As a widely-adopted speech making device, the elevator pitch may benefit a variety of people EXCEPT ________.A.politiciansB.insurance agentsC.project managersD.doctors

As a widely-adopted speech making device, the elevator pitch may benefit a variety of people EXCEPT ________.

A.politicians

B.insurance agents

C.project managers

D.doctors


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AMany people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible.One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked in an office in Brighton, England.On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped(困住了)! He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday!There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait until one his coworkers came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time.Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!Now Mr. Coates says, “I only uses elevators if they have telephones in them.”36. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator because ______.A. it was broken B. it was a weekendC. it was a holiday D. it stopped on a wrong floor

People may write enquiry letters ( ) making a decision. A、beforeB、duringC、after

Why are researches on parrots important according to the passage?A. The Trust shows great concern for the programme.B. We need to know more about how to preserve parrots.C. Many people are interested in collecting parrots.D. Parrots’ intelligence may some day benefit people.

According to the principles or the six key points proposed by Harvard Business School to judge the quality of an elevator pitch, it may be inferred that the example given in lesson five could be a defective one.()

When it comes to placing an interest hook in your elevator pitch and making it more contagious, you should speak proudly about your story as the listener is experiencing it.()

An elevator pitch or named elevator speech or statement refers to such a talk as a speaker, like a salesman, tries to present a valuable idea to the listener in an elevator.()

Which of the following statements about the elevator pitch are true?A.It must grab the audience’s attention.B.It is a well-structured concise speech.C.It starts with some common concerns and ends up with an interesting hook.D.It should arouse the listener’s further actions that the speaker wants.

Afunctional variety is a variety of a language spoken by people living in an area.()

You may get consumers who want very high quality services satisfied, but at a higher price. And the people who want no-frills service and cheap product will also get it at the other end of the market. So competition allows a range of variety to occur in a market. The benefit to society of competition is that it makes a major contribution to the fundamental economic issue, which is the scarcity of productive resources. It means that on the production side, there is maximum pressure to conserve the use of those scarce productive resources. On the demand side it also rations consumer demand appropriately, and it also tends to mean that the variety of consumer needs can be met.1. From the first paragraph of the passage we can know that usually there are ()kinds of consumers who may get satisfied in a market.A. twoB. threeC. four2. What does “it” in the first sentence of paragraph 2 refer to()A. fundamental economic issueB. the scarcity of productive resourcesC. The benefit of competition3. The sentence in paragraph 1“So competition allows a range of variety to occur in a market” means ().A. competition makes the market supply various products and servicesB. competition makes a lot of things occur in a marketC. competition makes different things occur in a market4. On the demand side competition also ()appropriately.A. meets consumer needsB. makes consumer rationalC. makes consumer satisfied5. The best title of this passage is ().A. Fundamental Economic IssueB. The Benefit of CompetitionC. Consumer Demand and Market

you may take anything you like____this bag.it doesn't belong to me. A)exceptB)except forC)except toD)except that

Which of the following is TRUE about the plan?( )A. Ninety-five theatres have received funding.B. Everyone will get at least one free ticket.C. It may not benefit all the young people.D. Free tickets are offered once every day.

The criteria to determine a word's category include all the following EXCEPT__________.A.meaningB.inflectionC.distributionD.parts of speech

The criteria to determine a word's category include all the following EXCEPT__________ .A.meaningB.inflectionC.distributionD.parts of speech

共用题干English and English Community1There is no doubt that English is a useful language.The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese.2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities.The people who make up the community share a common language.Often they live side by side,as they do in a neighborhood(街坊),a village,or a city. More often they form a whole country. National boundaries,however,are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community. A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live.3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community. For convenience(方便),we may divide the speakers into two groups:one in which the speakers use English as their native language,the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education,commerce,and so on.4 Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind.The history and literature of a second language record the real and fictional(虚构的)lives of peopleand their culture;a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel .Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage.People who live in different places may belong to___________.A: a second languageB: the same languageC: the same speech communityD:any other language E:national boundariesF:a part of one's heritage

共用题干English and English Community1There is no doubt that English is a useful language.The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese.2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities.The people who make up the community share a common language.Often they live side by side,as they do in a neighborhood(街坊),a village,or a city. More often they form a whole country. National boundaries,however,are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community. A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live.3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community. For convenience(方便),we may divide the speakers into two groups:one in which the speakers use English as their native language,the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education,commerce,and so on.4 Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind.The history and literature of a second language record the real and fictional(虚构的)lives of peopleand their culture;a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel .Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage.The boundaries of a speech community may be different from_________.A: a second languageB: the same languageC: the same speech communityD:any other language E:national boundariesF:a part of one's heritage

