题目内容
11.It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech.As some point in every speech,every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned.Fortunately,such moments are usually not obvious to the listeners.Why?Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say.They hear only what the speaker does say.If you lose your place for a moment,wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences,or forget to pause at a certain point,no one will be any the wiser.When such moments occur,don't worry about them.Just continue as if nothing happened.Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech,that don't really matter.If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King's famous speech--"I have a dream",you may notice that he stumble(结巴)over his words twice during the speech.Most likely,however,you don't remember.Why?Because you were fixing your attention on its message rather than on his way of speech-making.
People care a lot about making mistakes in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication.They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition.But,in fact,the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer.They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker's ideas clearly and directly.Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker's attractiveness by making him more human.
As you work on your speech,don't worry about being perfect.Once you free your mind of this,you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.
8.The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one willD.
A.be smarter than you
B.know what you are talking about
C.do better than you
D.notice your mistakes
9.You don't remember obvious mistakes in a speech becauseD
A.you find the way of speech-making more important
B.you don't fully understand the speech
C.you don't know what the speaker plans to say
D.your attention is on the content
10.From the last two paragraphs,the author means thatC.
A.giving a speech is like giving a performance
B.the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made
C.one to two mistakes in a speech may not be bad
D.the more mistakes a speaker makes,the more attractive he will be
11.What would be the best title of the passage?B
A.How to Be a Perfect Speaker
B.Don't Expect a Perfect Speech
C.Don't Expect Mistakes in a Speech
D.How to Make a Perfect Speech.
分析 本文为议论文,论述了不要期盼完美的演讲,听众的注意力主要在演讲的内容上,偶尔犯错也没有关系.
解答 8.D 9.D 10.C 11.B
8.D 推理判断题.根据第一段Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say.They hear only what the speaker does say可知,如果你在演讲中出现了错误,例如弄错了句子的顺序,或者没有及时停顿不用在意,因为没有人会注意到你的错误,故选D.
9.D 推理判断题.根据第二段"Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech,that doesn't really matter…Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making."可推知,听众主要的注意力在演讲的内容上,所以就算有一些错误也不会被记住.故选D.
10.C 推理判断题.根据第三段中的Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker's attractiveness by making him more human.可推知,有时犯一两个错误会使演讲更加有吸引力,不一定是坏事.故选C.
11.B 标题归纳题.本文的主要观点是完美的演讲是不可能的,听众的注意力主要在演讲的内容上,偶尔犯错误也没有关系.故选B.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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D. | No matter how the story is amusing |
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My husband Bill's Grandma was in a nursing home when we moved back to Michigan.Grandma had been unable to walk for quite some time; now her eye sight was almost gone.
Over the years Grandma and I had (21)Amany cards and letters.I knew how she enjoyed (22)C.in touch with people.Grandma would have me write letters to go in the cards she would send.And she would always have me (23)D what I had written back to her.Grandma didn't have a problem with hearing then (24)B she was always telling me,"That is not (25)D how I said that!"I would then rewrite whatever I wrote in her exact words.
Since I had some (26)A time before Christmas,I asked Grandma if she would like to send (27)C some Christmas cards.Grandma readily (28)B.I rounded up several different kinds of cards.I knew she had friends and family who all had different (29)D.I would take each card and (30)A in detail the front of the card,then I would read the words inside.After (31)D it over Grandma would tell me who she thought would like (32)B card.
After a while I (33)Cand I noticed that we had several nursing home (34)D standing in the doorway.I started to noticed as I read each card,the (35)B on their faces and Grandma's face,too.Each one had a (36)Asmile and a far-away look in their eyes,as they were seeing the scenes in their mind's eye.
I thought when I went over to do the Christmas(37)D I would be doing Grandma a favor,but it (38)B that she did me a big favor.I will always (39)A this special memory of bringing some Christmas joy and pleasant (40)C to Grandma and her fellow residents.
21.A.exchange | B.changed | C.traded | D.switched |
22.A.settling | B.losing | C.staying | D.getting |
23.A.write | B.discover | C.translate | D.read |
24.A.when | B.because | C.while | D.though |
25.A.carefully | B.truthfully | C.specially | D.exactly |
26.A.extra | B.flying | C.essential | D.valuable |
27.A.for | B.up | C.out | D.away |
28.A.acknowledged | B.agreed | C.admitted | D.rejected |
29.A.addresses | B.advantages | C.occupations | D.interests |
30.A.describe | B.communicate | C.distinguish | D.ignore |
31.A.talking | B.turning | C.taking | D.thinking |
32.A.another | B.each | C.one | D.other |
33.A.looked down | B.looked over | C.looked up | D.looked though |
34.A.immigrants | B.visitors | C.patients | D.residents |
35.A.attention | B.look | C.glance | D.sight |
36.A.gently | B.rough | C.forced | D.whispered |
37.A.trees | B.jobs | C.decorations | D.cards |
38.A.turned over | B.turned out | C.came out | D.left out |
39.A.treasure | B admire | C.encourage | D.recognize |
40.A.stories | B.faces | C.memories | D.letters |