Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Passage One

    When facing a new situation, some people tend to rehearse their defeat by spending too much time anticipating the worst. I remember talking with a young lawyer who was about to begin her first jury trial. She was very nervous. I asked what impression she wanted to make on the jury. She replied: “I don’t want to look too inexperienced, I don’t want them to suspect this is my first trial.” This lawyer had fallen victims to the “don’ts” syndrome—a form of negative goals setting. The “don’ts” can be self-fulfilling because your mind response to pictures.

    Research conducted at Stanford University shows a mental image fires the nerve system the same way as actually doing something. That means when a golfer tells himself: “Don’t hit the ball into the water.” His mind sees the image of the ball flying into the water. So guess where the ball will go?

    Consequently, before going into any stressful situation, focus only on what you want to have happen. I asked the lawyer again how she wanted to appear at her first trial. And this time she said: “I want to look professional and self-assured. “I told her to create a picture of what self-assured would look like. To her, it meant moving confidently around the court room, using convincing body language and projecting her voice, so it could be heard from the judge’s bench to the back door. She also imagined a skillful closing argument and a winning trial. A few weeks after this positive stress rehearsal, the young lawyer did win.

9. What do some people do when they face a new situation?

解析：C。本题目为细节题。问题为：当面临新情况的时候，人们会怎么做？原文所在句：When facing a new situation, some people tend to rehearse their defeat by spending too much time anticipating the worst.可见，当面临新情况时，人们倾向于花大量时间预测最坏的情况，预想自己失败的样子。故正确答案为C）They spend too much time anticipating their defeat（他们花太多时间去预测他们的失败）。