Question

Hot words on the Internet don’t stay hot for long. “Geili” and “Fuyun”, last year’s biggest creations, are actually ____36____ on Internet now. What’s popular now is “hold steady”.

The term（术语）comes from the very Taiwanese TV show ____37___ includes Miss Lin (Xie Yilin) giving a lecture on how to ____38___ like a fashion queen at parties or on the bus. Although the lecture is mainly a mockery（嘲笑）of the fashion world, ____39____ Miss Lin makes a point: We need to hold steady in pressure-filled or embarrassing situations.

____40___ steady is one of the qualities the public has been ____41____ lately ____42___ pressures on marriage, work and money can easily drive people crazy.

The quality was ____43____ by a girl named Su Miaoling this year, who ____44___ in the TV singing competition “Super Girl”. ____45____ herself with confidence on stage, she kept ____46____ when others got anxious.

 “I like your poise(淡定). Very few people on this stage can keep calm like you do,” said one of the show’s judges, Hu Haiquan, to Su. Internet users named Su “Sister Poise”.

Poise is also appreciated in Western culture as an essential quality of a ____47____ person.

Each year, the National League of Junior Cotillions of the US releases a list of the Ten Best Mannered People. Kate Middleton was ____48____ as the one of the Ten Best Mannered People for the way ____49____ she showed herself in the public. The Duchess of Cambridge was also appreciated ____50____ this year for her remarkable poise at the royal wedding. That is good news for many because she has prove ____51____ true that poise is not born, but it can be got with a bit of ____52____.

About-personal-growth.com, a foreign website on personal growth guidance, gives ____53___ on how to stay poised.

 “Take a few deep breaths when you are facing a situation that tests your patience; practise yoga ____54___; say to yourself “I choose to be calm in any situation”; write down your encouragement daily to ____55____ the goal,” reads the site.

1.A. fashionable        B. outdated         C. hot      D. popular

2.A. which          B. where            C. that         D. who

3.A. sound              B. feel             C. look         D. act

4.A. yet                B. however          C. but              D. and

5. A. Held              B. Hold         C. Holding  D. Being held

6.A. looking for        B. looking back on  C. looking at   D. looking down

7.A. as             B. so           C. with         D. though

8.A. explained      B. exhibited        C. equipped     D. exchanged

9.A. turned down        B. turned around    C. turned on    D. turned up

10.A. Taking            B. Giving           C. Carrying     D. Earning

11.A. nervous           B. upset        C. frightened           D. cool

12.A. well-behaved  B. well-organized C. well-done  D. well-balanced

13.A. called            B. elected      C. chose            D. selected

14.A. which         B. in that      C. how          D. in which

15.A. early         B. earlier      C. earliest     D. former

16.A. that          B. what         C. it           D. this

17.A. effect        B. effort           C. affect   D. afford

18.A. advices       B. lectures         C. tips         D. courses

19.A. regularly B. commonly         C. usually      D. normally

20.A. set           B. make     C. have     D. achieve

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.C        

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.C   

11.D

12.A

13.D

14.D

15.B            

16.C

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

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