ial
carethatyouca
beheard．
1．Whe
youspeaktotheclass，youshouldspeak______．
A．asslowlyaspossibleB．i
alowvoiceC．loudlyD．forcefully
2．Usually，whe
youspeaktotheclass，theclassis_______．
A．
oisy
B．quiet
C．havi
garestD．serious
3Thesituatio
i
theclassis______thati
yourhouse．
A．
otverydiffere
tfrom
B．sometimesthesameas
C．sometimes
otthesameas
D．
otthesameas
4．Ifyouarehavi
gaco
versatio
witha
official，themostimporta
tthi
gforyouis______．
A．toshowyourability
B．tobeveryge
tle
C．tomakesurethatyouca
beheard
D．toputtheofficialatease
5．Themai
ideaofthispassageis______．
fA．thatweshouldtalki
differe
twaysi
differe
tsituatio
sB．thatwemustspeakloudlyC．thatwemustkeepsile
tata
ytimeD．thatwemusttalkwiththeclass
Passage4SouthAfricahostedthefifthBRICSSummiti
March2013，whichcompletedthefirstcycleofBRICSsummits，BRICSisa
acro
ymforthepowerfulgroupi
goftheworldsleadi
gupa
dcomi
geco
omies，
amelyBrazil，Russia，I
dia，Chi
aa
dSouthAfrica．TheBRICSaimstoachievepeace，security，developme
ta
dcooperatio
．Italsoseekstoco
tributetothedevelopme
tofhuma
itya
dbuildamorestablea
dfairerworld．Thei
dustryleadersfromthebusi
esscommu
itiesofthefivecou
triesagreedthattheBRICScou
trieswillactivelysupporti
dustrializatio
o
theAfrica
co
ti
e
ti
ordertoco
tributesig
ifica
tlytoitsdevelopme
ta
dtoexpa
dtradeli
ksbetwee
Africaa
dBRICS．Theglobaleco
omicsituatio
，thoughimprovi
g，co
ti
uestoremai
u
certai
withtheEurocrisisamajorco
cer
．Thetaskaheadistobuildo
thesedevelopme
tsa
dBRICScou
triesremai
committedtothecauseofpromoti
gsustai
ablegrowth．Greatereco
omiccooperatio
amo
gBRICScou
triesca
besig
ifica
tlyimporta
t，whichwillprovebe
eficialforglobaleco
omicgrowth．Accordi
gtoDr．RobDavies，SouthAfrica
Mi
isterofTradea
dI
dustry，theAfrica
co
ti
e
tisrecog
izedastheseco
dfastestgrowi
gco
ti
e
tafterAsia．Therearefourdriversoftheeco
omicgrowthi
Africa
co
ti
e
t．Thesearetheboomi
mi
eralproductsi
theAfrica
co
ti
e
t，thedevelopme
toftheservicei
dustries，thebe
efitof
othavi
gthefi
a
cialcrisis，a
di
frastructure基础设施）developme
t．DaviesalsoaddsthatotherBRICScou
trieshaveadva
tageoflargepopulatio
sprovidi
gbighomemarketsfortheirproducts．TheSouthAfrica
populatio
issmallcomparedtootherBRICScou
tries，butifyouaddup
umberso
co
ti
e
tthe
youhaveacriticalmassthatca
supportthe
ewi
dustrialwavei
Africa：ThatiswhytheSouthAfrica
eedstocreatelargetradi
gblocksacrosslargepartsofAfrica
co
ti
e
t．1．“BRICS”refersto______．A．themostactiveeco
omygroupi
today’swor