"What did you learn in that course?" I'd ask.
"Well, the main thing was learning how to face an audience ... not to be inhibited(拘谨 )... not to be nervous Exactly, when you take a course in public speaking nowadays, you don' t hear much about grammar and vocabulary. Instead, you' re taught how not to be afraid or embarrassed, how to speak without a prepared script, how to read out to the live audience before you. Public speaking is a matter of overcoming your long-standing nervous inhibitions.
The same is true of writing. The point of the whole thing is to overcome your nervous inhibitions, to break through the invisible barrier that separates you from the person who' ll read what you wrote. You must learn to sit in front of your typewriter or dictating machine and read out to the person at the other end of the line.
Of course, in public speaking, with the audience right in front of you, the problem is easier. You can look at them and talk to them directly. In writing, you' re alone. It needs an effort of your experience or imagination to take hold of that other person and talk to him or her. But that effort is necessary -- or at least it' s necessary until you've reached the point when you quite naturally and unconsciously "talk on paper.
1.In the opinion of the author, public speaking is much easier than writing because().
A、public speaking requires less effort than writing
B、it' s unnecessary for you to write a lot for speech and you can say anything as you like
C、you face the audience directly in public speaking; while writing is otherwise
D、in public speaking, the audience have to listen to you whether they like it or not
2.The topic of the passage is().
A、how to be a good writer
B、how to be a good speaker
C、how to express yourself with your words
D、how to get rid of nervousness in public speaking
3.The public speech course mainly teaches students().
A、how to make an attractive speech using perfect grammar and vocabulary
B、how to express themselves exactly and vividly
C、how to collect data needed and organize it
D、how to get over their nervousness when making a speech
4.The similarity between making a public speech and writing is that().
A、you have to do a lot of preparation work beforehand
B、you should get over your nervous inhibitions
C、you should know grammar and vocabulary well to accomplish them
D、both of them have audience
5.The author of this passage probably is a ().
A、boss
B、politician
C、writer
D、professor
Questions 56-61are based onthe following passage.
Educators today are more and more oftenheard to say that computer literacy is absolutely necessary forcollegestudents. Many even argue that each incoming freshman should have permanentaccess to his or her ownmicrocomputer. What advantages do computers offer thecollege students?
Any student who has used a word processorwill know one compelling reason to use a computer: to writepapers. Although notall students feel comfortable composing on a word processor, most ,findrevising and editingmuch easier on it. One can alter, insert, or delete just bypressing a few keys, thus eliminating the need to rewrite orre-type.Furthermore, since the revision process is less burdensome, students are morelikely to revise as often as isnecessary to end up with the best paperpossible. For these reasons, many freshman English cottrses require the useof aword processor.
Computers are also useful in the contextof language courses, where they are used to drill students in basicskills.Software programs reinforce ESL(English as a Second Language .instruction, aswell as instrnction in French, German, Spanish, and other languages. By usingthese programs on a regular basis, students can improvetheir proficiency in alanguage while proceeding at their own pace.
Science students take advantage ofcomputers in many ways. Using computer graphic capabilities, forexample, botanystudents can represent and analyze different plant growth patterns. Medicalstudents can learn tointerpret computerized images of internal body structures.Physics students can complete complex calculations farmore quickly than theycould without the use of computer.
Similarly, business and accountingstudents find that computer spreadsheet programs are all but indispensabletomany aspects of their work, while students pursuing careers in graphic arts,marketing, and public relations find thatknowledge of computer graphic isimportant
Education majors learn to develop grading systems usingcomputers,while social science students use computers for analyzing andgraphically displacing their research results.
It is no wonder, then, that educatorssupport the purchase and use of microcomputers by students. A Versatile tool, the computer can help students learn.And that is, after all, the reason for going to college.
56、The word"literacy" (Line 1,Paragraph 1) means _________.
A.the ability to read andwrite
B.the ability to use
C.literature
D.the knowledge of language
57、The main purpose of thispassage is to _________.
