Question

【題目】 I was not good at giving speeches in public. My teachers asked me to see a speech expert at school. I’d _______ thought about my speech before. If other people understood me, it was good enough.

_______ testing me, the speech expert asked, “What do you think about improving your speech?” I told her it was not important.

“Well, when you are at an interview for a job and they don't understand what you are saying, what are they going to say to you? Nice to meet you, goodbye,” she said.

Maybe she was right, I thought. So I took classes each week with the expert.

She quickly found that I spoke too______ and didn't pay attention to my audience.

I also found that I spoke too fast during our first class. When I spoke too fast,the expert______ me and asked me to speak again.

At first, I stopped at the end of every sentence. Later, I felt my speech slowed down. I don't know if people understood me_____ , but my friends noticed the______ when they talked with me.

Learning to speak clearly and effectively is an important skill that everyone should learn.

【1】A.alwaysB.oftenC.neverD.sometimes

【2】A.UnderB.InC.OnD.Before

【3】A.slowlyB.fastC.loudlyD.simply

【4】A.broughtB.wentC.stoppedD.left

【5】A.worseB.bestC.biggerD.better

【6】A.changesB.factsC.partsD.stories

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【6】A

【解析】

我不擅長(zhǎng)當(dāng)眾做演講。我的老師讓我去一位演講專(zhuān)家那里。我后來(lái)每周去專(zhuān)家那里上課。我開(kāi)始放緩我演講的語(yǔ)速。學(xué)會(huì)清晰而且有效地說(shuō)話(huà)是一種重要的技能。

【1】句意：我以前從沒(méi)想過(guò)我的演講。

A. 總是；B. 經(jīng)常；C. 從不；D. 有時(shí)；根據(jù)句意理解及前句的表達(dá)I was not good at giving speeches in public.可知，這里表達(dá)的是從來(lái)沒(méi)有考慮過(guò)，所以本題選擇C。

【2】句意：在測(cè)試我之前。

A. 在……下方；B. 在……里面；C. 在……上面；D. 在……之前；根據(jù)句意理解可知，這里表達(dá)的是在測(cè)試之前，所以選擇D。

【3】句意：我說(shuō)話(huà)太快了，沒(méi)有注意到我的聽(tīng)眾。

A. 慢地；B. 快地；C. 大聲地；D. 簡(jiǎn)單地；根據(jù)句意理解及后句的when I spoke too fast可知，這里表達(dá)的是我說(shuō)的太快了以至于沒(méi)有注意到觀眾，快地是fast，在這里是一個(gè)副詞，所以選擇B。

【4】句意：當(dāng)我說(shuō)得太快時(shí)，專(zhuān)家攔住我，讓我再說(shuō)一遍。

A. 帶來(lái)；B. 去；C. 停止；D. 離開(kāi)；根據(jù)句意理解及后句的asked me to speak again可知，我說(shuō)的太快了，專(zhuān)家讓我停下來(lái)，停止是stop，所以選擇C。

【5】句意：我不知道人們是否更了解我。

A. 更糟糕的；B. 最好的；C. 更大的；D. 更好的；根據(jù)句意理解及前句的I felt my speech slowed down可知，表達(dá)的是不知道人們是否能更好的了解我，更好的是better，所以選擇D。

【6】句意：但我的朋友們?cè)诤臀医徽剷r(shí)注意到了這些變化。

A. 改變；B. 事實(shí)；C. 部分；D. 故事；根據(jù)句意理解可知，這里表達(dá)的是看到了變化，所以這里應(yīng)該選擇A。