My teachers suggested that I see a speech specialist (專家) in school.

I never really gave much thought to my speech. If other people understood what I was saying, then that was good enough. I didn’t mind repeating myself many times.

Before testing me, the speech specialist asked me what I thought of having good speech. I told her I thought it was not important.

“Well, when you are in an interview for a job, and they don’t know what you are saying, what are they going to say to you? Nice meeting you, bye,” she said.

Maybe good speech was important. I took part in 20-minute classes each week with the specialist.

After she tested me, she told me that I spoke too fast, and didn’t give enough eye contact (眼神交流). I learned that when I made eye contact with someone, it meant that I was talking to that person, and I could also see what he or she thought about what I was saying.

When my first speech class started, I found that I had been speaking too fast to be understood. Every time I spoke too fast, the specialist stopped me and told me to start again. At first, I got stopped after almost every other sentence. After a while, I felt my speech slow down. I wasn’t sure if people could understand me better, but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself.

Speech is an important skill to have. If you do have good speech, that’s a good thing, but if you don’t have it, it is never too late to improve.

1.The article is probably taken from       .

A．a(chǎn) newspaper                           B．a(chǎn)n advertisement

C．a(chǎn) detective story                        D．a(chǎn) science book

2.What did the writer think of having good speech before the classes?

A．It was very useful.                       B．It was nothing important.

C．It was impossible.                       D．It was good for interviewing.

3.What were the writer’s problems when he was speaking?

a. He spoke too quickly.

b. He never stopped once he started talking.

c. He seldom kept eye contact with people.

d. He didn’t give others time to ask questions.

A．a(chǎn), b              B．b, c              C．a(chǎn), c              D．b, d

4.From the sentence “but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself,” we know that _____.

A．the writer’s friends couldn’t understand him

B．the writer still couldn’t make eye contact

C．the writer improved a lot

D．the writer didn’t slow down

5.Through the passage, the writer wants to tell us that _____.

A．seeing a speech specialist is necessary

B．speech is an important skill to have

C．good speech can help you make friends

D．good speech gets good affect

“Ring… ring…” the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to   the call. It was his aunt. “Sam,    are you still at home?” she asked surprisingly. Sam 1ooked at the clock. It was already 7:30 a.m. “Oh, my goodness! There’s an important   today,” Sam shouted out. He hurried to wash his face and get   . When he was going to leave the house, he    that he didn’t put away his books. He ran quickly to the   and put them into the bag. He then went to the bus stop to go to school as  as he could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were    writing. “Why are you so  ?” asked the teacher. “I’m sorry, sir,” Sam answered, afraid of looking   . “It was my clock. It   to wake me up this morning and ...” “Don't say anything about it,” his teacher     him. “Don’t try to come late next time!” Sam said yes and walked to his  quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not   in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, “What a     day it was for me!”

1.A. find            B. give            C. put              D. answer

2.A. why           B. how            C. when            D. where

3.A. talk            B. party           C. exam          D. meeting

4.A. tired           B. lost            C. dressed          D. rested

5.A. forgot       B. remembered     C. understood         D. thought

6.A. classroom     B. desk             C. bus              D. door

7.A. carefully        B. quietly           C. early             D. fast

8.A. worried         B. free            C. busy            D. careful

9.A. 1ate            B. ill             C. lonely           D. ready

10.A. down         B. up             C. out              D. back

11.A. happened        B. stopped        C. failed           D. pointed

12.A. helped          B. knew       C. followed         D. stopped

13.A. room         B. table          C. seat             D. teacher

14.A. think        B. sit          C. turn            D. speak

15.A. short       B. bad          C. happy          D. usual

"Ring…Ring…" the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to 1 the call. It was his aunt.

    "Sam,   2 are you still at home? " she asked in surprise. Sam looked at the clock. It was already 7:30 a.m.

    "Oh, my goodness! There's an important   3   today;" Sam shouted out.

    He hurried to wash his face and get dressed. When he was going to leave the house, he  4   that he had not put away his books. He ran quickly to the desk and put them into the bag.

    He then went to the bus stop to go to school as   5   as he could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were busy writing.

   "Why are you so   6   ?" asked the teacher.

   "I'm sorry, sir," Sam answered, afraid of looking up. "It was my clock… It   7  to wake me up this morning and…"

   "Don't say anything   8   it!" his teacher stopped him. "Try not to come late next time!"

   Sam said yes and walked to his   9   quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not think in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, "What a   10   day it has been for me!"

1. A. find              B. give                C. put                 D. answer

2. A. why              B. how                     C. when              D. where

3. A talk                 B. party             C. exam              D. meeting

4. A forgot             B. remembered       C. understood         D. thought

5. A carefully            B. quietly            C. early             D. quickly

6. A late                 B. lonely               C. worried           D. ill

7. A happened            B. stopped             C. failed              D. began

8. A to                 B. about               C. in                D. with

9. A. room              B. book             C. seat              D. teacher

10. A. short            B. bad                C. happy            D. usual

 “Ring… ring…” the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to  46   the call. It was his aunt. “Sam,  47   are you still at home?” she asked surprisingly. Sam 1ooked at the clock. It was already 7:30 a. m. “Oh, my goodness! There’s an important   48   today,” Sam shouted out. He hurried to wash his face and get   49 . When he was going to leave the house, he  50   that he had not put away his books. He ran quickly to the  51  and put them into the bag. He then went to the bus stop to go to school as  52   as he could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were 53    writing. “Why are you so   54  ?” asked the teacher . “I’m sorry, sir,” Sam answered, afraid of looking   55  . “It was my clock.. It   56    to wake me up this morning and ....” “Don't say anything about it,” his teacher   57   him. “Don’t try to come late next time!” Sam said yes and walked to his  58   quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not   59   in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, “What a   60   day it has been for me!”
(  )46.   A. find              B. give               C. put               D. answer
(  )47.   A. why             B. how               C. when             D. where
(  )48.   A. talk              B. party              C. exam             D. meeting
(  )49.   A. tired             B. lost               C. dressed           D. rested
(  )50.   A. forgot           B. remembered     C. understood        D. thought
(  )51.   A. classroom      B. desk               C. bus                D. door
(  )52.   A. carefully        B. quietly           C. early               D. fast
(  )53.   A. worried         B. free                C. busy              D. careful
(  )54.   A. 1ate             B. ill                  C. lonely            D. ready
(  )55.  A. down           B. up                 C. out                 D. back
(  )56.  A. happened       B. stopped         C. failed              D. pointed
(  )57.  A. helped          B. knew           C. followed         D. stopped
(  )58.  A. room          B. table             C. seat                 D. teacher
(  )59.  A. think          B. sit               C. turn               D. speak
(  )60.  A. short         B. bad              C. happy            D. usual