Question

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech—“I Have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles(结巴) over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.

People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speechmaking as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.

1.The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ______.

A．be smarter than you  B．notice your mistakes

C．do better than you    D．know what you are talking about

2.You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because________.

A．your attention is on the content

B．you don’t fully understand the speech

C．you don’t know what the speaker plans to say

D．you find the way of speech-making more important

3.It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A．giving a speech is like giving a performance

B．one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

C．the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D．the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．How to Be a Perfect Speaker

B．How to Make a Perfect Speech

C．Don’ t Expect a Perfect Speech

D．Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述了演讲时不要太注重演讲的完美，偶尔出错没关系，听众注重的是内容而不是形式，只需放松心情，清楚直接表达观点就行。

1.B句意理解题。本段主要讲在演讲中偶尔出点错没关系，听众注重的是演讲的内容，所以划线句子的意思是：没有人会太在意你的错。故选B.

2.A细节推理题。根据Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.可知听众注重的是演讲的内容而不是演讲方式，所以不会记着演讲中的个别错误，故选A.

3.B推理判断题。根据But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance.可知演讲不是表演，A项错误；根据Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.可知一两个错误没多大坏处，但并不是错越多越有魅力，越真实，故B项正确，D项错误；根据They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly.可知听众注重演讲者清楚直接的表达自己的观点，C项错误；故选B.

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考点：考查文化教育类短文阅读。