If we want to use questions to begin our speech, we can use yes/no questions, rhetorical questions and survey.

When we meet a person, our first impression is based on their body language and their speech. 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

听力原文： We cannot feel speed. But our senses let us know that we are moving. We see things moving past us and feel that we are, being shaken.

We can feel acceleration, an increase in speed. But we notice it for only a short time. For example, we feel it during the takeoff of an airplane.

We feel the plane's acceleration because our bodies do not get speed as fast as the plane does. It seems that something is pushing us back against the seat. Actually, our bodies are trying to stay in the same place, while the plane is carrying us forward.

Soon the plane reaches a steady speed. Then, because there is no longer any change in speed, the feeling forward motion stops.

8. What lets us know that we are moving?

(13)

A．Our body.

B．Our senses.

C．The speed.

D．The plane.

听力原文： How can a speaker successfully hold an audience's attention during his speech? What is the secret?

First, find out about the audience and what they need to know. Plan what you're going to say and say it clearly and concisely. (33) A good speaker uses various signals to help hold the audience's attention and make the information clear. One type of signal is to introduce a list with a phrase like There are three things we have to consider. The speaker then says what the three things are and talks about each one at the required level of detail.

Another signaling technique is to give a link between parts of the presentation. Say where one part of the talk finishes and another starts. For example, a well organized presentation usually contains different parts and progression from one part to the next must be clear, with phrases like that's all I want to say about the development of the product. Now let's turn to the actual marketing plan. This technique is very helpful to the audience, especially those who are mainly interested in one part only. Another type of signaling is sequencing of information. This usually follows a logical order, perhaps based on time. Key words in sequencing information are first, then, and so on.

(34) Still another technique which helps to emphasize key points is careful repetition. Examples are As I've already said, there is no alternative but to increase production by 100 per cent...

A final point concerns timing and quantity of information. (35) Psychologists have suggested that concentration is reduced after about twenty minutes without a break or a change in activity. Furthermore, audience should not overburdened with technical details or given too many facts to remember. It is claimed that to ask people to remember more than three things in a five minutes' talk is too much.

Every speaker needs to think about exactly how much information of a particular type a specific audience is likely to absorb and to plan accordingly.

33．How can a good speaker hold the audience's attention?

34.How can a good speaker emphasize the key points in his activity?

35.How can a speaker lengthen the audience's attention?

(30)

A．By telling a vivid story.

B．By a well-organized presentation.

C．By using various signals.

D．By a logical order.

Electronic communication, due to its speed and broadcasting ability, is fundamentally different from paper-based communication such as letters and memos.(51)the other person's response time capability is(52)fast, email is more "conversational" than traditional methods of communication.

In a paper document, it is absolutely(53)to make everything completely clear and unambiguous because your audience may not have a chance to ask for(54). With email documents, however, your(55)can ask question immediately. Email, therefore like conversational speech, tends to be much informal and more ambiguous.

This is not always bad. It might not be a(56)expenditure of energy to slave(57)a message, making sure that your spelling is(58), your words eloquent, and that your grammar and punctuation are(59)reproach, if the point of the message is simply to inform. the recipient that your are ready to go to lunch.

Granted, you should put some effort into ensuring that your subjects(60)with your verbs, words are spelled correctly, avoid the mixing of metaphors, and so on.

Because of the(61)of vocal variation, gestures, and a shared environment, email is not as(62)a communication method as a face-to-face or even a telephone conversation. Your recipient may have difficulty(63)if you are being serious or joking, frustrated or euphoric. Thus, your email compositions should be different from both your speech and paper compositions.

With email, you cannot(64)anything about your correspondent's location, time, mood, marital(65)or age, This means, among other things, that you need to be very, very careful in phrasing your communications in order to prevent misunderstanding.

A．Because

B．Although

C．Whereas

D．When

The speaker seems to have no______ideas; his speech was full of platitudes.

A．true

B．original

C．real

D．genuine

A、emotion

B、temper

C、accent

D、recitation

We can improve our speeches and writings ______.

A．by using words at random

B．by using words with care and accuracy

C．by using beautiful words we like

D．by using words which are grammatically right