早稲田商2017 IV

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IV


During modern times, many women and men around the globe have spread their ideas and influence through public speaking. In the United States, the list includes Martin Luther King, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama. As you read these names, you may think to yourself, "That's fine. Good for them. But what does that have to do with me? I don't plan to be a president or a preacher or a crusader for any cause." Nevertheless, the need for public speaking will almost certainly touch you sometime in your life ― maybe tomorrow, maybe not for five years. Imagine yourself in these situations.

You are one of seven management trainees in a large corporation. One of you will get the lower- management job that has just opened. There is to be a large staff meeting at which each of the trainees will discuss the project he or she has been developing. One by one your colleagues make their presentations. They have no experience in public speaking and are intimidated by the higher-ranking managers present. Their speeches are ( A ) You, however, call upon all the skills you learned in your public speaking course. You deliver an informative talk that is clear, well reasoned, and articulate. You get the job.

You are the assistant manager in a branch office of a national company. Your immediate superior, the branch manager, is about to retire, and there will be a retirement dinner. All the executives from the home office will attend. As his close working associate, you are asked to give a farewell toast at the party. You prepare and deliver a speech that is both ( B ) ― a perfect tribute to your boss. After the speech, everyone applauds enthusiastically, and a few people have tears in their eyes. The following week you are named branch manager.

Fantasies? Not really. Either of these situations could occur. In a recent survey of more than 300 employers, 93 percent stated that the ability to think critically and communicate clearly is more important for. career success than is a job candidate's undergraduate major. In another survey, the American Management Association asked 768 executives and managers to rank the skills most essential to today's workplace. What was at the top of their list? Communication skills. The importance of such skills is true across the board ― for accountants and architects, teachers and technicians, scientists and stockbrokers.

Businesses are also asking people to give more speeches in the early stages of their careers, and many young professionals are using public speaking as a way to stand out in today's highly competitive job market. Nor has the growth of the Internet and other new technologies reduced the need for public speaking. As career expert Lindsey Pollak states, "It's so rare to find somebody who has that combination of really good ( C ) You will be head and shoulders above your colleagues if you can combine those two."

( 1 ) The author suggests that we practice public speaking because
( a ) we all have a chance to influence the world with that skill.
( b ) we have to prove we can cope with any real-life situation.
( c ) we may encounter a situation where that skill helps us in the pursuit of our career.
( d ) we can make better use of the knowledge of our college major if we have that skill.

( 2 ) According to the passage, you will be named branch manager
( a ) if you are selected to give a farewell toast for your boss.
( b) if you impress your bosses and colleagues with your speech.
( c ) if you manage to organize a farewell party for your boss.
( d ) if you succeed in making everyone cry at a farewell party.

( 3 ) The author thinks that public speaking
( a ) has become less important in the world of advanced technology.
( b ) has long been fundamental to human communication.
( c ) is a necessary condition to become a political or religious leader.
( d ) is a skill required of ordinary people today.

(4 ) According to the passage, in order to sueceed after graduation,
( a) critical thinking and clear communication are indispensable, the latter being the more important.
( b ) the skill of public speaking is more important than any other skill or study.
( c ) the skill of public speaking should be improved with the help of the Internet technologies.
( d ) young people who want to be professionals ought to have perfected their skill of public speaking in college.

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