2013年大学英语四级完形填空训练：练习9

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（注意：答题尽量简短，超过10个词要扣分。每条横线限写一个英语单词，标点符号不占格。）
　　1. How will a rightly-timed pause influence a statement?
　　2. What is the most important thing with a pause?
　　3. What helps to develop a keen sense of timing?
　　4. What result will it be if you pause in the middle of thought units?
　　5. Why do the accomplished speakers use pauses?
　　Anwsers:
　　1. Lend dramatic impact to it.或：It can lend dramatic impact to it.或：A rightly-timed pause can lend dramatic impact to a statement.
　　2. Timing.或：It is timing.或：The most important thing with a pause is timing.
　　3. Common sense and experience.或：Common sense and experience develop a keen sense of timing.或： They are common sense and experience.
　　4. You may distract listeners from your ideas.
　　5. To modulate the rate and rhythm of their messages.或：They do so to modulate the rate and rhythm.或：The use pauses to modulate the rate and rhythm