A.persuade the educators toincrease computer use in their own classroom
B.analyze advantages anddisadvantages of computer use among college students
C.identify some of the waysthat computers benefit college students
D.describe how computers canbe used to teach foreign languages
58、According to the author, aword processor can be used to_________.
A.revise papers
B.retype papers
C.reduce the psychologicalburden of writing papers
D.improve the writing skillsof a student
59、In this passage, thewriter's argument is developed primarily through the use of_________.
A.cause-effect analysis
B.comparison andcontrast
C.induction
D.examples
60、According to the author,the reason for students to go to college is _________.
A.to learn something
B.to perfect themselves
C.to improve computerskills
D.to make the best use ofcomputers
1、A、read
B、reading
C、to read
D、having read
2、A、patterns
B、fashions
C、forms
D、models
3、A、estimated
B、predicted
C、designed
D、counted
4、A、Therefore
B、Hence
C、Moreover
D、Even so
5、A、deserving
B、demonstrating
C、defending
D、defining
6、A、involve
B、evolve
C、resolve
D、revolve
7、A、methods
B、ways
C、habits
D、techniques
8、A、Traditionally
B、Constantly
C、Similarly
D、Usually
9、A、measures
B、means
C、modes
D、manners
10、A、When
B、Now that
C、While
D、If
For instance,among people who are used to a writing system,there is one adjustment everyone makes:they speak one way and write another way.Speakers can stop in the middle of a conversation and repeat themselves if they sense that they are being misunderstood;writers often go back over their writing to see that it is clear,which is,however,before the communication occur.Once writers have passed their writing to someone else,they cannot change it. Speakers can use intonation(语调),stress(重音),and pauses to help make their meaning clear.A simple sentence like “John kept my pencil” may mean,by a shift in the stress and intonation patterns,either John rather than someone else kept the pencil,or John kept rather than just borrowed the pencil,or it was a pencil rather than anything else that he kept.Writers,on the other hand,have their special tools of various punctuation(标点) marks,capitals,italic(斜体) letters,and so on.Skillful writers could also change the word order of a sentence.So“Cindy only had five dollars” could be turned into “Cindy had only five dollars” to mean Cindy had no more than five dollars,or into “Only Cindy had five dollars” to mean nobody but Cindy had five dollars.
1The main purpose of the first paragraph in this passage is to _______.
A.summarize the passage
B.introduce the topic of the passage
C.use examples to illustrate the first sentence of the paragraph
D.use examples to illustrate the last sentence of the paragraph
2According to Paragraph 1,we must adjust our behavior. because _______.
A.we should appear happy at weddings and sad at funerals
B.we should listen to our employers more than to our friends
C.our manners should be different in different places
D.our behavior. should be acceptable to others around
3Language as mentioned in Paragraph 2 is considered _______.
A.a kind of behavior
B.an act found in all situations
C.an adjustment everyone makes
D.situations
4both spoken and written 4 According to Paragraph 2 speakers and writers differ mainly in _______.
A.the amount of time they spend on the communication
B.the number of times they stop while communicating
C.how they can make sure that they are not misunderstood
D.when they decide to begin the communication
5According to Paragraph 3 speakers can use such tools as _______ to make their meaning clear.
A.intonation patterns and word order
B.stress patterns and word order
C.pauses and punctuation marks
D.pauses and shifts in stress patterns
听力原文:W: Wake up, Erik, time to rise and shine.
M: Ha, oh, hi, Jane, I must have fallen asleep while I was reading.
W: You and everyone else. It looks more like a campground than a library.
M: Well, the dorm's too noisy to study in, and I guess this place is too quiet.
W: Have you had any luck finding a topic for your paper?
M: No, Prof. Grant told us to write about anything in cultural anthropology. For once I with she had not given us so much of a choice.
W: Well, why not write about the ancient civilizations of Mexico. You seem to be interested in that part of the world.
M: I am, but there is too much material to cover. I'll be writing forever, and Grant only wants five to seven pages.
M: So then limit it to one region of Mexico, say the Uka town. You've been there and you said it's got lots of interesting relics.
