Question

   My teachers suggested that I see a speech specialist (专家) in school.

    I never really gave much thought to my speech. If other people understood what I was saying,then that was good enough. I didn't mind repeating myself many times.

Before testing me,the speech specialist asked me what I thought of having good speech. I told her I thought it was not important.

   “Well,when you are in an interview for a job,and they don't know what you are saying,what are they going to say to you? Nice to meet you,bye”’ she said.

    Maybe good speech was important. I took part in 20-minute classes each week with the specialist. After she tested me,she told me that I spoke too fast,and didn't give enough eye contact (眼神交 流). I learned that when I made eye contact with someone,it meant that I was talking to that person ,and I could also see what he or she thought about what I was saying.

   When my first speech class started,I found that I had been speaking too fast to be understood. Every time I spoke too fast,the specialist stopped me and told me to start again. At first,I got stopped after almost every other sentence. After a while,I felt my speech slow down. I wasn^ sure if people could understand me better,but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself.

    Speech is an important skill to have. If you do have good speech,that's a good thing,but if you

don't have it,it is never too late to improve.

() 1. The article is probably taken from .

   A. a newspaper   B. an advertisement  

     C. a detective story   D. a science book

() 2. What did the writer think of having good speech before the classes?

   A. It was very useful. B. It was nothing important.

   C. It was impossible. D. It was good for interviewing.

() 3. What were the writer's problems when he was speaking?

a. He spoke too quickly. b. He never stopped once he started talking. c. He seldom kept eye contact with people. d. He didn't give others time to ask questions.

   A. a,b   B. b,c   C. a,c   D. b,d

() 4. From the sentence “…but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself ,” we know that.

   A. the writer's friends couldn’t understand him  

    B. the writer still couldn’t make eye contact  

    C. the writer improved a lot  

    D. the writer didn't slow down

() 5. Through the passage,the writer wants to tell us that .

   A. seeing a speech specialist is necessary  

    B. speech is an important skill to have

   C. good speech can help you make friends  

   D. good speech gets good affect

Answer 1

1. A 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. B

[解析]本文主要讲述的是作者的演讲经历。作者从开始认为演讲好坏是不重要的，转变到认为演讲是一门应该掌握的技能。

1. A本文是关于如何演讲的，不会出现在广告，侦 探故事和科学书上，故选A.

2. B 从 I told her I thought it was not important.我 告诉她我认为这不重要，可知作者在上专家的课 之前认为好的演讲并不重要，得知答案选B.

3. C bk After she tested me,she told me that I spoke too fast,and didn't give enough eye contact. I learned that when I made eye contact with someone,it meant that I was talking to that person,and I could also see what he or she thought a-bout what I was saying.可知作者说的太快，没有 给听者时间想问题，故选C.

4. C 从 Every time I spoke too fast,the specialist stopped me and told me to start again. At first,I got stopped after almost every other sentence.可 知他的语速变慢了，故选C.

5. B 从 Speech is an important skill to have.可知答 案选B.