Imagine that you are in school, giving a speech to your class. Now think what it feels like when stammering (口吃) makes it a struggle to municate your thoughts and feelings to other people.
The King’s Speech, which won the best picture at the Academy Awards in March, 2011, focuses on stammering along with other speech-related problems. The movie tells the story of Britain’s King George VI, who became king after his brother Edward VIII gave up the crown to marry an American woman.
As a result of British actor Colin Firth’s performance, people are starting to realize that stammering can damage a person’s self-confidence and cause him or her to escape from life.
“The serious problem is unseen and unheard,” said Norbert Lieckfeldt, an expert at the British Stammering Association, in an interview with a news reporter.
“Stammering masks your ability,” he said. “It's a serious disability.”
Most stammerers face bullying (欺负) in school, something that is “usually carried over into the workplace”.
George VI’s stammer took away his confidence as a speaker. But Samantha Mesango, a speech coach based in the UK, believes that speech problems are more mon than most people realize. “Some simply don’t like the sound of their own voice; others are scared of speaking in public,” she said.
Travis Treats from St．Louis University praised The King’s Speech. He said it shows that “how one’s speech does not mean what one is inside”. He also added that people who stammer need to be heard and our society should recognize that they have a lot to give to the world.
【小题1】The author writes the first 3 paragraphs to . A．show how harmful stammer is for mon peopleB．introduce a famous movie winning great awardsC．tell the story of the king who suffers from stammerD．draw readers’ attention to the problem of stammer【小题2】We learn from the passage that .A．stammerers face bullying in school but not in the workplaceB．Edward VIII gave up his crown because he was a stammererC．stammerers should be understood and can contribute to the worldD．the sufferings caused by stammer haven’t been found yet【小题3】According to Norbert Lieckfeldt, ．A．the voice of stammering people cannot be heardB．people who stammer do better in work than schoolC．there are a lot of things that stammering people can give to usD．the serious problem of stammering remains unseen and unheard【小题4】The paragraph that follows the last will probably talk about ．A．the success the king made by overing stammerB．the medical treatments given to the stammerersC．doctors’ opinions upon the serious stammer problemD．how popular the movie The King’s Speech will beeD
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(答案→)D
解析：文章以《国王的演讲》这部电影为例说明口吃对人们来说是一个严重的问题，能摧毁一个人的自信。
【小题1】 推理题。作者以《国王的演讲》这部电影为例是为了引起人们对于口吃问题的注意。
【小题2】细节题。根据文章最后一句. He also added that people who stammer need to be heard and our society should recognize that they have a lot to give to the world.可知我们应该理解那些口吃的人他们也会给我们这个世界做贡献，故C正确。
【小题3】细节题。根据文章第四段“The serious problem is unseen and unheard,” said Norbert Lieckfeldt,可知D正确。
【小题4】推断题。文章以《国王的演讲》开始，最后也应该谈论《国王的演讲》中国王客服口吃取得的成功。