共用题干English and English Community1There is no doubt that English is a useful language.The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese.2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities.The people who make up the community share a common language.Often they live side by side,as they do in a neighborhood(街坊),a village,or a city. More often they form a whole country. National boundaries,however,are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community. A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live.3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community. For convenience(方便),we may divide the speakers into two groups:one in which the speakers use English as their native language,the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education,commerce,and so on.4 Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind.The history and literature of a second language record the real and fictional(虚构的)lives of peopleand their culture;a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel .Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage. Paragraph 1________A:Threat Posed by EnglishB:Definition of a Speech CommunityC:Benefits of Learning a Second LanguageD:Advantages of Learning ChineseE:Two Groups of the English Speech CommunityF:A Widely Used Language

共用题干English and English Community1There is no doubt that English is a useful language.The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese.2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities.The people who make up the community share a common language.Often they live side by side,as they do in a neighborhood(街坊),a village,or a city. More often they form a whole country. National boundaries,however,are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community. A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live.3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community. For convenience(方便),we may divide the speakers into two groups:one in which the speakers use English as their native language,the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education,commerce,and so on.4 Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind.The history and literature of a second language record the real and fictional(虚构的)lives of peopleand their culture;a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel .Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage. Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of_________.A: a second languageB: the same languageC: the same speech communityD:any other language E:national boundariesF:a part of one's heritage

共用题干English and English Community1There is no doubt that English is a useful language.The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese.2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities.The people who make up the community share a common language.Often they live side by side,as they do in a neighborhood(街坊),a village,or a city. More often they form a whole country. National boundaries,however,are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community. A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live.3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community. For convenience(方便),we may divide the speakers into two groups:one in which the speakers use English as their native language,the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education,commerce,and so on.4 Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind.The history and literature of a second language record the real and fictional(虚构的)lives of peopleand their culture;a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel .Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage. Many people learn English as___________.A: a second languageB: the same languageC: the same speech communityD:any other language E:national boundariesF:a part of one's heritage

共用题干English and English Community1. There is no denying that English is a useful language.The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese. Originally they were small tribes of people from northern Europe who settled in England.Their languages became more and more similar to each other. Finally,the language had enough uni-formity to be used by all speakers in England.The people were united into a speech community through their shared language.2. A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities.The people who make up the community share a common language .Often they live side by side,as they do in a neighborhood, a village,or a city.More often they form a whole country.National boundaries,however,are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community.A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live.3. We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community.For convenience,we may classify the speakers into two groups:one in which the speakers use English as their native language,the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education,commerce,and so on.4. English serves as an alternative language in several areas of public activity for many nations of the world which employ it as an international second language .English has been adopted as the language of air traffic,commerce,as well as international diplomacy .Moreover,English is the language of the majority of published materials in the world so that education has come to rely heavily on an understanding of English.5. Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind.The history and litera- ture of a second language record the real and fictional lives of people and their culture;a knowl- edge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel .Learning English as a sec- ond language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage. The idea of the national boundaries is often different from_____.A:.that of a speech communityB: can a speech community be formedC: in order to learn English betterD: for the sake of simplicityE: has played an important role in the field of educationF: is widely used in several areas of public activity

What’s the purpose of May’s speech?( ) A.To demonstrate her resolve to divorce Britain from EU. B.To comfort the sentiment of British people. C.To pave the way for dialogues and negotiations with EU on Brexit. D.To end the division between her cabinet and the Conservative Party.

Language and thought may be viewed as two independent circles overlapping in some parts. When language and thought are identical or closely parallel to each other, we may regard thought as “subvocal speech,” and speech as “()”.Avocal thoughtBsubvocal thoughtCcovert thoughtDovert thought

言语变体(speech variety)

单选题It is surprising that Americans who worship variety and individuality _____.Astill judge a man by his clothesBhold the uniform in such high regardCenjoy having a professional identityDwill respect an elevator operator as much as a general in uniform

名词解释题言语变体(speech variety)

单选题Contrary to popular belief, not every snake with reddish or brownish scales is a copperhead; a wide variety of perfectly harmless snakes that are frequently mistaken for copperheads.Acopperhead; a wide variety of perfectly harmless snakes that are frequently mistakenBcopperhead; a wide variety of perfectly harmless snakes that are frequently mistookCcopperhead; there is a wide variety of perfectly harmless snakes that people frequently mistookDcopperhead; there is a wide variety of perfectly harmless snakes that people frequently mistakeEcopperhead; a wide variety of perfectly harmless snakes that people frequently mistake

单选题What does the author imply about lichens in Paragraph 1?AThey require a lot of moisture to live.BThey primarily live in cold places.CThey can live anywhere except around people.DThey have adapted to a wide variety of environments.

单选题Language and thought may be viewed as two independent circles overlapping in some parts. When language and thought are identical or closely parallel to each other, we may regard thought as “subvocal speech,” and speech as “()”.Avocal thoughtBsubvocal thoughtCcovert thoughtDovert thought