老友网A. 错
B. 对
8【多选题】 (10分)BD
Your opinion: These meetings are a waste of time.
You say: These meetings don’t tend to be particular useful.
You have used the strategies _____ to be more polite.
A. No.2 Reduce the strength of what you say, e.g. extremely – rather.
B. No. 4 Use general and cautious language, e.g. on the whole, in general, tend to, might, etC.
C. No.3 Turn a statement into a question.
D. No. 1 Avoid negative adjectives by using a negative verb with a positive adjective.
9【多选题】 (10分)BCD
Your opinion: Our performance was poor.
You say: Would you agree that on the whole, our performance wasn’t very good?
You have used the strategies _____ to be more polite.
A. No.2 Reduce the strength of what you say, e.g. extremely – rather.
B. No.3 Turn a statement into a question.
C. No. 4 Use general and cautious language, e.g. on the whole, in general, tend to, might, etC.
D. No. 1 Avoid negative adjectives by using a negative verb with a positive adjective.
10【判断题】 (10分)B
Using negative adjectives will be more polite than using a negative verb with a positive adjective.
A. 对
B. 错
第十四章测试
1【多选题】 (10分)AB
To welcome your audience in a presentation, you could say:
A. Hello. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to …
B. Good morning to you all.
C. That’ all. Thank you for listening
D. Today I want to talk to you about…
2【多选题】 (10分)ABCD
To give an overview of your talk in a presentation, you could say:
A. Finally, I’ll review the main points.
B. First of all, I’ll go over some background details.
C. Then I’ll look at…
D. After that, I’ll move on to…
3【多选题】 (10分)CD
To explain rules for questions in a presentation, you could say:
A. To start with, I’ll review…
B. Next I’ll introduce …
C. I’ll make sure we have enough time for questions at the enD.
D. Feel free to interrupt me if you have any questions…
4【判断题】 (10分)A
The word “idea” is pronounced the same way both in British and American English.
A. 对
B. 错
5【判断题】 (10分)B
British crisps are French fries in AmericA.