Question 54: Which of the following is best supported by the passage?

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 A number of factors related to the voice reveal the personality of the speaker.

The first is the broad area of communication, which includes imparting information by use of language, communicating with a group or an individual and specialized communication through performance. A person conveys thoughts and ideas through choice of words, by a tone of voice that is pleasant or unpleasant, gentle or harsh, by the rhythm that is inherent within the language itself, and by speech rhythms that are flowing and regular or uneven and hesitant, and finally, by the pitch and melody of the utterance. When speaking before a group, a person's tone may indicate uncertainty or fright, confidence or calm. At interpersonal levels, the tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen, or may belie them. Here the participant’s tone can consciously or unconsciously reflect intuitive sympathy or antipathy, lack of concern or interest, fatigue, anxiety, enthusiasm or excitement, all of which are usually discernible by the acute listener. Public performance is a manner of communication that is highly specialized with its own techniques for obtaining effects by voice and /or gesture. The motivation derived from the text, and in the case of singing, the music, in combination with the performer's skills, personality, and ability to create empathy will determine the success of artistic, political, or pedagogic communication.

   Second, the voice gives psychological clues to a person's self-image, perception of others, and emotional health. Self-image can be indicated by a tone of voice that is confident, pretentious, shy, aggressive, outgoing, or exuberant, to name only a few personality traits. Also the sound may give a clue to the facade or mask of that person, for example, a shy person hiding behind an overconfident front. How a speaker perceives the listener's receptiveness, interest, or sympathy in any given conversation can drastically alter the tone of presentation, by encouraging or discouraging the speaker. Emotional health is evidenced in the voice by free and melodic sounds of the happy, by constricted and harsh sound of the angry, and by dull and lethargic qualities of the depressed.

The word "Here" in line 9 refers to _____ .

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The next meeting _________ in May.

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The librarian told us not _________ reference books out of the library.

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__________ candidates are likely to succeed in job interviews. 

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In Vietnam, two or more ________ may live in a home. 

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A good essay must __________contain enough interesting ideas and specific exam but also have good organization

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Today’s scientists have overcome many of the challenges of the depth by using more sophisticated tools.

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Each year about fifty hundred species of plants and animals are already being eliminated.

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I just can't ______ that noise any longer!

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It’s(A) not that I don’t like her, but I object (B) to be called (C) that by her. I am  not her“buddy”, (D) am I?

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The ground is wet. It ________ rained last night.

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______ should a young child be allowed to play with fireworks without adult supervision

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_________ migrate long distances is well documented.

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The boy was sent to the police because of several ________ that he had taken part in.

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I can^’t sleep ________ the hot weather.

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John: "Congratulations! You did great.                      Mary:  - " ___________.”