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The speaker went on and on, ______ to his listeners' obvious boredom.A.obligatedB.obsessiv
The speaker went on and on, ______ to his listeners' obvious boredom.
A.obligated
B.obsessive
C.obvious
D.oblivious
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The speaker went on and on, ______ to his listeners' obvious boredom.
A.obligated
B.obsessive
C.obvious
D.oblivious
It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, be again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke fast. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked, "I have failed again". On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, "That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed".
Some newspapers at first criticized the speech, but little by little as people redid the speech they began to understand better. (76) They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.
Today, every American school child learns Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.
In 1868, Abraham Lincoln was ______.
A.very critical
B.unpopular
C.very popular
D.very courteous
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio.The speaker was quoting a Biblical (圣经的) passage about husbands being thoughtful of heir wives.Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will.A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband.Well, for two weeks that would change.
And it did.Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.”
“Oh, Tom, you noticed,” she said, surprised and pleased.Maybe a little puzzled.
After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read.Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach.I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went.Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums.Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed.I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love.
There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however.Evelyn and I still laugh about it today.On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
“What’s the matter?” I asked her.
“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with distress, “do you know something I don’t?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well… that checkup (体检) I had several weeks ago … our doctor… did he tell you something about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me… am I dying?”
It took a moment for it all to sink in.then I burst out laughing.
“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms.“You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”
26.In the first paragraph, “No ifs, ands or buts” probably means “_________”.
A.unintentionally
B.inevitably
C.impressively
D.unconditionally
27.From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ________.
A.with his family
B.with Evelyn
C.alone
D.with his children
28.During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ____________.
A.she looked lovely in her new clothes
B.he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm
C.he was determined to be a good husband
D.she was seriously ill
29.The author says, “There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment.” What was the one thing that went wrong?
A.He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.
B.She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.
C.He knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her.
D.He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.
30.By saying “I’m just starting to live,” Tom means that ____________.
A.he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life
B.he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband
C.he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change
D.he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before
She is as______as I am.
A.poor a speaker
B.a poor speaker
C.poor speaker
D.the poor speaker
Hardly______making the speech when the people stood up applauding.
A.has the speaker finished
B.the speaker had finished
C.had the speaker finished
D.had finished the speaker
It can be inferred from the passage that Ahmed was______.
A.a fast speaker
B.a boring speaker
C.a laconic speaker
D.an interesting speaker
Speaker A: Can you tell me the way to the library?
Speaker B: Sure. Turn left at the next crossing.
Speaker A: Is it on King Street?
Speaker B:_________.
A. That's all right
B. Yes. You can't miss it
C. It's obvious
D. Ok. Just do it
No matter who writes a speech, the audience______.
A.believe it expressed the speaker's idea
B.know very well who the speaker is
C.know whose idea the speech really expresses
D.do not believe what the speaker says
The speaker _____ the need for better education..
A) insisted
B) pressed
C) maintained
D) stressed
Conversation calls for (a) willingness to alternate the role of speaker with (one) of (listener), and it calls for occasional 'digestive pauses' (by) both.
A.a
B.one
C.listener
D.by