Public Speaking Training

Get a coach

71.________，so get help. Since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses, here are some things to look for when deciding the training that's right for you.

Focus on positives

 Any training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well. Nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you aren't doing well.   72.________， so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldn't do.

73.________

If you find a public speaking course that looks as though it's going to give you lots of dos and don'ts, walk away! Your brain is so full of what you're going to be talking about. 74.________. As far as we're concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about public speaking. Your audience can be your friends.

You are a special person not a clone

Most importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits.       75.________. Your training course should help you bring out your personality, not try to turn you into someone you're not.

  A. You aren't like anybody else

  B. You already do lots of things well

  C. Turn your back on too many rules

  D. Check the rules about dos and don'ts

  E．Whatever the presentation, public speaking is tough

  F．The one thing you don't want is for them to fall asleep

  G．So trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worse

Guide to Stockholm University Library

Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.

Zones

The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.

Computers

You can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.

Group-study Places

If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2－3 people and others can hold up to 6－8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.

There are 40 group－study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book，you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day，nine hours at most per week.

Storage of Study Material

The library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits(学分)，you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year's rental period.

Rules to be Followed

Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.

Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.

68．The library's upper floor is mainly for students to ________．

A. read in a quiet place

B．have group discussions

C．take comfortable seats

D．get their computers fixed

69．Library computers on the ground floor  ________．

A. help students with their field experiments

B．contain software essential for schoolwork

C．are for those who want to access the wi-fi

D．are mostly used for filling out application forms

70．What condition should be met to book a group-study room?

A. A group must consist of 8 people.

B．Three-hour use per day is the minimum.

C．One should first register at the university.

D．Applicants must mark the room on the map.

LONDON—A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors (探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn't cared about potentially deadly consequences.

It is believed that James McCormick got about $77. 8 million from the sales of his detectors—which were based on a kind of golf ball finder—to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.

McCormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.

“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people，” Judge Richard Hone told McCormick.“You have neither regret，nor shame，nor any sense of guilt.”

The detectors，sold for up to $42，000 each，were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under  water and from the air. But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use.

McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong，the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.

“I never had any bad results from customers，”he said.

64．Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?

A. He sold bombs.

B. He caused death of people.

C. He made detectors.

D．He cheated in business.

65．According to the judge, what McCormick had done   ________.

A. increased the cost of safeguarding

B. lowered people's guard against danger

C. changed people's idea of social security

D. caused innocent people to commit crimes

66．Which of the following is true of the detectors?

A. They have not been sold to Africa.

B. They have caused many serious problems.

C. They can find dangerous objects in water.

D. They don't function on the basis of science.

67．It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick  ________．

A. sold the equipment at a low price

B. was well-known in most countries

C. did not think he had committed the crime

D. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text

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60．What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?

A. The heat of the EP. 

B. The safety of the EP.

C. The appearance of the EP. 

D. The material of the EP.

61．From the passage, we can learn that the EP  ________．

A. doesn't burn up oxygen 

B. runs without any noise

C. makes people get sleepy 

D. is unsuitable for children and pets

62．The underlined word “evenly” in Paragraph 4 probably means  ________.

A. continuously  B. separately

C. quickly  D. equally

63．The main purpose of the passage is to   ________.

A. persuade people to buy the product

B. advise people to save on heating bills

C. report the new development of portable heaters

D. compare the functions of different heater brands

Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day's events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isn't accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?

When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well－equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my pen…

At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.

Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very often—only of objects I find really beautiful. I'm no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.

I don't want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I won't have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe I'll forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I don't live to make memories—I just live, and the memories form themselves.

56．Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of ________．

A．observing her school routine            

B．expressing her satisfaction

C．impressing her classmates              

D．preserving her history

57．What caused a change in the author's understanding of keeping a diary?

A．A dull night on the journey.    

B．The beauty of the great valley.

C．A striking quotation from a book. 

D．Her concerns for future generations.

58．What does the author put in her diary now?

A．Notes and beautiful pictures.   

B．Special thoughts and feelings.

C．Detailed accounts of daily activities. 

D．Descriptions of unforgettable events.

59．The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is ________．

A．to experience it                       

B．to live the present in the future

C．to make memories                     

D．to give accurate representations of it

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I went  to a group activity，“Sensitivity Sunday”，which was to make us more  __36__    the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “  __37__  a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members,  __38__，  chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore sound－blocking earplugs(耳塞)or blindfolds(眼罩)．

 Just sitting in the wheelchair was a   __39__  experience. I had never considered before how   __40__  it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my   __41__  made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not   __42__.   Then I wondered where to put my  __43__．It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into  __44__. I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of  __45__   for several hours. For disabled people，“adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary(临时的)  __46__. 

 I tried to find a  __47__  position and thought it might be restful,  __48__  kind of nice, to be  __49__  around for a while. Looking around，I  __50__   I would have to handle the thing myself！My hands started to ache as I  __51__  the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the  __52__  of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n)  __53__  task.

 My wheelchair experiment was soon  __54__.  It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the  __55__，both physical and mental，that disabled people must overcome.

36．A. curious about  B. interested in 

C. aware of  D. careful with 

37．A. cure  B．prevent        

C．adopt  D．analyze 

38．A. instead  B．strangely      

C．as usual  D．like me

39．A. learning  B．working        

C．satisfying  D．relaxing

40．A. convenient  B．awkward        

C．boring  D．exciting

41．A. height  B．force          

C．skill  D．weight

42．A. locked  B．repaired       

C．powered  D．grasped

43．A. hands  B．feet           

C．keys  D．handles

44．A. place  B．action         

C．play  D．effect

45．A. operation  B．communication 

C．transportation  D．production

46．A. exploration  B．education       

C．experiment  D．entertainment

47．A. flexible  B. safe           

C. starting  D. comfortable

48．A. yet  B. just            

C. still  D. even

49．A. shown  B. pushed        

C. driven  D. guided

50．A. realized  B. suggested      

C. agreed  D. admitted

51．A. lifted  B. turned        

C. pressed  D. seized

52．A. path  B. position        

C. direction  D. way

53．A. easy  B. heavy          

C. major  D. extra

54．A. forgotten  B. repeated        

C. conducted  D. finished

55．A. weaknesses  B. challenges       

C. anxieties  D. illnesses

—Thanks a lot for your book. I found it very interesting.

—________. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

A. All the best    B. It is nothing

C. No thanks  D. Very well

At our factory there are a few machines similar to________   described in this magazine.

A. them  B. these

C．those  D．ones

Briggs will   ________ as general manager when Mitchell retires.

A．get away  B．take over

C．set off    D．run out

________James was sleepy, he stayed up late to finish his project.

A. As         B．Since

C．Unless    D．Although