My teachers suggested that I see a speech specialist (专家) 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 newspaper                           B．an advertisement

C．a detective story                        D．a 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, b              B．b, c              C．a, 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

根据句意，用所给动词的适当形式填空：
【小题1】The fashion show_______(hold) last Friday. It was very successful．
【小题2】It is impossible for her ________(finish)________ (read) the book within an hour.
【小题3】You can help by_______ (donate) money to ORBIS．
【小题4】Are you used to ________(get) up at 6 a.m.？
【小题5】The patients should _______(treat) with kindness.

Edison often said, “1 will discover what the world needs, then I will try to invent it.” It is true that he did more than any other man of his time in inventing things. He made more than one thousand inventions in his life and all these have changed our way of living. Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world. When Edison died in 1931, someone said people should turn off all the lights in their homes, streets and factories for several minutes in honour of this great man. Of course it was impossible to do so. And this shows what Edison's inventions mean to people's life.
【小题1】All the things Edision invented were _________ people needed at that time.

A．fifty

B．severity-six

C．sixty

D．eighty

句型转换

1. Lucy usually cleans the cage every two days. (对划线部分提问)

    ______ ______ does Lucy usually clean the cage?

2. Jenny worked hard in order to catch up with others.( 将简单句改为复合句)

    Jenny worked hard ______ ______ she could catch up with others.

3. Nothing is impossible if you put your heart in it. (改为反意疑问句)

Nothing is impossible if you put your heart in it, ______ ______ ?

4. Mary came to China three years ago. (改为同义句)

    Mary has ______ in China since three years ago.

5.Zhai zhigang became the 1^st Chinese astronaut to walk in space. (改为定语从句)

Zhai zhigang became the 1^st Chinese astronaut ______ ______ in space.