— Have you ever read that article?— Yes, But I think there is nothing______in itWhich of t
A.difficulty
B.new
C.interesting
D.important
A.difficulty
B.new
C.interesting
D.important
Have you ever noticed advertisements which say "Learn a foreign language in six weeks, or your money back! From the first day your pronunciation will be excellent. Just send. . . " and so on? Of course, it never happens quite like that. The only language that is easy to learn is the mother tongue. Think how much practice that gets!Before the Second World War people usually learnt a foreign language in order to read the literature of the country. Now speaking the foreign language is what most people want. Every year many millions of people start learning one.
Some people try at home, with books and records or tapes; some use radio or television programmes; others go to evening classes. If they use the language only twice or three times a week, learning it will take a long time. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for six or more hours a day. It is clearly easier to learn the language in the country where it is spoken. However, most people cannot afford this, and for many it is not necessary. They need the language in order to do their work better. For example, scientists and doctors chiefly need to be able to read books and reports in the foreign language. Whether the language is learnt quickly or slowly, it is hard work. Machines and good books will help, but they cannot do the student's work for him.
31. The advertisements say it would be easy to_________.
A. speak your native language better
B. keep in mind any foreign language
C. learn a foreign language within several weeks
D. learn by heart a foreign language
32. Nowadays most people want to learn_________.
A. about the country where a language is spoken
B. to speak a foreign language
C. to read essays in the foreign language
D. to write in the foreign language
33. Before the 2nd World War people usually learnt a foreign language in order to_________.
A. communicate with their foreign friends
B. read the foreign newspaper
C. read the literacy works of the country
D. talk with their foreign friends
34. If you only use the language twice or three times a week ,_________.
A. it is impossible to learn it well
B. it will take a long time to learn the foreign language
C. you will never learn the language well
D. perhaps you will learn harsh language
35._________is very important whether a foreign language is learnt quickly or slowly.
A. Talent
B. Intelligence
C. Ability
D. Hard work
31. The advertisements say it would be easy to ()·
A. speak your native language better
B. keep in mind any foreign language
C. learn a foreign language within several weeks
D. learn by heart a foreign language
32. Nowadays most people want to learn()·
A. about the country where a language is spoken
B. to speak a foreign language
C. to read essays in the foreign language
D. to write in the foreign language
33. Before the 2nd World War people usually learnt a foreign language in order to ().
A. communicate with their foreign friends
B. read the foreign newspaper
C. read the literacy works of the country
D. talk with their foreign friends
34. If you only use the language twice or three times a week ,().
A. it is impossible to learn it well
B. it will take a long time to learn the foreign language
C. you will never learn the language well
D. perhaps you will learn harsh language
35. () is very important whether a foreign language is learnt quickly or slowly.
A. Talent
C. Ability
B. Intelligence
D. Hard work
“What did you learn in that course?” I’d ask.
“Well, the main thing was learning how to face an audience ... not to be inhibited(拘谨 )... not to be nervous
Exactly, when you take a course in public speaking nowadays, you don’ t hear much about grammar and vocabulary. Instead, you’ re taught how not to be afraid or embarrassed, how to speak without a prepared script, how to read out to the live audience before you. Public speaking is a matter of overcoming your long-standing nervous inhibitions.
The same is true of writing. The point of the whole thing is to overcome your nervous inhibitions, to break through the invisible barrier that separates you from the person who’ ll read what you wrote. You must learn to sit in front of your typewriter or dictating machine and read out to the person at the other end of the line.
Of course, in public speaking, with the audience right in front of you, the problem is easier. You can look at them and talk to them directly. In writing, you’ re alone. It needs an effort of your experience or imagination to take hold of that other person and talk to him or her. But that effort is necessary -- or at least it’ s necessary until you’ve reached the point when you quite naturally and unconsciously “talk on paper
1、The topic of the passage is ________
A、how to be a good writer
B、how to be a good speaker
C、how to express yourself with your words
D、how to get rid of nervousness in public speaking
2、The public speech course mainly teaches students ______
A、how to make an attractive speech using perfect grammar and vocabulary
B、how to express themselves exactly and vividly
C、how to collect data needed and organize it
D、how to get over their nervousness when making a speech
3、The similarity between making a public speech and writing is that _______
A、you have to do a lot of preparation work beforehand
B、 you should get over your nervous inhibitions
C、 you should know grammar and vocabulary well to accomplish them
D、 both of them have audience
4、In the opinion of the author, public speaking is much easier than writing because _______
A、public speaking requires less effort than writing
B、 it’ s unnecessary for you to write a lot for speech and you can say anything as you like
C、 you face the audience directly in public speaking; while writing is otherwise
D、 in public speaking, the audience have to listen to you whether they like it or not
5、The author of this passage probably is a ________
A、boss
B、 politician
C、 writer
D、 professor
() to you?
A、do Karen and John ever write
B、Have Karen and John write
A.Not yet
B.Not still
C.Not already
D.Not ever
--- Have you ever tried windsurfing?
--- __________.
A. Yes, I did
B. No, there isn’t
C. No, I haven’t
Have you ever had ______ in your country?
A.a women ' s boxer
B.a woman' s boxer
C.a women boxer
D.a woman boxer