Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。试题

According to some experts, people form first impressions 1. (base) first on how you look, then on how you sound, and finally on what you say. Your physical appearance —how you look—makes up 55 percent of a first impression. This includes 2. (face) expressions, body language, and eye contact, as well as clothing and general appearance. The way you sound makes up 38 percent of the first impression. People listen to your sound and decide 3. you sound friendly or unfriendly, interested or bored, and happy or sad. What you say— the actual words you use — 4. (count) for only 7 percent of the massage. People form their first impressions within ten minutes of meeting you. And first impressions don’t change  5. (easy).

Then how to create a great first impression? The key is to present yourself properly. Let’s start 6. the way you dress. What is the appropriate dress in a business setting? Ask 7. (your) what the person you’ll be meeting is likely to wear. For business and social meetings, appropriate dress is also different between countries and cultures, so it’s something 8. you should pay particular attention to when in 9. unfamiliar country. Make sure you know the traditions. Also, clean and tidy appearance is important. A good haircut and shave. Clean and tidy clothes. Neat and tidy make-up. Add all of this up and you are well on the way to 10. (create) a good first impression.

Answer

1. based

2. facial

3. whether

4. counts

5. easily

6. with

7. yourself

8. that

9. an

10. creating

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章作者对于如何给别人留下好的第一印象，给出了一些方法和建议。

1.考查非谓语动词。句意：根据一些专家的说法，人们形成第一印象的基础首先是你的长相，然后是你的声音，最后是你说了什么。base的逻辑主语是first impressions，它们之间是被动关系，用过去分词，所以填based。

2.考查形容词。这包括面部表情，肢体语言，眼神接触，以及衣服和一般的外观。该空修饰名词expressions，用形容词，所以填facial。

3.考查宾语从句。句意：人们会听你的声音来判断你的声音是友好还是不友好，是感兴趣还是无聊，是快乐还是悲伤。____3____ you sound friendly or unfriendly, interested or bored, and happy or sad.是一个宾语从句，引导词在从句中不作任何成分，表示“是否”的意思，所以填whether。

4.考查主谓一致。句意：你所说的话实际只占信息的7%。从句What you say作主语，谓语动词用单数，所以填counts。

5.考查副词。句意：第一印象不会轻易改变。该空修饰动词change，用副词，所以填easily。

6.考查固定短语。句意：让我们从你的着装开始。start with从…开始，该短语是固定短语，所以填with。

7.考查反身代词。句意：问问自己，你要见的人可能穿什么衣服。文中表示“问问自己”，用反身代词，所以填yourself。

8.考查定语从句。____8____ you should pay particular attention to是一个定语从句，修饰先行词something，关系词词在从句中作宾语，指物，前先行词是不定代词，只能用that，不能用which，所以填that。

9.考查冠词。文中表示“当你在一个不熟悉的国家”，是泛指，unfamiliar的首字母的发音是元音，所以填不定冠词an。

10.考查固定用法。句意：把所有这些加起来，你就已经在创造良好第一印象的路上了。on the way to在去…的路上，该用法是固定用法，其中to是介词，后面接v+ing形式，所以填creating。