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s clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible, and use pictures, charts. And graphs if they help you make your points more clearly. Never forget your audience. Don’t talk over their heads, and don’t talk down to them . Treat your audience with respect. They will appreciate your thoughtfulness. If you follow these simple steps, you’ll see that you don’t have to be afraid of pubilc speaking. In fact, you may find the experience so enjoyable that you volunteer to make more speeches!You’re not convinced yet? Give it a try and see what happens.60. The main idea of this article is ________.A. that a poor speaker can never change B. that you can improve your speaking abilityC. to always make a short speech D. that it is hard to make a speech61. Paragraph 2 implies that ________.A. many people are afraid of giving a speechB. many people are happy to give a speechC. many people don’t prepare for a speechD. many people talk too long62. The phrase “talk over their heads” means________.A. speak too loudly B. speak too fastC. look down upon them D. use words and ideas that are too difficult63. All of the following statements are true except that ________.A. few people know how to make good speechesB. a lecturer does not need to organize his speechC. research is important in preparing a speechD. there are simple steps you can take to improve your speaking abilityCThe people who built Stonehenge in southern England thousands of years ago had wild parties, eating barbecued pigs and breaking pottery. This is according to recent work by archaeologists history experts who investigate how human beings lived in the past. Archaeologists digging near Stonehenge last year discovered the remains of a large prehistoric village where they think the builders of the mysterious stone circle used to live. The village is about 4,600 years old, the same age as Stonehenge and as old as the pyramids in Egypt. It is less than two miles from the famous ancient landmark and lies inside a massive manmade circular dirt wall, or henge, known as the Durrington Walls. Remains found at the site included jewelry, stone arrowheads, tools made of deer antlers, wooden spears and huge amounts of animal bones and broken pottery39。. These finds suggest Stone Age people went to the village at special times of the year to feast and party, says Mike ParkerPearson from Sheffield University in England. He said many of the pig bones they found had been thrown away halfeaten. He also said the partygoers appeared to have shot some of the farm pigs with arrows, possibly as a kind of sport before barbecuing them. An ancient road which led from the village to the River Avon was also found. Here, the experts think, people came 39。after their parties to throw dead relatives in the water so the bodies would be washed downstream to Stonehenge. ParkerPearson believes Stonehenge was like a cemetery where ancient Britons buried the dead and remembered their ancestors. The theory is that Stonehenge is a kind of spirit home to the ancestors. The recent discovery of the village within the Durrington Walls shows that Stonehenge didn39。t stand alone but was part of a much bigger religious site, according to ParkerPearson. People still e to worship and celebrate at Stonehenge today. They meet there when the sun sets on the shortest day of winter and when it rises on the longest day of summer. But the days of39。 barbecuing whole pigs there and throwing family members into the river are a thing of the past. 64. What was Stonehenge according to the text? A. A village where hundreds of people once lived B. A place that regularly hosted large parties C. A church where local villagers would get married D. A site where dead people were placed or remembe