Look after Your Voice

　　Often speakers at a meeting experience dry mouths and ask for a glass of water. You can solve the problem by activating the saliva in you mouth. First gently bite the edges of your tongue with your teeth. Or, press your entire tongue to the bottom of your mouth and hold it there until the saliva flow. Or you can imagine that you are slicing a big juicy lemon and sucking the juice.

　　Before you begin your talk, be kind to your voice. Avoid milk or creamy drinks which coat your throat. Keep your throat wet by drinking a little sweetened warm tea or diluted fruit juice.

　　If you sense that you are losing your voice, stop talking completely. Save your voice for your speech. You may feel foolish using paper to write notes, but the best thing you can do is to rest your voice. If you need to see a doctor, perhaps you can get some advice from a professional singer. In the meantime, do not even talk in a low voice.

　　What about drinking alcohol to wet your throat? I advice you not to touch alcohol before speaking. The problem with alcohol is that one drink gives you a little confidence. The second drink gives you even more confidence. Finally you will feel all-powerful and you will feel you can do everything, but in fact your brain and your mouth do not work together properly. Save the alcohol until after you finish speaking.

　　Perhaps you want to accept the advice, but you may wonder if you can ever change the habits of a lifetime. Of course you can. Goethe, who lived before indoor skating rinks or swimming pools, said, We learn to skate in the summer and swim in the winter. Take this message to heart and give yourself time to develop your new habits. If you are willing to change, you will soon be able to say that you will never forget these techniques because they became a part of your body.

　　16 To solve the problem of dry mouths, one is advised to take cool milk.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　17 The first paragraph mentions three ways of activating the saliva in the mouth.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　18 The writer suggest that you go to see a doctor when you feel you are losing your voice.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　19 The writers advice about alcohol before you make a speech is to take one or two drinks so as to give yourself some confidence.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　20 Due to the effect of alcohol, your thought and your mouth will not coordinate properly.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　21 Goethe often did outdoor skating and swimming,

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　22 The writer cites Goethe to prove that one can change ones habits.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　16. B Wrong 文章第二段: Before you begin your talk, be kind to your voice. Avoid milk or creamy drinks which coat your throat.避免喝牛奶和奶油飲料。

　　17. A Right 文章第一段: ①First gently bite the edges of your tongue with your teeth. ②Or, press your entire tongue to the bottom of your mouth and hold it there until the saliva flow. ③Or you can imagine that you are slicing a big juicy lemon and sucking the juice.

　　18. B Wrong 第三段: If you need to see a doctor, perhaps you can get some advice from a professional singer.如果你需要看醫生，獲取你可以從一位專業歌手那里得到一下誒建議。言外之意就是不要去看醫生。

　　19. B Wrong 第四段:I advice you not to touch alcohol before speaking.作者明確的指出在演講之前，建議不要喝酒。

　　20. A Right 第四段:but in fact your brain and your mouth do not work together properly.

　　21. C Not mentioned 文中沒有明確說到歌德經常做戶外運動。

　　22. A Right 這個例子的前面，作者做了一個自問自答。答案是肯定的。由此，我們可以推測出后面的例子是作者用來支持前面的話的。

　　Look after Your Voice

　　Often speakers at a meeting experience dry mouths and ask for a glass of water. You can solve the problem by activating the saliva in you mouth. First gently bite the edges of your tongue with your teeth. Or, press your entire tongue to the bottom of your mouth and hold it there until the saliva flow. Or you can imagine that you are slicing a big juicy lemon and sucking the juice.

　　Before you begin your talk, be kind to your voice. Avoid milk or creamy drinks which coat your throat. Keep your throat wet by drinking a little sweetened warm tea or diluted fruit juice.

　　If you sense that you are losing your voice, stop talking completely. Save your voice for your speech. You may feel foolish using paper to write notes, but the best thing you can do is to rest your voice. If you need to see a doctor, perhaps you can get some advice from a professional singer. In the meantime, do not even talk in a low voice.

　　What about drinking alcohol to wet your throat? I advice you not to touch alcohol before speaking. The problem with alcohol is that one drink gives you a little confidence. The second drink gives you even more confidence. Finally you will feel all-powerful and you will feel you can do everything, but in fact your brain and your mouth do not work together properly. Save the alcohol until after you finish speaking.

　　Perhaps you want to accept the advice, but you may wonder if you can ever change the habits of a lifetime. Of course you can. Goethe, who lived before indoor skating rinks or swimming pools, said, We learn to skate in the summer and swim in the winter. Take this message to heart and give yourself time to develop your new habits. If you are willing to change, you will soon be able to say that you will never forget these techniques because they became a part of your body.

　　16 To solve the problem of dry mouths, one is advised to take cool milk.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　17 The first paragraph mentions three ways of activating the saliva in the mouth.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　18 The writer suggest that you go to see a doctor when you feel you are losing your voice.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　19 The writers advice about alcohol before you make a speech is to take one or two drinks so as to give yourself some confidence.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　20 Due to the effect of alcohol, your thought and your mouth will not coordinate properly.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　21 Goethe often did outdoor skating and swimming,

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　22 The writer cites Goethe to prove that one can change ones habits.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　16. B Wrong 文章第二段: Before you begin your talk, be kind to your voice. Avoid milk or creamy drinks which coat your throat.避免喝牛奶和奶油飲料。

　　17. A Right 文章第一段: ①First gently bite the edges of your tongue with your teeth. ②Or, press your entire tongue to the bottom of your mouth and hold it there until the saliva flow. ③Or you can imagine that you are slicing a big juicy lemon and sucking the juice.

　　18. B Wrong 第三段: If you need to see a doctor, perhaps you can get some advice from a professional singer.如果你需要看醫生，獲取你可以從一位專業歌手那里得到一下誒建議。言外之意就是不要去看醫生。

　　19. B Wrong 第四段:I advice you not to touch alcohol before speaking.作者明確的指出在演講之前，建議不要喝酒。

　　20. A Right 第四段:but in fact your brain and your mouth do not work together properly.

　　21. C Not mentioned 文中沒有明確說到歌德經常做戶外運動。

　　22. A Right 這個例子的前面，作者做了一個自問自答。答案是肯定的。由此，我們可以推測出后面的例子是作者用來支持前面的話的。