Question

Making a public speech is the thing that most people don’t want to do. The reason is that we are all afraid of making mistakes in front of others. The more important the speech is, the more frightened we will be. But forget it now. Public speaking is easy. It’s just a simple talking, Although I’m a shy man, I’ve been making speeches and talking on radio and television for more than 30 years. Anybody who can talk can speak in public. Here are some of the lessons I have learned:

Keep your speech simple. Your audience can’t take all of your main ideas, and they can only remember one or two of them, not ten or twenty. So you should prepare one or two of your main ideas very well. But if you can’t express what you want to say, then your speech will not be paid attention to. And if you don’t have a clear idea of what you want to say, your audience won’t, either.

Organize your speech well. No matter how long or short your speech is, you have to organize your speech—how you are going to open or begin, what main points you want to make and how you’re going to close or end. A strong close is usually very important and critical(關(guān)鍵的): the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember. If not, they will be confused.

Keep your speech not long. The standard length of a speech is usually 12 minutes. Most people can’t put their minds in one thing for too long time, which will make them tired and lose their interest. If you pay no attention to your audience’s reaction(反應(yīng))，the audience will get bored. Of course, your speech will fail.

Following these suggestions above, you can make a good speech in public, and you will be an excellent speaker, I think.

 

Answer 1

1.public

2.clear

3.Prepare

4.organized

5.audience

6.beginning/opening

7.short

8.interest

9.bored

10.possible

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是很多人都害怕在公開的場合演講，作者是一個(gè)很有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的演講者，他在短文中給我們提了一些建議，一是要讓你的演講簡單，二是要好好的組織你的演講，三是演講不要太長。

1.根據(jù)短文的第一段的開頭Making a public speech is the thing that most people don’t want to do.和這一段的大意可知，很多人都害怕在公眾場合做演講，但是作者是一個(gè)很有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的演講者，在短文中他給我們提出了一些建議。故填public。

2.】根據(jù)短文第二段中And if you don’t have a clear idea of what you want to say, your audience won’t, either.可知，作者認(rèn)為如果你對你想說的沒有一個(gè)明確的觀點(diǎn)，那么你的聽眾就不會知道你想說什么。相反地，如果你有一個(gè)清楚觀點(diǎn)的話，你的聽眾也就會知道你想說什么了。故填clear。

3.】根據(jù)短文第二段中So you should prepare one or two of your main ideas very well可知，作者認(rèn)為在演講的時(shí)候，你應(yīng)該把你的一兩個(gè)主要的觀點(diǎn)準(zhǔn)備好。故填prepare。

4.】根據(jù)作者給出的第二個(gè)建議Organize your speech well可知，作者認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)該組織好自己的演講。這里使用的句型是get sth. done，使某事被…。故填organized。

5.】根據(jù)作者給出的第二個(gè)建議If not, they will be confused.可知，如果你不很好的組織你的演講，那么觀眾就會感到迷惑。這里的they 指的是the audience。

6.】根據(jù)作者給出的第二個(gè)建議No matter how long or short your speech is, you have to organize your speech—how you are going to open or begin,可知，不管你的演講多長或多短，你必須組織你的演講—你打算怎樣開始。根據(jù)這句話我們可以知道這里填beginning或opening。

7.】根據(jù)短文中作者給出的第三個(gè)建議Keep your speech not long.可知，作者建議我們演講不要太長。故這里應(yīng)該填short。

8.】根據(jù)短文第三個(gè)建議Most people can’t put their minds in one thing for too long time, which will make them tired and lose their interest.可知，如果你的演講太長，這樣就會使觀眾感到很疲倦，失去興趣。由此可知這里應(yīng)該填interest。

9.】根據(jù)作者給出的第三個(gè)建議Most people can’t put their minds in one thing for too long time, which will make them tired and lose their interest. 可知，如果你的演講太長，這樣就會使觀眾感到很疲倦，失去興趣。由此可知這里應(yīng)該填bored，感到厭煩的。

10.】根據(jù)作者給出的第三個(gè)建議可知，作者覺得我們的演講應(yīng)該盡可能的段。as…as possible 盡可能…的。故填possible。

考點(diǎn)：任務(wù)型閱讀。