Question

    It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious(明显的) to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don't worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn't really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King's famous speech---"I have a Dream", you may notice that he stumbles(结巴) over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don't remember. Why?  Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.

People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication(交流). They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker's ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker's attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech, don't worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.

1.The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ______.

A.be smarter than you B.notice your mistakes

C.do better than you D.know what you are talking about

2.You don't remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ______.

A.your attention is on the content

B.you don't fully understand the speech

C.you don't know what the speaker plans to say

D.you find the way of speech-making more important

3.It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A.giving a speech is like giving a performance

B.one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

C.the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D.the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.How to Be a Perfect Speaker B.How to Make a Perfect Speech

C.Don't Expect a Perfect Speech D.Don't Expect Mistakes in a Speech

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。本文主要讲述了演讲时不要太注重演讲的完美，偶尔出错没关系，听众注重的是内容而不是形式，只需放松心情，清楚直接表达观点就行。

1.词句猜测题。根据第一段Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say.本段主要讲在演讲中偶尔出点错没关系，听众注重的是演讲的内容，所以根据上下文的语境可以判断出，划线句子的意思是：没有人会太在意你的错。故选B.

2.细节推理题。根据第二段Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.可知，因为你把注意力集中在演讲的内容上而不是演讲的方式上。所以你不记得演讲中明显的错误，因为你的注意力集中在内容上。故选A.

3.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.可知，有时候一两个错误就能让演讲者更有人情味，从而增加他的吸引力。由此判断出，演讲中一个或两个错误可能不是坏事。故B项正确。

4.主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了演讲时不要太注重演讲的完美，偶尔出错没关系，听众注重的是内容而不是形式，只需放松心情，清楚直接表达观点就行。所以短文的最佳标题为“不要期待完美的演讲”。故选C项。