题目内容
How to prepare a lecture
Being invited to give a lecture is an honor.It means that people regard you as an authority on a given field, subject, or issue.It means you are worth listening to.1. You have to make sure your lecture is interesting, and full of wisdom, from which the audience can take valuable insights.This is why it is important for you to prepare your lecture well.
1.Think of a good topic.
You most likely will be assigned to talk about a certain topic.If that's the case, you only need to make an outline and do some research.But in some cases, you will have to think of your own topic.Although it gives you more freedom to do it, thinking of a topic can be tricky.2. Or pick a topic that is timely and socially relevant.
2.Make an outline for the lecture.
Start by listing down the points that you will discuss, and then fill in each point with subpoints.If necessary, make a research about your topic.3. But if in so doing you end up with a very long outline, figure how you can shorten the topic or cut where cutting is needed.
3.4.
Statistics, figures, medical information, historical accounts, and similar information should all be checked and it will save your credibility as an authority on the subject you are talking about.
4.Add humor.
Don't engage your audience in a dragging soliloquy (独白).5. Humor will interest your audience.Of course, make sure the elements in your lecture are in line with your main topic and are not nonsense, racial, and offensive jokes.
A.Check your lecture for accuracy.
B.Giving a lecture is challenging, though.
C.If necessary, provide your contact information, such as an email address or blog site.
D.Instead, make your audience smile, or burst into laughter at certain points in your discussion.
E.To make it easier, consider what will interest your audience.
F.It should summarize your whole talk in one sentence.
G.Don't be afraid of exploring the topic, as this will allow you to discover other points that need discussion.
1.B
2.E
3.G
4.A
5.D
【解析】
试题分析:如何准备一个演讲?被邀请来演讲是一种荣誉。你必须确保你的演讲很有趣,充满智慧,观众从中可以采取的有价值的见解。所以准备好你的演讲很重要。1.想一个好的话题;2.做演讲的提纲;3.检查你的演讲的准确性;4.增加些幽默。
1.考查上下文的语境理解能力。根据后面提到的你必须确保你的演讲很有趣,充满智慧,观众从中可以采取的有价值的见解。可知,选B(不过,演讲是具有挑战性的。) 。
2.考查上下文的语境理解能力。根据本段中心是选择一个好的话题和空后的解释,选择一个及时和社会有关的话题,可知选E( 说得再简单些,就是考虑什么会吸引你的观众。)。
3.考查上下文的语境理解能力。空前提到:有必要时,可以做一些研究,与G项(不害怕探索的主题,因为这会让你发现其他需要讨论的要点。)意思一致。
4.考查上下文的语境理解能力。空后面的内容讲到:统计,数据,医疗信息,历史记载,和类似的信息,都应该被检查,这将节省你的可信度你谈论的权威。所以本段的中心是A(检查你讲座的准确性。)。
5.考查上下文的语境理解能力。根据本段的中心内容是增加幽默的成分,空前提到:不要让观众觉得你一个人在那里说,与D(相反,在讨论中的某一点时让你的观众微笑或大笑。) 意思一致。
考点:信息匹配。
One reason Americans eat so many calories is that we tend to eat large portions(分量). Studies find that hamburgers and fries are generally offered in serving sizes two to five times larger than the appropriate meal size. Researchers find we usually clean our plates no matter how high they're piled, even if we already feel satisfied. See the suggestions below to further master the fine art of sizing up(估量) your snacks and suppers.
Extremely large portions are one possible reason Americans continue getting fatter even as the percentage of our total calories from fat has gone down in recent years. Fortunately, portions are relatively simple to control because it's easier to count cookies than calories or grams of fat.
Pre-picture portions. Use familiar objects to picture how much you should eat of a food before you pick up your fork or spoon. For example, a half cup of low-fat granola is about the size of your fist. A half cup of low-fat ice cream equals half an orange.
Use a smaller dish. This tip might sound ridiculous, but it works. First and most obvious is that you can't put as much food on, say, a salad plate. But psychologically, you're just not as prone to eat as heartily and quickly if your plate will be empty in 45 seconds.
Have raw vegetables at every meal. Raw cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, and peppers have few calories and lots of nutrients. A plate of them in the middle of the table almost always gets eaten up, cutting down appetite for the more calorie-dense meat.
Start your meal with soup. Studies show that a bowl of soup at the start of the meal reduces overall meal consumption, since they are lowest in calories and highest in nutrients.
