Question

【题目】 I was not good at giving speeches in public. My teachers asked me to see a speech expert at school. I’d _______ thought about my speech before. If other people understood me, it was good enough.

_______ testing me, the speech expert asked, “What do you think about improving your speech?” I told her it was not important.

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

Maybe she was right, I thought. So I took classes each week with the expert.

She quickly found that I spoke too______ and didn't pay attention to my audience.

I also found that I spoke too fast during our first class. When I spoke too fast,the expert______ me and asked me to speak again.

At first, I stopped at the end of every sentence. Later, I felt my speech slowed down. I don't know if people understood me_____ , but my friends noticed the______ when they talked with me.

Learning to speak clearly and effectively is an important skill that everyone should learn.

【1】A.alwaysB.oftenC.neverD.sometimes

【2】A.UnderB.InC.OnD.Before

【3】A.slowlyB.fastC.loudlyD.simply

【4】A.broughtB.wentC.stoppedD.left

【5】A.worseB.bestC.biggerD.better

【6】A.changesB.factsC.partsD.stories

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【6】A

【解析】

我不擅长当众做演讲。我的老师让我去一位演讲专家那里。我后来每周去专家那里上课。我开始放缓我演讲的语速。学会清晰而且有效地说话是一种重要的技能。

【1】句意：我以前从没想过我的演讲。

A. 总是；B. 经常；C. 从不；D. 有时；根据句意理解及前句的表达I was not good at giving speeches in public.可知，这里表达的是从来没有考虑过，所以本题选择C。

【2】句意：在测试我之前。

A. 在……下方；B. 在……里面；C. 在……上面；D. 在……之前；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是在测试之前，所以选择D。

【3】句意：我说话太快了，没有注意到我的听众。

A. 慢地；B. 快地；C. 大声地；D. 简单地；根据句意理解及后句的when I spoke too fast可知，这里表达的是我说的太快了以至于没有注意到观众，快地是fast，在这里是一个副词，所以选择B。

【4】句意：当我说得太快时，专家拦住我，让我再说一遍。

A. 带来；B. 去；C. 停止；D. 离开；根据句意理解及后句的asked me to speak again可知，我说的太快了，专家让我停下来，停止是stop，所以选择C。

【5】句意：我不知道人们是否更了解我。

A. 更糟糕的；B. 最好的；C. 更大的；D. 更好的；根据句意理解及前句的I felt my speech slowed down可知，表达的是不知道人们是否能更好的了解我，更好的是better，所以选择D。

【6】句意：但我的朋友们在和我交谈时注意到了这些变化。

A. 改变；B. 事实；C. 部分；D. 故事；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是看到了变化，所以这里应该选择A。