精英家教网 > 高中英语 > 题目详情

You might say that one reason why Barack Obama is president of the US is that he knows how to give a good speech.

Since 2004, Obama has written and delivered thousands of speeches. These are usually praised for two reasons: he treats the audiences like intelligent(有智慧的) adults, and he is able to express complicated ideas in an easy, natural way.

Before becoming president, Obama was a lawyer, a college professor, and a successful writer---his two memories have become best-sellers.

What’s more, he has some secret weapons.

Teleprompter: Obama doesn’t go anywhere without his Teleprompter. The textbook-sized panes of glass holding the president’s prepared remarks follow him wherever he goes to speak.

Writing team: Obama has a team of people who write his speeches. The writers chat with Obama for hours about what he wants to say. They listen to recordings of past presidential speeches and seek advice from advisers. Obama usually edits(编辑)and rewrites the drafts(草稿)several times.

Tricks for lighthearted speeches:

Make fun of the guests: Obama starts his speech by gently teasing his guests. His opening lines draw the audience’s attention while giving them an opportunity to relax and laugh at themselves and each other.

Make fun of yourself: A good rule for speechmakers: If you’re going to make a joke about someone else, be sure to make one about yourself, too. Obama mocks(嘲弄) his own poor choices for filling the position of Commerce Secretary, saying, “No president in history has ever named three Commerce Secretaries this quickly.” In fact, his first two nominees(被提名人)for the position withdrew(撤出) their names for different reasons. In a process that had otherwise gone smoothly, the Obama Administration found it hard to deal with the problem of filling the Commerce seat.

1.Obama made the poetic and inspiring speech in 2004 as________.

A. president                     B. a nominee for the presidency

C. a senator                     D. a secretary

2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 2?

A. Difficult to understand.           B. Easy to understand.

C. Different from others.             D. Interesting to say.

3.From the passage, we know that Obama’s secret weapons are all these EXCEPT ____.

A. a writing team                 B. a teleprompter             C. humor                   D. motivation

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Secrets of Obama’s successful speeches.  

B. Obama’s successful speeches.

C. Obama’s way of making speeches. 

D. Problems of Obama’s speeches.

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析:

【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了奥巴马演讲成功的秘诀。

1.C考查推理判断及常识。2004年奥巴马还不是总统,他当时是个议员。故选C。

2.A考查猜测词义。根据文章第二段中的he is able to express complicated ideas in an easy, natural way.

可知,他能够用简单自然的方法表达复杂的思想,此处采用的是利用反义词法,猜测词义。选A。   

3.D考查细节理解。根据文章的内容可知,D没有提到,故选D。

4.A考查文章的标题。根据文章的整体内容可知,文章主要讲述了奥巴马演讲成功的秘诀。故选A。

考点:考查说明文的阅读。

 

练习册系列答案
相关习题

科目:高中英语 来源:2011-2012学年广东省揭阳一中高三上学期摸底考试英语卷 题型:填空题

首先请阅读下列餐馆的信息:   
A. Pasta House - new Italian restaurant located in the heart of the city. Simple but delicious inexpensive meals. Also has a good range of vegetable-only meals. It's always crowded so be ready to order take-away or share a table. Open 11 a.m. to midnight.
B. A Taste of India - famous for its spicy curries and many southern Indian
dishes using chilli. You will usually be able to find a table during the week but if you're planning to go on the weekend make sure you book a table in advance.Open noon to midnight.
C. Paris Match - this is the finest French restaurant in the city. Wonderful food you can enjoy in luxurious surroundings. The perfect place to have a romantic meal or impress a business partner, but be prepared for a large bill. Open noon to 2 a.m.Booking essential.
D. Mountain Diner - not fancy but tasty. Excellent Asian and European dishes.
Countryside location surrounded by forest. It's at least an hour's drive from the city so you might want to stay at the nearby Mountain Hotel overnight. Open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
E. Owl Cafe - open 24 hours a day the cafe has a large selection of set
breakfast, lunch and dinner meals for you to choose from, or you can enjoy one of their many delicious snacks and desserts over a cup of freshly made coffee.
E Greek Bistro - a lively restaurant that serves great-value Greek food and has live Greek music played by a local band. Customers are encouraged to take part in the entertainment so be ready for a night of loud fun and laughter. Open 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.
以下是五个人的选择要求,请匹配每个人拟选择的地方:
【小题1】 Bill-was late getting up today so hasn't had time to make breakfast. He wants to pick up something to eat before he goes to work so he has enough energy to last through to lunch time.     
【小题2】Julie - works in the city and wants to get some lunch. She doesn't want
anything too special so long as it is tasty and not too expensive. Julie likes all kinds of food but because she is on a diet she wants to avoid anything comtaining meat.
【小题3】 Sally - has friends visiting her from out-of-town and wants to take them to dinner. She wants to take them somewhere they can enjoy the atmosphere and have fun.She is a university student so doesn't have a lot of money and doesn't like her food too hot.
【小题4】Albert - is a businessman who will meet an important European client for a business dinner next week. Want to book a table at a quiet restaurant that will impress his guest with both its food and its surroundings.
【小题5】 Robert - is meeting his friend Ben for lunch today (Tuesday) and wants to take him to a nice restaurant. Both Robert and Ben enjoy good quality spicy food.Robert doesn't like arranging things in advance so he hasn't booked a table.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英语 来源:2013-2014学年高考二轮复习训练:专题5 交际用语英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解

