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, the moments are usually not obvious 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 don’t really matter．If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech – “ I have a dream”, you may notice that he stumble（結(jié)巴）his words twice during the speech．Most likely, however, you don’t remember．Why? Because you were fixing your attention on its message rather than on his way of speech-making．People care a lot about making mistakes in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication．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 imperfect．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 to 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 of 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

英語課上，老師要求同桌同學(xué)相互修改作文。假設(shè)以下短文為你同桌所寫，請你對其進(jìn)行修改。文中共有10處錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號（/\），并在此符號下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1．每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

It is important to know that a parent should do to help reduce children’s stress．If you notice that your child is becoming nerve, he may have problems at the school．He may has trouble sleep．He may be depressing but begin to suffer from headaches．In this case, you should talk him to try to discover the causes of her stress．You should spend extra time helping him．In short, you need to be complete supportive and encouraging all the time．

從A、B、C、D四個選項中，找出其劃線部分與所給單詞的劃線部分讀音相同的選項。

1．reason         A．honest       B．president     C．smart                   D．a(chǎn)bsent

2．a(chǎn)pologize       A．common     B．European     C．globe                 D．handsome

3．breath         A．bathe        B．clothing      C．depth                 D．smooth

4．native         A．patient       B．damage      C．relative                D．national

5．repeat         A．measure       B．a(chǎn)head        C．peasant                D．peaceful

—I'll be traveling back from London so I can't come to your party on Friday．

— ____ Come round for a drink next week ！

A．I'm terribly sorry．                    B．What a pity!

C．I don't really mind．                 D．Please yourself!

Although these were both good students, ____ had a score above 60．

A．none          B．neither       C．most         D．few

He might have left the money for the simple reason ____ he didn't know it was there．

A．a(chǎn)s        B．because            C．that         D．which

Since he was 67, it didn't seem ____ that he would continue long in that position．

A．impossible           B．necessary        C．particular         D．likely

Cathy was a teacher from Newcastle, ____ is almost as far north as you can go．

A．which       B．who        C．that        D．it

I learnt so much about life from you, ____ when I found myself in trouble．

A．extremely      B．naturally         C．basically       D．especially

The cars on show are so cheap, but still I can't afford ____．

A．it        B．this        C．one         D．that