IMAGINE that you are in school, giving a speech to your class.
Now think what it feels like when stammering(口吃)makes it a struggle to communicate your thoughts and feelings to other people.
The King’s Speech, which won the best picture at
the Academy Awards, highlights(突出) stammering along with other speech-related problems. The movie tells the story of Britain’s King George Ⅵ, who became king after his brother Edward Ⅷ gave up the crown to marry an American woman.
As a result of British actor Colin Firth’s performance, people are starting to realize that stammering can damage a person’s self-confidence and cause him/her to escape from life.
“The problem is unseen and unheard,” said Norbert Lieckfeldt, an expert at the British Stammering Association, in an interview with The Guardian newspaper.
“Stammering masks(遮蓋) your ability,” he said, “It's a serious disability(殘疾).”
Most stammerers face bullying(欺負(fù)) in school, something that is “usually carried over into the workplace”.
George Ⅵ’s stammer took away his confidence as a speaker. But Samantha Mesango, a speech coach based in the UK, believes that speech problems are more common than most people realize. “Some simply don't like the sound of their own voice; others are scared of speaking in public,” she said.
Travis Treats from Saint Louis University’s department of communication sciences in the US, praised The King’s Speech. He said it shows that “how one’s speech does not mean what one is inside”.
He also added that people who stammer need to be heard and our society should recognize that they have a lot to give to the world.
【小題1】 What is the point of the first two paragraphs?

A．To tell readers about speech speaking.
B．To show how harmful a stammer is.
C．To draw the attention of readers to the problem of a stammer.
D．To show how a stammer makes a person popular
【小題2】 According to the article, King George Ⅵ _____.
A．was a hero during World War Ⅱ
B．took the place of his brother
C．married a divorced American woman
D．was a failure because of his stammer
【小題3】 What is Norbert Lieckfeldt’s view of the challenge of a stammer?
A．A stammer can destroy a person’s self-confidence.
B．A stammer is a serious problem for many people but it is often ignored.
C．People who stammer need to have their own voice.
D．People who stammer do better in work than in school.


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】B

解析【小題1】 C 推理判斷題。文章讓讀者身臨其境去想象因緊張而口吃的情景，引起讀者興趣。
【小題2】 B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第三段對(duì)《國(guó)王的演講》的劇情描述可以得知B項(xiàng)正確。A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)在文中沒(méi)有指出他是二戰(zhàn)時(shí)的英雄。
【小題3】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。此題迷惑性較強(qiáng)，注意題干問(wèn)的是Norbert Lieckfeldt的觀點(diǎn)，A、C兩項(xiàng)文中都有提及，但都不是Norbert Lieckfeldt的觀點(diǎn)。

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