[专升本类试卷]河北专接本英语(篇章词汇理解)模拟试卷12.doc

[专升本类试卷]河北专接本英语（篇章词汇理解）模拟试卷12

0 My father was a lawyer with no sons, so he decided that his older daughter, Susie, would follow his career. It was his plan that she'd【B1】______his business when he died. By the time Susie could read and write, my father read law books to her at bedtime. He enjoyed having her show off to visitors in his office and they were【B2】______at her reciting difficult passages. When Susie finished high school, she followed my father to the university where he【B3】______her into the first-term courses to enter law school.

Everything went smoothly for a while, and no one in the family was【B4】______of the slow change that came over Susie.

One day Susie【B5】______that she would like to take piano lessons. Dad, a supporter of an all-round education, did not【B6】______her wishes. He just【B7】

______her not to spend too much time on the piano. He said that one lesson a week would be enough,【B8】______the heavy schedule she kept at the university.

The added noise of playing the piano was not disturbing at the beginning because Susie practiced only half an hour each day, but gradually she【B9】______her practicing to several hours per day. Slowly but surely it began to【B10】______the conversations between Dad and his clients next door. Finally my father realized that as the piano playing had increased, the study of law had decreased.

Word Bank

A. reminded I. take over

B. remembered J. take after

C. guided K. interrupt

D. announced L. stop

E. extended M. oppose

F. amazed N. considering

G. informed O. judging

H. aware

1 【B1】

2 【B2】

3 【B3】

4 【B4】

5 【B5】

6 【B6】

7 【B7】

8 【B8】

9 【B9】

10 【B10】

10 I'd like to discuss with you the secrets of good conversation. When someone tells you that you have to give a speech, your【B1】______may be "There's no way I'm going to do that!" But it's important to remember that speeches are like anything else in life there's always a first time. Here are some keys of being a【B2】______speaker. They are【B3】______on my own experience and other good speakers.

Look at your【B4】______It is very important to make eye【B5】______. Be sure to look up from your text or notes. Each time you look up from your text, look at a different part of the audience, so the whole group feels they're being【B6】______

Stand up straight. It doesn't mean that you have to【B7】______a straight posture(姿势), but stand in a comfortable, natural way, rather than bending over the lectern(讲台). If there's a microphone in front of you,【B8】______it to the right height, rather than forcing yourself to stoop(俯身，弯腰)during the speech. Talk normally into the microphone. If you speak at a high【B9】______into it, you will actually be harder to