Approximately, forty percent of Americans see themselves as shy, while only 20 percent say they have never suffered from shyness at some point in their lives. Shyness occurs when a person's apprehensions are so great that they 62 his making an expected or desired social response. 63 of shyness can be as minor as 64 to make eye contact when speaking to someone, 65 as major as avoiding conversations whenever possible.
"Shy people tend to be too 66 with themselves," said Jonathan Cheek, a psychologist, who is one of those at the forefront of current research on the topic." 67 , for a smooth conversation, you need to pay attention to the other person's cues, 68 he is saying and doing. But the shy person is full of 69 about how he seems to the other person, and so he often 70 cues he should pick up. The result is an awkward lag in the conversation. Shy people need to stop focusing on 71 and switch their attention to the other person."
72 , shy people by and large have 73 social abilities than they think they do. 74 Dr. Cheek videotaped shy people talking to 75 , and then had raters (评估者) evaluate how socially skilled the people were, he found that, in the 76 of other people, the shy group had few 77 problems. But when he asked the shy people themselves 78 they had done, they were unanimous in saying that they had been social hops(失败).
"Shy people are their own 79 critics," Dr. Cheek said. 80 , he added, shy people feel they are being judged more 81 than they actually are, and overestimate how obvious their social anxiety is to others.
62. A) prevent B) inhibit C) keep D) motivate
63. A) Symptoms B) Signals C) Highlights D) Incidences
64. A) succeeding B) failing C) acting D) responding
65. A) but B) not C) or D) nor
66. A) preoccupied B) absorbed C) engaged D) indulged
67. A) However B) Then C) For example D) Instead
68. A) that B) which C) what D) how
69. A) worries B) feelings C) emotions D) indifferences
70. A) follows B) picks up C) misses D) catches
71. A) the conversation B) shyness
C) others D) themselves
72. A) Therefore B) Nevertheless
C) On the contrary D) Similarly
73. A) worse B) as good C) better D) best
74. A) When B) Since C) While D) As
75. A) themselves B) friends C) strangers D) others
76. A) name B) terms C) case D) eyes
77. A) oblivious B) obvious C) oblique D) obscure
78. A) what B) whatever C) how D) however
79. A) best B) justice C) fair D) worst
80. A) In particular B) In contrast C) In general D) In comparison
81. A) positively B) negatively C) subjectively D) objectively
Dr. Cheek说，“害羞的人是自身最苛刻的批评家。”他接着说，一般来讲，害羞的人感觉别人对自己的评价很负面，事实并非如此;他们过高地估计了自己的社交焦虑，其实在他人眼中并没有那么明显。
62.答案B
解析：考生要特别注意，此句中的they指代前面的主语apprehensions，忧惧过多，就阻碍了他们的反应。选项A、B、C都有“阻碍”之意，A和C的常用搭配是prevent/keep sb. (from) doing sth.，而B的常用搭配为prohibit doing sth。D意为“鼓励，刺激”，常用搭配为motivate sb. to do sth.。