Manage your fork. After every bite of food, put your fork down. Don't pick it up until you have thoroughly chewed and swallowed the previous bite. The goal is both to slow down your eating and to eat less. Remember: Your body needs 20 minutes of digestion before it sends signals to your brain that you are no longer hungry.
Helpful hints on how to get a handle on the how-much factor | |
Facts | Hamburgers and fries served in restaurants are generally two to five times the______of the proper ones. Americans usually clean their plates ______high they're piled, even if they are already satisfied |
Effects | Americans continue getting fatter even as they have eaten______calories from fat in recent years. |
______ | a. Use______objects to imagine how much you should eat of a food before a meal. b. Use a smaller dish and thus eat _____. c. Have raw vegetables at every meal to cut down ______ for the more calorie-dense meat. d. Start your meal with ______to reduce meal consumption. e. Put down your fork at______to make sure your brain receives______that you’re full. |
Since the pre-historic times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger, shelter or search for a mate, he has always controlled the situations to his advantage. Probably this might be the reason why we humans are the most developed of all living species on the earth. As we climbed the steps of development, we somehow left behind common sense and logical thinking -- we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of time.
If you are hungry, what do you do? Get a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet. Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such things. So it silently began to care about your needs and never let itself grow. When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?" "Why am I always given the difficult problems?" Well, this is the result of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.
Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through reading. Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading. You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your "How to?" questions. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed, if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would have never thought in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before.
【小题1】What is the function of the first paragraph?
A.To show humans are the most developed. |
B.To introduce the topic of the passage. |
C.To indicate people have different needs to satisfy. |
D.To explain why people need to read. |
A.When mind keeps growing, creativity fully stops. |
B.When freedom is lost, creativity gets a full stop. |
C.When mind stops growing, creativity fully stops. |
D.When growing is lost, creativity gets a flail stop. |
A.how the pre-historic man feeds his mind |
B.what other advantages reading brings |
C.how to develop creativity |
D.how to satisfy your mind by watching TV |
A.reading can satisfy your all needs | B.reading can result from creativity |
C.reading can feed your mind | D.reading can realize your dreams |
Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to pre-school children. But a new study suggests that calling attention to the words and letters on the page may lead to better readers.
The two-year study compared children who were read in this way in class with children who were not. Those whose teachers most often discussed the print showed clearly higher skills in reading, spelling and understanding. These results were found one year and even two years later.
Shayne Piasta, an assistant professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University, was an author of the study. She says most pre-school teachers would find this method manageable and would need only a small change in the way they teach. They already read story-books in class. The only difference would be increased attention to the printed text. “If you get children to pay attention to letters and words, it makes sense that they will do better at word recognition and spelling.” But she says research suggests that very few parents and teachers do this in a systematic way.
More than 300 children aged four and five were observed in classrooms. They came from poor families and were below average in their language skills. For thirty weeks, the children took part in a program called Project STAR--- Sit Together and Read. The project is based at Ohio State. It tests the short-term and long-term results of reading regularly to pre-school children in their classrooms.
There are different ways that adults can talk to children about print. They can point to a letter and discuss it, and even trace the shape with a finger. They can point out a word and discuss the meaning of the print or how the words tell the story. And they can talk about the organization of the print--- for instance, showing how words are written left to right in English.
1.What do we know about the ways pre-school children are usually taught?
A. More attention is paid to the pictures ,with words and letters being ignored.
B. Preference is given to the shape of letters and the organization of the print.
C. The focus of the teaching is on bringing them up to be good readers.
D. Equal attention is paid to the texts and the pictures.
2.What does Shayne Piasta suggest pre-school teachers should do in class?
A. Teach children how to draw pictures to get an idea of what they mean.
B. Change the way they teach and pay more attention to words and letters.
C. Adopt different methods according to the students’ difference in reading skills.
D. Read storybooks to children rather than explain the meaning of the pictures.
3.Which of the following is TRUE about the study on language skills of pre-school children?
A. Many teachers want to change their way of teaching pre-school children.
B. Attention on the pictures has made the children uninterested in reading.
C. Project STAR aims to research into the results of reading books to pre-school children in the classroom.
D. Teachers are often prevented from taking different approaches to language teaching.
4.Which section of a magazine does the passage probably come from?
A. Fashion. B. Economy . C. Entertainment. D. Education.