As you can seewater works hard in your body every day.That’s why it’s important? to give your body the water it needs to carry out all its different jobs.On a regular dayyour body loses 2 to 3 quarts of water—enough to fill a 2?liter soda bottle.You probably guess that water is lost when you sweat—especially?? on a hot day.

But your body also loses water in an almost invisible way—evaporation (蒸发)Water escapes from your body through your skin and in your breath.HowYour breath contains droplets (小滴) of water that are usually too tiny to see.They become visible for a quick second in the cold when you can “see your breath”But water evaporates this way all year round.Your skin also contains waterwhich escapes in tiny droplets that go into? the air.The water in your skin evaporates into the airbut fortunatelyyour body can replace the water it loses so your skin doesn’t dry out.

Eating and drinking is one way to replace the water your body loses.Most foods have a lot of water in themespecially fruits and vegetables.Grapeswatermelonsorangesand cantaloupes are delicious and full of water.

But you can’t rely_on food alone to get that water backand that’s why it’s also a good idea to drink water? every day.You might have heard someone say that people need to drink 6 to 8 cups (1.4 to 1.9 liters) of water each day.Depending on how much? water you’re getting from foods and other liquids,6 to 8 cups might not be necessary.If you eat a lot of fruits and vegetablesor you like to eat soup every dayyou’ll get some of the water your body needs.

1. You should drink enough water every day because________.

Ayour body needs too much water

Bwater does all kinds of jobs in your body

Cyour body loses a lot of water every day

Dthe more water you drink the better you feel

2. Water in your body loses by the following ways EXCEPT________.

Abreathing? Bevaporating

Csweating? Deating

3. Your body has to give enough water to your skin in order to________.

Akeep the water in your skin clean

Bstop your skin from drying out

Cstop the water from losing

Dkeep your skin clean all the time

4. What does the underlined phrase “rely on” in the fourth paragraph mean?

AEat up.? BReceive.

CDepend upon.? DDigest.

 

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英语 来源:2013-2014学年高考二轮复习训练:专题4 情态动词与虚拟语气英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解

How many times have you got upset because someone wasn’t doing his jobbecause your child isn’t behavingHow many times have you been irritated (恼怒的) when you’ve planned something carefully and things didn’t go as you’d hoped?

This kind of anger and irritation happens to all of us—it’s part of the human experiences.

One thing that irritates me is when people talk during a movieor cut me off in traffic.ActuallyI have a lot of these little annoyances—don’t we allAnd it isn’t always easy to find peace when you’ve become upset or irritated.

Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mindsee_the_glass_as_already_broken.

Seethe cause of our stressanger and irritation is that things don’t go the way we likethe way we expect them to.Think of how many times this has been true for you.And so the solution is simpleexpect things to go wrongexpect things to be different than we hoped or plannedexpect the unexpected to happen.And accept it.

One quick exampleon our recent trip to JapanI told my kids to expect things to go wrong—they always do?? on a trip.I told them“See it as part of the adventure.”

And this worked like a charm.When we inevitably (不可避免地) took the wrong train on a foreign?language subway systemor when it rained on the day we went to Disney Seaor when we took three trains and walked 10 blocks only to find the National Children’s Castle closed on Mondays...they said“It’s part of the adventure” And it was all OK—we didn’t get too bothered.

