Eye contact is a nonverbal technique that helps the speaker "sell" his or her ideas to an

Passage Two

Eye contact is a nonverbal (非语言的) technique that helps the speakers "sell" thier ideas to an audience. Besides its persuasive powers, eye contact helps hold listeners' interest. A successful speaker must maintain eye contact with an audience. To have good relation with listeners, a speaker should maintain direct eye contact for at least 75 percent of the time. Some speakers focus only on their notes. Others look over the heads of their listeners. Both are likely to lose audience's interest and respect. People who maintain eye contact while speaking, whether from a podium or from across the table, are regarded not only as exceptionally friendly by their target but also as more believable and earnest.

To show the power of eye contact in daily life, we have only to consider how passers-by behave when their glances happen to meet on the street. At one extreme are those people who feel obliged to smile when they make eye contact. At the other extreme are those who feel uncomfortable and immediately look away. To make eye contact, it seems, is to make a certain link with someone.

Eye contact with an audience also lets a speaker know and monitor (观察) his listeners. It is, in fact, essential to analyze an audience during a speech. Visual feedback (视觉反馈) from the audience can indicate that a speech is boring, that the speaker is talking too much about a particular point, or that a particular point requires further explanation. As we have pointed out, visual feedback from listeners should play an important role in shaping a speech as it is delivered.

What does the writer believe about a speaker's eye contact？

A．It makes the speaker closer to his audience.

B．It makes the audience lose the interest in his speech.

C．It makes the audience frightened of him.

D．It makes listeners see the speaker more clearly.

Section B

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

Eye contact is a nonverbal technique that helps the speaker "sell" his or her ideas to an audience. Besides its persuasive powers, eye contact helps hold listener interest. A successful speaker must maintain direct contact with an audience. To have good rapport (关系) with listeners, a speaker should maintain direct eye contact for at least 75 percent of the time. Some speakers focus exclusively on their notes. Others gaze over the heads of their listeners. Both are losing audience interest and esteem. People who maintain eye contact while speaking, from a podium (演讲台) or from across the table, are "regarded not only as exceptionally well-disposed by their target but also as more believable and earnest."

To show the potency of eye contact in daily life, we have only to consider how passers-by behave when their glances happen to meet on the street. At one extreme are those people who feel obliged to smile when they make eye contact. At the other extreme are those who feel awkward and immediately look away. To make eye contact, it seems, is to make a certain link with someone.

Eye contact with an audience also helps a speaker know and monitor the listeners. It is, in fact, essential for analyzing an audience during a speech. Visual cues from audience members can indicate that a speech is dragging, that the speaking is dwelling on a particular point too long, or that a particular point requires further explanation. As we have pointed out, visual feedback from learners should play an important role in shaping a speech as it is delivered.

The passage is mainly concerned with ______.

A．the importance of eye contact

B．the potency of non-verbal techniques

C．successful speech delivery

D．an effective way to gain visual feedback

A．A.the way one sits

B．B.how much one smiles

C．C.how much eye contact one makes

D．D.the telephone messages

A.the way one sits

B.how much one smiles

C.the telephone messages

D.how much eye contact one makes

Eye Contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication ______.

A．tragedy

B．vacuum

C．question

D．barrier

Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication _______.

A．tragedy

B．vacuum

C．question

D．barrier

Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication ______

A．barrier

B．tragedy

C．vacuum

D．question