We are often asked to make a speech in life. Most of us are afraid of it and don't do a good job. Here are some simple steps to make your speech a successful one. First of all, find out everything you can about your subject and at the same time find out as much as you can about your audience. Who are they? What do they know about your subject? Put yourself in their shoes as you prepare your speech. Then try to arrange your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible. Never forget your audience. Don't talk over their heads or talk down to them. When you are giving your speech, speak slowly and clearly, look at your audience and pause for a few seconds from time to time to give your audience chances to think over what you've said. Just remember: be prepared, know your subject and your audience, say what you have to say and be yourself so that your ideas will bring you and your audience together.

1. During the course of a speech, it is not right for a speaker to ________.

A. give a lot of examples

B. speak in a clear voice

C. take a short stop at times

D. think nothing of the audience

2.What does the underlined word "pause" mean in the passage?

A. Listen B. Stop C. Choose D. Search

3."Put yourself in their shoes as you prepare your speech." means that while preparing your speech, you must________.

A. think more about the audience

B. put your shoes away and put on theirs

C. try on their shoes to see if they fit you

D. wear the shoes in the same size as theirs

4.Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A. How to Improve Your Speech

B. How to Remember the Audience

C. How to Pick out the Topic for a Speech

D. How to Prepare the Material for a Speech

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But do you know there is such a thing a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No, they are just Chinese people like you and me.

ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese.

Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.

But if ABCs can not speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese (华侨). These people may be citizens (公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist, C.N.Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

1.What does “ABC” mean in this passage ?

A. three English letters

B. a kind of banana

C. Chinese born in America

D. Americans born in China

2.Why are Chinese in Western countries called “banana persons”?

A. their bodies are white inside but yellow outside

B. they like to eat bananas

C. they were born in China but got to study in America

D. they think like Westerners but look like Chinese

3.What does the underlined word “blood” probably mean?

A. 国籍 B. 血统 C. 爱心 D. 皮肤

4.What does this passage mainly talk about?

A. different kinds of bananas

B. the life story of C.N.Yang

C. the differences between Chinese and foreigners

D. overseas Chinese

When I was a kid, I was taught that animals knew everything the moment they were born. Today, it’s known that many animals learn important skills from their parents (usually their mothers).

Like humans, the first “food” other baby mammals(哺乳动物) get is their mothers’ milk. After a period of weeks or months, it’s time to eat meat. At first, adult animals like wolves bring back killed animals, so babies can eat easily. As babies grow older, their mothers bring back wounded animals, so the young can improve their killing skills. At last, the young go out with their mothers to watch and take part in the hunt.

Sea lions catch fish and let them go in front of their young. They repeat this many times until the young learn how to catch fish by themselves.

Baby orangutans(猩猩) stay with their mothers for eight years. Mothers teach their young what foods to eat and where to find them depending on the season of the year. There’s a lot to learn because orangutans eat leaves, flowers, different kinds of insects and lots of fruits.

Baby elephants don’t know how to use their trunks(象鼻子) right after birth. At first, they just swing them around and sometimes they even step on them. By watching their mothers, they gradually learn how to use their trunks to feed, bathe and cool themselves.

1.What food do baby mammals eat right after they are born?(限12个词以内)

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2. How long do baby orangutans live with their mother? (限10个词以内)

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3.How do sea lions teach their young to get food?(限18个词以内)

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4.把划线的句子翻译成汉语。

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5.What does the passage mainly tell us?(限10词以内)

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