2、It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech．At 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（明显的）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 you 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 doesn't really matter．If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King's famous speech---"I have a Dream", you may notice that he stumbles（结巴）over his words twice during the speech．Most likely, however, you don't remember．Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making．
People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication（交流）．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-though-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 you mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely．
1．The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ______．
A．be smarter than you B．notice your mistakes
C．do better than you D．know what you are talking about
2．You don't remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ______．
A．your meaning on the content
B．you don't fully understand the speech
C．you don't know what the speaker plans to say
D．you find the way of speech-making more important
3．It can be inferred from the passage that ______．
A．giving a speech is like giving a performance
B．one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad
C．the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made
D．the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be．
4．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．How to Be a Perfect Speaker B．How to Make a Perfect Speech
C．Don't Expect a Perfect Speech D．Don't Expect Mistakes in a Speech
1、大学生活即将开始，你将面对新的学习和生活环境，请根据提示写一篇英语短文，谈谈你打算如何安排你的大学生活。内容要点应包括：
l 确定新的学习目标
l 改进学习方法
l 学会独立生活
l 参加各种课外活动
l 处理好与同学的关系
注意：①短文的内容要连贯、完整；
②短文单词数：100左右（开头已给出的单词不计入单词总数）。
34、He was so careless that he left the work half _____ and went to play computer games.
A. done B. doing C. to do D. did
33、They gave each competitor a number, but they _____ NO.13 as no one wanted to have it.
A. picked out B. turned out C. left out D. worked out
32、----- Would you like to buy a new MP4?
----- Sure, but I _____ . I don’t have enough money at the moment.
A. don’t afford B. can’t afford to C. afford to D. will afford
31、Dogs, if _____ properly, can assist the police in many ways.
A. training B. trained C. being trained D. to be trained
30、---- Can’t you _____ a bit? I wouldn’t like to miss a single minute of the concert?
---- Don’t worry. We’ll get there in time.
A. sweep up B. take up C. speed up D. make up
29、_____ money, the young man couldn’t afford to buy a new car.
A. Lacks B. To lack C. Lacked D. lacking
28、At the entrance all passengers _____ to show their tickets.
A. required B. are required C. require D. are requiring
27、Rather than spend a lot of money repairing the car seriously _____ in the accident, he preferred to buy a new one.
A. injured B. damaged C. destroyed D. wounded