阅读下面的短文,从各题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
I was not good at giving speeches in public. My teachers asked me to see a 1 expert (专家) at school. I’d 2 thought about my speech before. If other people understood me, it was good enough. 3 testing me, the speech expert asked, “What do you think about making your speech better?” I told her it was not important.
“Well, when you are at an interview (面试) for a job and they don’t 4 what you are saying, what are they going to say to you? Nice to meet you, goodbye,” she said.
Maybe she was right, I thought. 5 I took classes each week with the expert. She quickly found that I spoke too 6 and didn’t pay attention to my audience (观众).
I also found that I spoke too fast during our first class. When I spoke too fast, the expert 7 me and asked me to speak again.
At first, I stopped at the end of every sentence. Later, I felt my speech slowed down. I don’t know if people understood me 8, but my friends noticed the 9 when they talked with me.
Learning to speak 10 and effectively (有效率地) is an important skill. Everyone should learn it.
() 1. A. speech B. story C. science D. maths
() 2. A. always B. often C. never D. sometimes
() 3. A. Under B. In C. On D. Before
() 4. A. have B. understand C. take D. learn
() 5. A. So B. Because C. But D. Or
() 6. A. slowly B. fast C. loudly D. simply
() 7. A. brought B. went C. stopped D. left
() 8. A. worse B. slower C. bigger D. better
() 9. A. changes B. facts C. parts D. stories
() 10. A. carefully B. clearly C. quickly D. usually

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. B