Read the suggestions for making an English speech.
a. Looking at and talking to one person in the audience (观众) helps keep you natural, but it feels
foolish talking to only one person. Speak to that person as long as 15 seconds and then change another
one.
b. The audience have a hard time understanding what they hear. They need your help. Slow down,
pause(停顿) and guide the audience through your talk. Remember that you should help the audience
understand what you are saying.
c. Make your voice a little lower than normal. Listeners like to listen to a relatively(相对) deep voice.
d. When you talk, try to be as natural as possible. Don"t try to memorize your words and read or r
ecite(背诵) them to your audience. You can use short notes to help you remember the important points.
e. You should know you and most of the people you talk to are different in many ways. Some of
them may not know what you are talking about. Then speak to them on their terms and in their languages.
f. Concentrate on what you want to say. If you are always paying attention to gestures (手势), you
will feel uncomfortable.
g. It"s true that there are some differences between American English and British English, but they"ll
not cause much difficulty for listeners, so just speak the way you"re used to. | 阅读填空。从方框中选择单词，带入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺，再将其适当形式填入短文
后的横线上。每词限用一次。 | | both feel teacher ugly from problem because allow long have | | 阅读理解。 | Sitting on a chair all day in school can make anyone want to move around. So, more and more teachers
are letting students have a ball. By sitting on exercise balls instead of chairs, teachers find students" posture
(姿势) and attention improve.
Dottie Pownall, a fifth-grade teacher in West Virginia, USA, has been using balls as chairs since December
2008. "The students love them", she says. Pownall took a survey of her students. She found that 80% of the
students thought sitting on the balls helped them pay more attention to what they were learning.
The teacher, Pisa Witt, felt so strongly about the use of balls as chairs, she started Witt Fitt. This company
encourages the use of the balls. And the company educates not only teachers but also students on how to use
them. "Our products are used in 24 states, three provinces in Canada, Puerto Rico (波多黎各) and Japan," says
Witt. "Research shows that sitting on the balls makes them sit up straighter. You can slouch (低头垂肩地坐)
on a ball," says Witt, "but it feels awful." Because the students are moving, their blood (血液) increases. That
carries more oxygen (氧气 to the brain (大脑), so the kids have more energy and can focus longer.
"Furthermore, they"re fun." says Pownali. | | 1. What will happen if a student sits on a chair all day in school? The student will _____. | A. pay more attention to his lessons
B. be fun
C. like to move around
D. sit up straighter | | 2. How long has Dottie Pownall used the balls? | A. About three years.
B. Only one year.
C. In 2008.
D. Since he was a fifth-grade teacher. | | 3. In how many countries are the balls used as the students" chairs? | A. Four.
B. Three.
C. Two.
D. One. | | 4. Teachers choose balls instead of chairs because sitting on balls helps the kids _____. | A. improve the students" posture and attention
B. slouch on the chairs
C. have fun
D. Both A and C are correct answers. | | 5. Which is better for kids to study in class, sitting on a chair or sitting on a ball? | A. Sitting on a chair.
B. Sitting on a ball.
C. They are the same.
D. We don"t know. | | 阅读理解。 | A fish that lives in America can live out. of water for months at a time, similar to how animals got used
to land millions of years ago, a new study shows.
The Mangrove Rivulus, a kind of little fish, lives in small pools of water. When their living place dries up,
they live. on the land, said Scott Taylor, a researcher in Florida.
The fish can grow as large as three inches. They group together and breathe air through their skin before
they can find water again.
The new scientific discovery came during a trip.
"We were travelling for fun. and one day I kicked over a log (圆木) and the fish came out," Taylor told
reporters by telephone. He said he would make his study on the fish known to the public in an American
magazine early next year.
In lab tests, Taylor said he found the fish can live up to 66 days out of water without eating.
Some other fish can live out of water for a short period of time. The walking catfish found in Southeast
Asia can stay on land for hours at a time, while lungfish (肺鱼) found in Australia, Africa and South America
can live out of water, but only in a not active (活波的) way. But no other known fish can be out of water as
long as the Mangrove Rivulus and keep active, according to Patricia Wright, a biologist at a Canadian
University.
More studies of the fish may tell how animals changed over time.
"These animals live in conditions similar to those millions of years ago, when animals began to move from
water onto land," Wright said. | | 1. The Mangrove Rivulus is a type of fish that _____. | A. lives on land in Africa
B. can stay alive for months out of water
C. prefers living in dry places
D. is the longest living fish on earth | | 2. Who will write a report on Mangrove Rivulus? | A. Scott Taylor.
B. Some reporters.
C. Patricia Wright.
D. Scientists from Europe. | | 3. According to the passage, lungfish can _____. | A. breathe through its skin
B. be found in Asia
C. keep alive out of water
D. keep alive and walk on land | | 4. Which one of the sentences below is not true? | A. The Mangrove Rivulus fish can live out of water as long as other animals if it has something to eat.
B. Millions of years ago, animals began to live onto land from water.
C. Lungfish found in Australia, Africa and South America can live out of water in a not active way.
D. The walking catfish found in Southeast Asia can stay on land for hours at a time. | | 5. What can we say about the discovery of Mangrove Rivulus? | A. ft was made by Scott Taylor, a researcher in New York.
B. It was helped by an American magazine.
C. It was helped by Patricia Wright.
D. It was made by a researcher while travelling. | | 阅读理解。 | For hundreds Of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on people"s
emotions (情感). How you feel is controlled by many things. Your emotions can be affected by your
personality, by the actions of others and by events around you. Perhaps you don"t know your emotions
can be influenced by the weather as well.
People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy. In fact, sunlight
makes us feel good. When sunlight hits our skins, our bodies produce a vitamin. Vitamins are natural
chemicals (化学物质) which we all need to stay healthy. Sunlight helps our bodies produce vitamin
D. Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical. This special chemical affects our brains (大脑)
and makes us feel happy. For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in Sweden and
Norway, so many people in these countries often feel sad. Without much sunlight, their bodies produce
less vitamin D. Without enough vitamin D, their bodies make less of this special chemical which makes
them feel good. To help the people in these countries feel better, special "sunrooms" with artificial (人
造的) lights have been built. People can go there and get "sunlight" for an hour or two!
The weather can also affect people"s emotions in other ways. Hot weather can make people angry
because people feel uncomfortable when they are hot. In the same way, rain can make people angry
because being wet can be unpleasant. As you can see, the weather can have an effect on the chemicals
which control our brains. Through these ways, the weather can influence our emotions. Sadly, while
the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather. | | 1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor (因素) that can affect one"s emotions? | A. Weather.
B. Actions of others.
C. Personality.
D. Age. | | 2. Which of the following is true about vitamin D according to the passage? | A. It is a kind of artificial chemical.
B. It makes us worried by affecting our brains.
C. It is needed by us all to keep fit.
D. It is in the sunlight. | | 3. What can we infer (推断) from the passage? | A. We feel good when we are in the bright cool weather.
B. We will be happy when we are caught in the rain.
C. All people in Norway and Sweden feel sad in winter.
D. The more vitamin D you have, the happier you"ll be. | | 4. What may be the best title for this passage? | A. Why Do We Feel Sad?
B. The Weather Influences People"s Emotions
C. People Need More Vitamin D
D. We Can Hardly Change the Weather |
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