广东省中山市2015届高三高考模拟考试（一）英语试题
I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节.完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Students in American schools learn from an early age to give presentations as part of their regular classroom activities. Children as young as five years old often give brief talks about 1 they bring in to school ─ called "show and tell," this training is a 2 for later public speaking.
Even so, many native English-speaking adults are 3 to speak or give presentations in front of a large group.
Speaking English in public meetings is 4 for many students and employees. The best way to improve is to practice public speaking in a 5 environment. Learners need to receive feedback about what they are doing well and about their 6 .
Charles LeBeau is a public 7 professor and consultant. He began his career in Japan in 1982. Currently, he teaches at two universities and at the Toshiba International Training Center. He has also written books on the subject.
English language 8 around the world use his book Speaking of Speech.
Speaking of Speech tells about a method of teaching public speaking for non-native speakers. Mr. LeBeau says a simple approach 9 English learners.
"The 10 that I've taken is to simplify and break it down. First if we look at presentation, what's going on, there are basically three messages that the presenter is giving the 11 , all simultaneously. There's what I call the 12 message. Physical message is basically body language. And then there's also the visual message. The visual message(s) are the slides that we now make and 13 the audience. The 14 message is the story message,which is the content of our presentation. It also 15 how we organize our ideas to present to the audience," LeBeau said.
1. A. objects B. homework C. problems D. happiness
2. A. must B. process C. research D. basis
3. A. happy B. satisfied C. afraid D. excited
4. A. necessary B. useless C. available D. unimportant
