[1] At some point in your life you are bound to be required to give a speech. Bu

[1] At some point in your life you are bound to berequired to give a speech. But are you capable of having the effect on anaudience that you want to have? Here are some things to keep inmind.     

[2] You may think it's good to create an informaleffect, or even that it' s cool to use filler words (填充词) such as “like” and “you know”. But in reality, thesewords add nothing, and create the danger of making you sound foolish anduninformed.

[3] Pauses can be of significant help in adding depthto your speech, but only when they  are used at the right moments. Pausingsuddenly and with a panicked look will just make your audience uneasy. Also, avery long silence is the last thing you need. Make sure that your pauses arenicely placed if you want to sound like a speaker who has absolute control ofwhat he is talking about.

[4] You also need to be careful when you switch to anew idea during the course of a speech. Often speakers ________such as “well”,“so”, and so on, when they move on to new ideas. My advice, however, is toavoid such words and to try to think of a way of making a tradition that isunique to the topic of your speech.

[5] Finally, avoid “umming” and “ahhing” he way manypeople do when they give speeches. You want to sound confident and assured, andthe way not to do so is to put an “urn” or an “ah” in the middle of everysentence.

1.What is the text mainly about? (No more than 8words)

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2.Complete the following statement with proper words.(No more than 3 words)

It's careful to switch to ________________________when you give a speech.

3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words.(No more than 5 words)

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4.Why does the author say it' s not good to use fillerwords? (No more than 12 words)

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5.What does the word "they" (paragraph 3)probably refer to? (No more than 2 words)

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试题答案

【答案】

1.How to make an effective / a good speech

2.a new idea

3.make use of transition words / use transition words

4.Because these words will make you sound foolish anduniformed.

5.pauses

【解析】

试题分析:这是一篇说明文，说明了怎样做一个好的演讲

1.第一段是本文的主旨“怎样做一个好的演讲”

2.由句子You also need to becareful when you switch to a new idea during the course of a speech可以得到答案

3.由第四段最后一句is to avoid suchwords and to try to think of a way of making a tradition that is unique to thetopic of your speech可以得到答案

4.由第二段最后一句But in reality,these words add nothing, and create the danger of making you sound foolish anduninformed可以得到答案

5.由第三段第一句Pauses can be ofsignificant help in adding depth to your speech可以得到答案

考点：考查分析能力

点评：做此类题时，首先要通读全文，知道全文的意思，根据问题在短文里找答案