试题题干
WORD FORMATION
Complete each of the following sentences with the proper form of the word in brackets.
（confidence）Outwardly she seemed
but in reality she felt extremely nervous.
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试题解析
本题考查常见名词的形容词形式。
空缺处前为副词outwardly + 主语she + 系动词seemed，后为转折连词but，故空缺处应填形容词作表语。confidence是名词意为“信任、自信”，其形容词形式是confident意为“自信的、确信的”，符合题意。
句意：表面上看，她显得信心十足，而实际上她紧张得要命。