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A [2015 •河南八市重點(diǎn)高中教學(xué)質(zhì)量監(jiān)測(cè)] Around four years ago, I received a call from the princi?pal of our school as to the "Parents' View" talk the next morning. He asked me to speak to the group. After the call, my whole body became feverish and panicky. The time from his call to the next morning seemed like years. The whole night ? I could not sleep with many ominous apprehensions in mind. One of them was to call the principal with regret and tell him that I could not come. Finally, I gathered some cour?age. 1 thought, if I missed this opportunity, surely the school would never invite me again to any of their programmes.

   I reached the school in time. Before my turn came, my whole body was trembling. When my turn came, I started speaking, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn't even able to read the written speech properly. I was not aware of where I was standing and what I was reading. That was the day when I realized my biggest weakness―pub?lic speaking.

    After my speech, I met with the principal and explained what had happened to me. He told me that this happened to everyone. Even great speakers faced the same thing when they started. He suggested that I come again next time.

 Around one month later, I was invited to refer to a topic on motivation. This time I was feeling comfortable. My speech was appreciated not only by the principal as well as by the teachers, because I was able to get my idea across to them. They encouraged and praised my efforts.

 After the speech was successfully delivered, I became more confident. I said to myself, "If I can speak in front of such a learned audience, like the principal who educates oth?ers, I can now speak in front of others, too."

I started delivering lectures in my plant, on various top?ics like self-motivation, personality development, personal excellence, spoken English and presentation skills. This has become a passion for me. I learned that everything is possible if we have the courage to take the first step.

  1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A.Practice makes a man a better speech maker

B.Public speaking makes a man embarrassed

C.Principal provides the best chances

D.Spoken English develops in making speeches

 2.The author had bad feelings before the speech because

A. he disliked the idea of giving a lecture

B.he had got a high fever before that

C.he regretted accepting the invitation

D.he feared he couldn't perform it properly

 

3.What does the underlined part "ominous apprehensions" in the first paragraph mean?

 

A.Unlucky opportunities.

B.Negative ideas.

C.Curious views.

D.Happy comments.

 4. What can we conclude from the passage?

 

A.Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.

B.Knowledge makes humble, while ignorance makes proud.

C.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

D.Necessity is the mother of invention.

Answer 1

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A [文章大意]本文是一篇記敘文，作者通過自己的親身經(jīng)歷告訴我們?nèi)绾慰朔�在臺(tái)上演講的恐懼心理。

1.A 主旨大意題。通讀全文，并根據(jù)文章的最后兩段可知，作者通過多次演講逐漸克服了演講時(shí)的緊張感，成了一位善于演講的人。故選A項(xiàng)。

2. D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段的"The time from his call to the next morning seemed like years. The whole night, I could not sleep with many ominous apprehensions in mind. " fd " Finally, I gathered some courage."可知，作者是在害怕自己不能順利完成演講。故選I)項(xiàng)。

3.B 詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第一段的"One of them was to call the principal with regret and tell him that I could not come."可推斷作者的腦中都是消極的觀點(diǎn)。故選B項(xiàng)。

4.C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章的最后一句"Hearned that everything is possible if we have the courage to take the first step. ，可推斷C 項(xiàng)"千里之行，始于足下"正確。