In the old days, when schools wanted to communicate with parents, they sent a letter home.

The last paragraph is concerned with______.

A．the strategies to get rid of the bad habit

B．the importance of forming good habits

C．the difficulties in speech preparation

D．the necessity of being confident

The word "unlearn" (Para. 5)can be replaced with "______."

A．undo

B．stop

C．break

D．move

The "bad habit" is harmful because it makes the speaker look______.

A．stupid

B．unprepared

C．unconfident

D．unfriendly

By the "bad habit" , the author refers to______.

A．speaking very slowly

B．speaking too fast

C．speaking in a broken way

D．speaking in a critical way

ch. When someone goes up on a stage, or gives a presentation at a business meeting, many pairs of eyes will be following and judging this person. If you are up there and talking, you want to give your best impression. While many workshops and online videos focus on teaching us how to adjust our body language to appear confident and convince others of our message, less attention is given to how we phrase things. Speech should flow, but there is this one little bad habit most of us have—one that builds a dam in our flowing sentences. This habit makes our message sound as if we are building our foundations on quicksand. Do you know which bad habit I mean? It is the habit of using that not-even-a-word in too many sentences, i.e., the habit of saying "uhm"—something we generally are not even aware of. When we let this habit slip into our speech, it weakens our message, and our audience and clients will be less convinced of our claims. The nasty thing about "uhm" is that it s often too tiny to even notice. It has become part of our expressions and virtually everybody does it. Therefore, it takes practice and effort to unlearn stuffing our sentences with it. To get a hold of your bad habit of using "uhm" , you can try the following exercises: 1)Record your speech when you prepare: 2)Write out your entire speech beforehand: 3)Take a moment to center yourself: and 4)Speak a little more slowly. Make a pledge today: drop the "uhm"!

The main topic of the passage is______.

A．how to give a good impression

B．how to use body language

C．how to build confidence

D．how to make your speech flow

go cheaper. What about the black one?

A．For god"s sake.

B．That"s too bad.

C．Move on.

D．No worries.

Bobby: Im tired of cooking at home.______ Mark: Me too. Lets go.

A．What can we do?

B．I need some rest.

C．Can you cook today?

D．I want to eat out.

____

A．No, you can" t.

B．I"m quite sure of that.

C．Let me check.

D．Believe me or not.

.

A．Hold on

B．I"m really hungry

C．I"d grabbed a bite before coming here

D．I"m not feeling like any food

Speaker A: What are you searching for? Speaker B: ______I need to get out of here.

A．I"m looking for an exit.

B．I can hardly find any.

C．Too late.

D．Let me see.