it meant moving confidently around the court room, using convincing body language and projecting her voice, so it could be heard from the judge’s bench to the back door. She also imagined a skillful closing argument and a winning trial. A few weeks after this positive stress rehearsal, [12] the young lawyer did win.
9. What do some people do when they face a new situation? 【试题答案】B 【试题解析】题目问当一些人面对一个新的情况时，他们会做什么?录音开头提及，在面对全新的情况时，有些人老是预料自己可能会失败的情形，会花太多时间去想事情最坏的情况。B选项“他们花太多时间去预料失败的情况”中的their defeat是对录音原文中the worst的替换，与原文表述相符，因此正确。A选项“他们努力避免出师不利”；C选项“他们考虑了太多不相关的因素”和D选项“他们事先作了周密的准备”在录音中均没有信息提及，因此排除。 10. What does the research conducted at Stanford University show? 【试题答案】C 【试题解析】题目问斯坦福大学的研究表明了什么? 录音中提及，一项在斯坦福大学进行的研究表明，大脑想象激发神经系统的方式与实际做某事的方式相同，也就是说，“想”和“做”对神经系统的影响是一样的，因此C选项正确。A选项“大脑想象经常影响运动员的表现”和D选项“人的神经系统比想象中复杂得多”在录音中均没有提及，因此排除；B选项“高尔夫球手通常对自己有积极的大脑想象”与录音中提到的高尔夫球手的例子刚好相反，因此不正确。 11. What advice does the speaker give to people in a stressful situation? 【试题答案】D 【试题解析】题目问说话者给处于压力下的人们什么建议? 说话者指出：在面对有压力的情况时，只需集中精神去想你希望发生的事情。D选项“想象自己成功的画面”与录音内容表述相符，因此正确。A选项“预见可能出现的问题”；B选项“列出注意事项”在录音中均未提及；C选项“试着表现得更专业些”是说话人提及的某位新手律师的情况，并不是对一般人的普遍建议，因此排除。 12. What do we learn about the lawyer in the court? 【试题答案】A 【试题解析】题目问关于法庭上的律师，我们知道什么？说话者对那位第一次参与陪审团庭审案件的律师说，她只需要在过程中想象自己自信的样子是怎样就行了。录音结尾提到，这位律师最后赢了那场官司。A选项“她在首次参与的陪审团庭审案件中打赢了官司”与原文表述相符，因此正确。B选项“她穿了设计师礼服”在录音中没有信息提及；C选项“她展示了移动的画面”利用moving设置干扰，实际上录音原文并没有提及，因此排除；D选项“她说话的声音不够大”，录音提到，这位律师上庭前想象自己自信的样子，其中包括在法庭中发言响亮，可见她后来在庭上发言时是足够大声的，因此D选项不正确。
