Question

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。

Learning English used to be about developing four skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. After all, that’s 1. the exams are designed - with four skills tested separately.

But over the years, educators have come 2.(realize) that these four skills should never have been separated, but practiced all at once. And the best way to do that is, perhaps, through public speaking.

According to Mei Deming, a professor of English at Shanghai International Studies University, giving a speech in an international language 3.(require) a speaker to integrate(使成为一体) knowledge and content 4.(mental) and express the result systematically. Speakers must draw on the beauty of the language as a whole in order to communicate with an audience.

This is why the annual China Daily “21st Century Cup” National English Speaking Competition has been gaining in popularity since it began in 1996. “This competition has worked 5. a model for developing students’ public-speaking skills in English and provided ideas for English teaching in schools and in learning in a broader sense,” said Mei.

Shi Guohua, 6. English teacher at Shanghai Qibao High School, held a similar view. He said that key competence in acquiring English today comes from the ability to express oneself rather than in simply passing exams.

He also 7.(stress) that communication should go both ways since traditional English speaking education has focused too much on getting messages out while 8.(ignore) the receiver of these messages — the audience. “It’s important to understand the audience and build the link between the content being delivered and the interests of the audience,” he said. “It’s also important to create an impressive opening to a speech.”

As China continues to play an important role in global conversations, there will be more 9.(chance) for young Chinese people to present China and tell attracting stories. And in order to tell Chinese stories 10.(well), we first need to develop a more overall English skill. Working on public speaking is, perhaps, the place to start.

Answer

1.how

2.to realize

3.requires

4.mentally

5.as

6.an

7.stressed

8.ignoring

9.chances

10.better

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。学习英语过去就是关于四项技能的培养：听，说，读，写，主要是因为考试把四项技能分开测试。如何才能把四项技能高度地结合起来呢？本文作者告诉我们一个方法——公开演讲。

1.考查名词性从句。句意：毕竟，这就是考试如何被设计的——四项技能分开测试。根据句意可知，此处为how引导的表语从句，表示方式。故填how。

2.考查不定式作宾语。句意：但是，多年来，教育专家们开始意识到。此处考查动词搭配：come to realize开始意识到。故填to realize。

3.考查第三人称单数。句意：用一门国际语言演讲需要演讲者把知识和内容做到精神上的统一。此处是在论述一般性的事实规律，故应使用一般现在时，且后句Speakers must draw on the beauty of the language as a whole in order to communicate with an audience.有提示。故填requires。

4.考查副词。句意：用一门国际语言演讲需要演讲者把知识和内容做到精神上的统一，并把结果系统地表述出来。此处用副词修饰动词integrate，故填mentally。

5.考查介词。句意：这项比赛已经成为了培养学生用英语公共演讲技能的典范。此处考查动词与介词的搭配：work as充当，担任。故填as。

6.考查不定冠词。句意：石国华，上海七宝中学的一名英语老师。English首字母音标为元音，故填an。

7.考查一般过去时。句意：他也强调，交流应该双向进行。结合上下文语境He said that key competence in acquiring English....,以及he said. “It’s also important to create an impressive opening to a speech.”可知，使用了一般过去时。此处时态应保持一致。故填stressed。

8.考查现在分词做状语。句意：传统英语口语教育只是强调把信息表达出来，与此同时忽视了这些信息的接受者——观众。此处为状语从句的省略，省略了it is，其完整形式为：while it is ignoring the receiver of these messages — the audience.。故填ignoring。

9.考查名词单复数。句意：对年轻的中国人来说将会有更多的机会展示中国，讲述有趣的故事。chance为可数名词，前有more修饰，故应用复数形式。故填chances。

10.考查比较级。句意：为了更好地讲述中国故事，我们首先需要培养更为全面的英语技能。根据句意及后半句中的more可知，此处应使用比较级。故填better。