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 meeting 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’t 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

It’s really         you to drive so fast on such a rainy day. Slow down!

A．crazy for          B．crazy of           C．wise for           D．wise of

If you are riding a bike in foreign countries, you need to know what these traffic signs mean.

1		This sign means “walk”, you can cross the street along with other people.
2		This sign is the “don’t walk” sign. It means you should stop to wait for a while until the sign of “walk” is showing.
3		This sign means that there is a bike lane. If you see such a sign, you must use the bike lane.
4		Car drivers and bike riders must come to a complete stop at “STOP” signs.
5		This sign means you are coming to a zebra crossing. You must slow down to allow people in the zebra crossing to cross the street.
6		This sign means parts of the road are rough. Be careful! Rough roads make you fall off your bike.

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配对阅读。左栏是对5个学生做演讲时存在问题的描述，请在右栏为每个学生选择一个合适的建议，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

We make traffic rules to keep order on the roads. These rules also help keep us  1  on the roads.
People have to  2  many traffic rules. In China, you must walk  3  the sidewalk or on the side of the road. Look carefully (仔细地) before you   4  the street.
If you are riding a bike, don't ride in the middle (中间) of the roads or run through (通过) the road when the traffic light is   5 . When you ride a bike   6  a friend, don't look around and talk.
If you drive, you must slow down at the traffic lights. You must always   7  a seat belt安全带). Without (没有) belts,   8  the driver and the other people in the car may hurt themselves when the car stops suddenly (突然地).
When you take a bus, you must be  9 . Get on or get off a bus only when it comes to a  10  When it’s full (满的), you shouldn't get on it or you may fall down.