M: That's not a bad idea. I brought many books and things back with me last summer, that would be great resource material, now if I can only remember where I put them.
Why has the woman come to talk to the man?
A.To discuss his trip to Mexico.
B.T0 bring him a message from Professor Grant.
C.To ask for help with an anthropology assignment.
D.To see what progress he's made on his paper.
Of course, visually impaired people can enjoy many films when a friend explains the parts that can only be seen.But that means that blind people cannot go to the movies independently. To solve these problems, some movie theaters have begun to offer recorded audio descriptions of the movements, scenery, and special effects that other audience members can see on the screen.Blind moviegoers receive a wireless headset to wear during the movie. This allows them to listen to the narration while still hearing a movie's music and other sounds that surround them in the theater.
Another blind movie reviewer, Jay Forry, writes movie reviews that are published on his website. He also writes for newspapers and is a guest on radio shows. Forry gives movies one of five ratings, including, "So good, blind people will like it" and "I'm glad I couldn't see it." Forry became a writer after going blind at the age of 20 and he decided to go to college. His first articles appeared in the college newspaper, and Forry's writing skills and sense of humor are what keep people reading his reviews or listening to them on the radio.After "watching" The Sixth Sense, Forry commented that he thought the movie was excellent, but that he envied the boy who was the main character: "He had six senses, and I only have four."
1、What is the best title for the passage? ______
A、Movies for the Visually Impaired People
B、Filmmakers Who Makes Films Interesting
C、Movies that are Rated from One to Ten
D、The Story of Jay Forry, a Blind Writer
2、"Visually impaired people" refers to those who _____.
A、are completely deaf
B、can't see anything
C、cripples when walking
D、don't trust in others
3、According to Marty Klein, a movie ____is most suitable for visually impaired people.
A、receiving the lowest rating
B、filled with many characters
C、without too many dialogues
D、being not too complicated
4、What do theaters do concerning with visually impaired people? ______
A、They assign staff to explain some parts of the movie
B、They arrange movies especially for these people
C、They offer recorded audio description of the movie
D、They persuade these people not to go to the theater
5、We can infer from the last paragraph that Jay Forry_____.
A、is very upset about his misfortune
B、is good at writing reviews of films
C、became a writer before he's blind
D、doesn't like the film the Sixth Sense
【C1】
A.However
B.Since
C.Although
D.Unless
Did Sarah Josepha Hale write “Mary’s Little Lamb,” the eternal nursery rhyme(儿歌)about girl named Mary with a stubborn lamb? This is still disputed, but it’s clear that the woman 26 reputed for writing it was one of America’s most fascinating 27 characters. In honor of the poem publication on May 24,1830, here’s more about the 28 supposed author’s life.Hale wasn’t just a writer, she was also a 29 fierce social advocate, and she was particularly 30 obsessed with an ideal New England, which she associated with abundant Thanksgivinx xg meals that she claimed had “a deep moral influence,” she began a nationwide 31 campaign to have a national holiday declared that would bring families together while celebrating the 32 traditional festivals. In 1863, after 17 years of advocacy including letters to five presidents, Hale got it. President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, issued a 33 proclamation setting aside the last Thursday in November for the holiday.The true authorship of “Mary’s Little Lamb” is disputed. According to New England Historical Society, Hale wrote only one part of the poem, but claimed authorship. Regardless of the author, it seems that the poem was 34 inspired by a real event. When young Mary Sawyer was followed to school by a lamb in 1816, it caused some problems. A bystander named John Roulstone wrote a poem about the event, then, at some point, Hale herself seems to have helped write it. However, if a 1916 piece by her great-niece is to be trusted, Hale claimed for the 35 rest of her life that “Some other people pretended that someone else wrote the poem”.
A)campaign
B)career
C)characters
D)features
E)fierce
F)inspired
G)latter
H)obsessed
I)proclamation
J)rectified
K)reputed
L)rest
M)supposed
N)traditional
O)versatile
A.summarizing
B.rewriting
C.further writing
D.disagreement writing
A.Argumentative writing
B.Narrative writing
C.Expository writing
D.Descriptive writing