中国大学MOOC 英语公共演讲-许昌学院 测验与作业答案

Week 2 — Chapter One Introduction to Public Speaking

Week 3 — Chapter Two Giving Your First Speech

1 While delivering the self-introduction speech, the speaker should: 
喵查答案：present the speech in a polite and relaxed manner.
喵查答案：maintain eye contact with the audience throughout.
try to cover as much material as possible.
喵查答案：choose the topic that fits the occasion. 

2 Which of the following topics can be chosen when preparing a self-introduction speech?
喵查答案：a very special skill you have developed
喵查答案：your lifestyle
喵查答案：your hobby or interest in your spare time
喵查答案：an object that means a lot to you

3 When you introduce yourself in a job interview, you’d better:
喵查答案：be firm and to the point.
喵查答案：highlight your positive aspects.
喵查答案：gloss over the seemingly negative qualities.
喵查答案：have some evidence or a story backing up the positive points you list about yourself.

4 If you need to introduce yourself in a formal meeting, do not prepare your speech in advance, for it will make your speech sound unnatural.
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5 If you are going to introduce yourself in a new social circle, you shouldn’t place too high a value on professional qualities. Instead you need to think of all your socially acceptable qualities.
喵查答案：正确
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6 A brief self-introduction speech is also called an icebreaker speech which is the easiest way to break the ice among the strangers.
喵查答案：正确
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Week 4 — Chapter Three Preparing for Your Speech

1 Questions of ethics arise whenever a speaker face an audience, of all the ethical obligations facing speakers, none is more important than _______ in order to maintain the bond of trust with listeners. 
confidence
loyalty
喵查答案：honesty
justice

2 You will take a big step toward overcoming stage fright if you think positively, choose speech topics you really care about, prepare thoroughly, and concentrate on communicating with your ______. 
喵查答案：audience
customer
speaker
professor

3 Listeners react ______ to speeches loaded with pencil wagging and feet shuffling. 
positively
喵查答案：negatively
attentively
particularly

4 After choosing a topic, what is the next step of speech preparation?
Phrasing the central idea.
Analyzing the occasion.
喵查答案：Determining the general purpose.
Selecting the specific purpose.

5 Which of the following tips for specific purpose statements is false?
Write the purpose statement as a full infinitive phrase.
Avoid figurative language in your purpose statement.
喵查答案：Express your purpose as a question, not as a statement.
Make sure your specific purpose is not too vague or general.

6 If you are having trouble selecting a topic, there are a number of _______ procedures you can follow to get started.
creative
regular
identifying
喵查答案：brainstorming

7 Most people speak best about subjects _______.
in which they are most interested
喵查答案：with which they are most familiar
about which they are most curious
at which they are most surprised

8 If you quoted your cousin about her experience digging for dinosaur bones last summer, you would be using _______ testimony.
personal
paraphrased
喵查答案：peer
direct

9 Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point are called _______.
examples
statistics
喵查答案：testimony
quotable

10 Which of the following types of examples describes an imaginary situation?
Brief examples.
Extended examples.
喵查答案：Hypothetical examples.
Elaborate examples.

11 The basic kinds of supporting materials include all of the following EXCEPT _______.
examples
喵查答案：comments
statistics
testimony

12 Everything a speaker says is filtered through a listener’s _______, experience, goals values, and attitudes. 
behavior
mission
喵查答案：knowledge
adaptation

Week 6 — Chapter Four Organizing and Outlining Your Speech

1 You need to make sure the _______ materials are closely related to the main points you are supposed to support.
connecting
喵查答案：supporting
required
needing

2 Topical order results when you divide  the speech topic into           , each of which becomes a main point in the speech.
different topics
main topics
喵查答案：subtopics
subtopic

3 You may follow a directional pattern to arrange your speech in _______ order. That is, the main points proceed from top to bottom, left to right, front to back, inside to outside, east to west, or some other route. 
logical
chronological
causal
喵查答案：spatial

4 Speeches arranged _______ follow a time pattern. They may narrate a series of events in the sequence in which they happened.
logically
喵查答案：chronologically
naturally
narratively

5 The process of organizing the body of speech starts when you decide ________.
body
introduction
conclusion
喵查答案：main points

6 Listeners require __________ since they can’t flip back to a previous page like readers if they have difficulties to grasp a speaker’s ideas.
cohesion
agreement
喵查答案：coherence
fluency

7 There are many ways to reinforce the central idea in the conclusion, such as: 
喵查答案：Summarizing the Speech
喵查答案：Ending with a Quotation
喵查答案：Making a Dramatic Statement
喵查答案：Returning to the Introduction

8 No matter what kind of speech you are giving, the conclusion has the following functions:
喵查答案：To signal the end of the speech
喵查答案：To summarize the key points
喵查答案：To reinforce the central idea
To introduce new material related to the topic

9 Apart from telling a story and posing questions, the effective ways to begin a speech also include: 
喵查答案：Using a Quotation
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Shocking or Surprising Your Audience 
喵查答案：Arousing Curiosity
喵查答案：Using Humor

10 In most speech situations, the introduction has the following objectives:
喵查答案：Get the attention and interest of your audience.
喵查答案：Create a positive relationship with your audience.
喵查答案：Establish your credibility.
喵查答案：Preview the body of the speech.