Question

Making a speech(演讲) at the UN in front of 500 people from around the world isn't an easy job. And doing it in a foreign language is much ______. When most Chinese students were still ______ their holiday, Wang Yuan, one of the TFBOYS was busy writing the speech and practicing it. He used all the free time to try to ______ it

The subject of Wang's speech was about study. It is a subject that ______ of the students of his age in China can talk about ______ even in Chinese. The speech wasn't the best, but it was ______ enough for him. After that, he went ______ the speech to see if he had made a mistake. He said he learned a lot from this activity, ______ it was meaningful for him. His post on Sina Weibo about the speech was ______ more than 10 million times.

The activity also changed the singer's ______ of English learning. “After the speech, I started to pay more attention to my spoken English,” he said. “Just burying (埋藏) myself in paper exercises is far from enough.”

1.A. louder    B. harder    C. nicer    D. faster

2.A. enjoying    B. discussing    C. breaking    D. talking

3.A. forget    B. hope    C. remember    D. learn

4.A. none    B. few    C. any    D. many

5.A. loudly    B. quickly    C. wonderfully    D. carefully

6.A. bad    B. good    C. sad    D. happy

7.A. through    B. up    C. after    D. for

8.A. but    B. or    C. then    D. so

9.A. loved    B. noticed    C. bought    D. shared

10.A. idea    B. plan    C. life    D. interest

Answer

1. B

2. A

3. C

4. B

5. C

6. B

7. A

8. D

9. D

10. A

【解析】

本文介绍了王源在联合国用外语做演讲。他利用暑假空闲时间准备演讲，反复练习，努力记住它。他演讲的话题是关于学习的，演讲得非常精彩。通过这次活动，王源对英语学习改变了看法。他认为只埋在纸上的练习是不够的。

1.B

考查形容词及语境的理解。A. louder更大声的； B. harder 更困难的； C. nicer 更美好的； D. faster更快的；句意：用外语来演讲更难。根据前文的Making a speech(演讲) at the UN in front of 500 people from around the world isn't an easy job.可知在联合国世界各地的500人面前做演讲是不容易的，因此用外语在世界各国人面前来做演讲是更不容易的，更难的，故选B。

2.A

考查动词及语境的理解。A. enjoying 喜欢；B. discussing讨论； C. breaking 破坏； D. talking谈话；句意：当大多数中国学生仍然在享受他们的假期，TFBOYS中的一个成员王源正忙于写演讲，练习它。根据most Chinese students were still 和their holiday可知大多数中国学生仍然在享受假期，故选A。

3.C

考查动词及语境的理解。A. forget忘记；B. hope 希望； C. remember 记住； D. learn学习；句意：他利用所有的空闲时间来努力记住它。根据Wang Yuan, one of the TFBOYS was busy writing the speech and practicing it可知王源在写演讲，练习它，这是要记住它，故选C。

4.B

考查代词及语境的理解。A. none 没有一个； B. few很少的； C. any 任何一个；D. many许多的；句意：在中国，像他这样年纪的学生，即使是用中文，也很少能说得那么好。根据The speech wasn't the best, but it was ___6___ enough for him.可知这个演讲对他来说是足够的，因此像他这个年纪的学生很少能说的那么好，故选B。

5.C

考查副词及语境的理解。A. loudly大声地； B. quickly 迅速地； C. wonderfully 精彩地； D. carefully认真地；句意：在中国，像他这样年纪的学生，即使是用中文，也很少能说得那么好。根据后文的The speech wasn't the best, but it was ___6___ enough for him.可知他说得非常精彩，故选C。

6.B

考查形容词及语境的理解。A. bad 坏的；B. good 好的；C. sad 悲伤的； D. happy高兴的；句意：那个演讲不是最好，但是对他来说，这是足够好的。连词but前后表示转折关系，but前表示这个演讲不是最好，因此but后表示它是很好的，故选B。

7.A

考查介词及语境的理解。A. through通过； B. up 向上的； C. after 在……之后； D. for为了；句意：那之后，他仔细检查那个演讲，看看他是否犯错了。go through仔细检查，故选A。

8.D

考查连词及语境的理解。A. but 但是； B. or 或者；C. then 然后； D. so所以；句意：他说他从这个活动中学到了很多东西，所以这对他来说是有意义的。结合句意，前半句表示他从这个活动中学到很多，后半句表示这对他非常有意义，前后表示因果关系，故用连词so，故选D。

9.D

考查动词及语境的理解。A. loved 喜欢； B. noticed 注意；C. bought 买； D. shared分享；句意：他在新浪微博上关于这次演讲的帖子被转发超过1000万次。此处表示他的帖子被分享，转发，故选D。

10.A

考查名词及语境的理解。A. idea 主意； B. plan 计划； C. life 生活；D. interest兴趣；句意：这次活动也改变了这个歌手对英语学习的想法。根据后文的After the speech, I started to pay more attention to my spoken English change one可知此处表示这次活动改变了他对英语学习的看法，故选A。