So when the nice glass you bought inevitably falls and breaks some dayyou might get upset.But things will be differentif you see the glass as already brokenfrom the day you get it.You know it’ll break some dayso from the beginningsee it as already broken.Be a time?traveleror someone with time?traveling visionand see the future of this glassfrom this moment until it inevitably breaks.And when it breaksyou won’t be upset or sad—because it was already brokenfrom the day you got it.And you’ll realize that every moment you have with it is precious.

1.The author would probably agree that________.

Awe should control our anger and irritation

Bwe must get well prepared for the future

Coptimism can help us overcome our anger and irritation

Danger and irritation is a natural part of our life

2.The purpose of the author is to________.

Atell us his own experience in life

Badvise us how to find peace of mind

Ctell us a happy trip he took with his children

Dask us to see things from both sides

3.By the underlined part (in Para.4)the author tells us? to________.

Aget ready for the worst result of things

Benjoy the process of things

Cexpect little from life

Dfind the relationship between cause and effect

4.We can learn from the passage that the author________.

Aoften gets angry in his life

Bcan adjust his state of mind accordingly

Calways expects others to act in his way

Dalways? suffers from his anger and irritation

 

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英语 来源:2014届广东珠海高二下学期期末考试英语卷(解析版) 题型:其他题

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Even better, you might live longer, an American researcher reports.

“Adults who have ___1.___ sense of humor live longer than those who don’t find life funny, and the survival edge is ___2.__ (particular) large for people ___3.___ cancer,” says Richard Smith of the Columbia University of Science and Technology.

He ___4.___ (present) his study of about 54,000 Americans, ___5.___ he had followed for seven years, at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting last Monday.

At the start, patients filled out questionnaires on how easily they found humor in real-life situations __6.___ how important a ___7.___ (humor) idea was.

The study showed next the greater role humor played in their lives, the greater their chances were in ___8.___(survive)the seven years. Adults scoring in the top one-quarter for humor appreciation were 35% more likely to be alive ___9.__ those in the bottom quarter. In a smaller group of 2,015 people who had a cancer diagnosis(诊断) at the start, the study found ___10.__ important that a great sense of humor cut the chances of dying by about 70%.

 

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英语 来源:2015届湖南省高一4月段考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:其他题

An allowance(零花钱)is an important tool for teaching kids how to budget, save and make their own decision. Children remember and learn from mistakes when their own dollars are lost or spent foolishly. 

How large an allowance is appropriate? Experts say there is not a right amount. Actually amounts differ from region to region, and from family to family.

To set an appropriate allowance for your child, work out a weekly budget. Allow for entertainment expenditures(花费) such as movies and snacks. Next, include everyday expenses such as lunch money, bus fare, school supplies. “If you make the child responsible for these bills,” Says Josephine Swanson, a consumer specialist, “he or she will learn to budget for necessary expenditures.”

Finally, add some extra money to make saving possible. If you can, keep your child’s allowance in line with that of his friends. A child whose purchasing power falls away below his peer’s can feel left out.

It can be tough, but avoid excusing your children when they make a mistake with their allowance. When Brooke Stephens was ten, her mother gave her $1, 75% of which for bus fare and lunch. “If you lose your money,” Brooke’s mother told her, “you walk home.”

    One week the girl spent all her allowance in a candy store, then she called home for a ride. “Mom made me walk home.” recalled Stephens, now a financial planner. “ At first I was angry, but I finally realized that she was trying to teach me an important lesson.”

Experts advise that an allowance not be tied directly to child’s daily chores(日常家务).

Kids should help around the house not because they get paid for it but because they share responsibilities as members of a family. You might, however, pay a child for doing extra jobs at home that can develop his or her initiative.

An Allowance

The passage mainly discusses how to teach a child about  1.

As an important tool, an allowance teaches children how to budget, save and make their ___2___.

Josephine Swanson suggests that you should work out a budget for your child  3  .

If you make the child  4  for these bills, he or she will learn to budget for necessary expenditures.”

The author thinks that you should keep your child’s allowance in line with that of  5__.

An  6  of Brook Stephens

Brook’s mum told her that if she lost her money, she  has to  7  .

At first she felt  8 , but she finally realized that her mother was trying to teach her an important lesson.

About child’s daily chores

The author suggests children should  9  the

house and they should realize they are 10___ of a family.

 

查看答案和解析>>

同步练习册答案