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• 1Scientists think that

  A.oil was formed from large deposits of mud on the sea bed.

  B.coal was formed from shale under the surface of the earth.

  C.oil was formed from sea creatures caught between layers of rock.

  D.B.coal was formed from shale under the surface of the earth.C.oil was formed from sea creatures caught between layers of rock.D.oil was formed from sea water by processes of chemistry, pressure and temperatur

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• 2The main message of this article is:

  A.Public speaking is much harder than daily conversation.

  B.Public speaking requires years of training.

  C.Skilled public speakers have an ethical responsibility in the message they convey to their audience by being honest and using sound evidence.

  D.Skilled public speakers are never nervous and have no stage fright.

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• 3According to the article, you can gain confidence and make your nervousness work for you rather than against you by:

  A.more preparation and choosing topics you really care about.

  B.less preparation and more concentration on communicating with the audience.

  C.rehearsing your speech for hours on stage.

  D.memorizing every word of your speech before giving it.

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• 4Public speaking and daily conversation are different because:

  A.Daily conversation uses formal language and requires detailed preparation to convey the message.

  B.Daily conversation is more structured than public speaking.

  C.Public speaking uses slang and physical gestures to convey their message to a larger audience.

  D.Public speaking uses formal language and is more structured than daily conversation.

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• 5The major goals that public speaking and daily conversation have in common are:

  A.The main goals of public speaking and daily conversation are to convey the message using formal language and requiring detailed preparation.

  B.The main goal of public speaking and daily conversation is to convey the message to a listener using their feedback

  C.The main goals of public speaking and daily conversation are to inform, persuade, entertain the audience.

  D.The main goals of public speaking and daily conversation are to communicate a clear message through a channel without interferenc

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• 6The author mentions Trinidad because

  A.it has a famous lake which was visited by Sir Walter Raleigh.

  B.it probably has large quantities of crude oil under the surface.

  C.it is an example of a place where drilling is not necessary to obtain oil.

  D.its asphalt is very good for making roads.

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• 7The driller is unlucky when

  A.the drill does not bring up any soil.

  B.the drill brings up soil.

  C.the drill strikes oil at a high level.

  D.the drill goes very near the oil without striking it.

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• 8Which of the following statements about Washington, D. C. can be correctly inferred from the passage’、

  A.It contained many old buildings in 1801.

  B.It was not the first capital of the United States.

  C.The Presidential Palace was not located there.

  D.Thomas Jefferson was a newcomer there in 1801.

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• 9According to the passage, the Presidential Palace was built to be ____ .

  A.a meeting place for newspaper

  B.a hotel for visiting kings

  C.an office building and home

  D.a museum for colonial American tools and gadgets

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• 10It can be inferred that one reason Thomas Jefferson did not entertain very often in Washington was because____

  A.he and his wife did not have appropriate clothes

  B.he did not enjoy elaborate parties

  C.the food in the area was not good

  D.he could not understand foreign languages

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