题目内容
阅读理解。
Do you know how to tell a story? The following are some tips:
Who Will Listen?
Will you tell your story to people of your own age? Will they be friendsor young people you haven’t met before? Perhaps you will tell it to younger children, or will it be an audience of adults? Will it be just a few people, a small group, or a large audience?
Why Are You Telling It?
There are many reasons for telling a story. Knowing why you are telling it may be the most helpful reason in choosing a story for a particular audience.
Many storytellers choose tales just to entertain(娱乐). They tell jokes or silly stories. Others want to teach something, such as how to be kinder to animals, the environment, or other people. One storyteller likes to encourage his listeners to try new things. Some babysitters tell stories to help children not to be afraid of thunder, lightning or frightening shadows in their rooms. Others want to make people think or to help people remember. Some like to frighten their audience with ghost (鬼) stories.
Where Will You Speak?
How you tell your story and what story helpers you use will depend on where you will be speaking. Will you be talking at an evening party, in your classroom, in a library storytelling program, at a family dinner, at a museum, or at a storytelling festival?
1.The passage is mainly about ___________.
A. the audience to whom you tell stories
B. the situation where you can tell a story
C. the reasons for telling a story
D. important tips for telling a story
2.The author shows his ideas by ______.
A. description B. listing questions
C. making comparisons D. reciting
3.The purpose of knowing why you are telling a story is to ____________.
A. decide what helpers you need
B. do something good to animals, the environment or other people
C. choose stories suitable (合适的) for certain audience
D. satisfy different listeners
4.What decides how you tell your story according to the passage?
A. The place where you will tell your story.
B. The type of the story you will tell.
C. The purpose of telling your story.
D. What kind of people you will tell your story to.