My teachers suggested that I see a speech specialist (專家) 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.
小題1:The article is probably taken from       .
A．a newspaperB．an advertisement
C．a detective storyD．a science book
小題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.
小題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, bB．b, cC．a, cD．b, d
小題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
小題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

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要講述了自己學習演講的經歷，從而告訴我們演講藝術一門很重要的藝術。
小題1:這篇短文主要想告訴我們演講藝術一門很重要的藝術。結合所給選項，可知最有可能出自一篇生活類報紙，故選A。
小題2:根據(jù)Before testing me, the speech specialist asked me what I thought of having good speech. I told her I thought it was not important描述，可知我認為在同學們面前進行不錯的演講是有用的。故選B。
小題3:根據(jù)After she tested me, she told me that I spoke too fast, and didn’t give enough eye contact (眼神交流).描述，可知選C。
小題4:聯(lián)系前文Every time I spoke too fast, the specialist stopped me and told me to start again.描述，可知此處指的是我的演講水平有了提高，故選C。
小題5:根據(jù)短文最后一段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.描述，可知作者想告訴我們的是演講是一門很重要的藝術，故選B。
點評：本文中長句較多，一時很難讀懂句子含義，注意多讀幾遍，不要強求非得理解一詞一句的含義，能把握文章大意就行。然后帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結出正確答案。
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