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    Giving a speech before a large audience is a challenge that would worry anyone—but not Shen Wenjie.

    “The bigger the audience, the less nervous I am, ”he said. The 17-year-old Senior 2 student from Suzhou Middle School has every reason to be confident. Last Saturday he took first prize in the second“21st Century Cup”National High School English Competition, sponsored by China Daily and Suzhou Municipal People’s Government.

    Shen outshone 34 other contestants from all over China, winning a trip to the international English-speaking competition to be held in London in May 2004.

    He started learning English at the age of five and his interest in it grew through playing games. “Interest plays an important role in learning English. But effort is more important if you want to learn it well,”he said. After deciding to develop a British accent, he listened to tape after tape until he could talk like the native speakers.

    Films have also proved useful. He chooses an easy film, such as Harry Porter, and focuses on the dialogues—repeating them until he knows it by heart.

    “I take every chance to open my mouth and speak English, ”Shen said. He even talks to himself in English, imagining that he is explaining things to foreigners. When studying English newspapers, he tries to express the opinions in his own words and then compares them with the original stories.

    “I am very grateful to my current teacher, Deng Xiaojing, who has introduced English newspapers and magazines to us, ”he said. But reading newspapers is just one of many activities that have helped his public speaking skills.

     “A speech is a way of communicating with people so it is important that you put your personal feelings into it,”Shen said. “No matter how beautiful your pronunciation is, just reading out your speech will destroy it. ”

72. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. Shen Wenjie was very nervous when he took part in the competition.

B. “The 21st Century Cup” National High School English Competition was sponsored by China Daily and CCTV.

C. There were 35 contestants from all over China to take part.

D. Shen was given some money for his victory.

73. Shen speaks English so well by means of the following except _______ .

A. listening to tape after tape until he could talk like the native speakers

B. seeing easy English films

C. practicing speaking English very often

D. doing English grammar only

74. Shen thinks that _______.

A. interest does good to learn English well

B. effort is less important than interest

C. writing in English as much as possible can make one master English

D. it is needless for one to put one’s feelings into it when one speaks English

75. We can infer from the passage that _______.

A. Shen is sure to fail in the international English-speaking competition to be held in London in May 2004

B. interest and effort are the key factors to learning English well

C. Shen owes his success to his parents

D. his interest in learning English comes from studies

72.解析:选C。细节理解题。由第三段第一句话可知C正确。由第二段最后一句可知B项错,由第一段可知A项错;由第三段可知D项错。

73.解析:选D。细节理解题。Shen Wenjie在文中谈到他成功的经验在于兴趣、不懈的努力、看简易的英文电影、阅读英文报纸或杂志等,而没有谈到只做英语语法。

74.解析:选A。细节理解题。由第四段开头部分可知。

75.解析:选B。推理判断题。A项太绝对化;C项从文中可知,他把他的成功归功于他的老师而没有涉及其父母;D项在文中说到他学习英语的兴趣来自于playing games,而不是学习。

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