
Look at one of the most famous shy people of them all, Johnny Carson. This man is painfully shy, yet for decades he made a living talking and associating with different people every night, in front of a national audience. Carson has never done away with his shyness, but he had successfully found a way to deal with it to that extent that he could be, not just a talk show host, but a legend among talk show hosts. Look also at Sally Fields, who has recently admitted her problem with shyness. This is a woman who has appeared in many films, TV shows, interviews yet in her early years she was so shy that she turned down a lunch invitation from Jane Fonda because she was terribly afraid of meeting her.
I guess that our shyness is there because each of us is born with some insecurity and this insecurity prevents us from reaching out to others the way people with a more open personality(个性)do. As we grow up and become adults, we have allowed our social skills to grow and develop. But we are still stuck in kindergarten(幼儿园)or elementary school or wherever it was that our shyness first took root in our psyches(心灵).
36. In the author's view, shyness can be defined as ________
A. a disease that can be easily cured.
B. a not very normal mental condition.
C. an emotional disability.
D. something we pick up after birth.
37. In the eyes of the author, it's a waste of time to ________
A. look for ways of doing away with one's shyness.
B. develop a healthy personality.
C. talk with as many people as possible.
D. study where shyness comes from.
38. Which of the following is true of Johnny Carson? ________
A. He dared to speak in front of a national audience.
B. He has done away with his shyness successfully.
C. He failed to become a good talk show host.
D. He was described as a hero in some legend books.
39. The passage tells us that Sally Fields was ________
A. proud all the time.
B. impolite when young.
C. shy in her early years. 考试用书
D. close to Jane Fonda.
40. The author thinks that our shyness is there because ________
A. we are not open enough.
B. we do not feel secure at heart.
C. we try to reach out to others all the time.
D. we lack certain social skills.
答案:36.C 37.A 38.A 39.C
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