Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

W: (1) You’re going to give a short speech of thanks for the speaker this evening, aren’t you, Bill?

M: (1) Yes.

W: You don’t sound very enthusiastic. It’s not that bad, is it?

M: No, I don’t mind really. But I can never forget the first speech of thanks I did.

W: Why? What happened?

M: (2) Well, I was in my early twenties. I joined the local history society.

W: Yes.

M: Anyway, I went along to a lecture by a Miss Bligh.

W: Oh. Do go on.

M: (3) She was going to talk with slides about our town amid 18th century. She’d just published a book on the subject, which was reckoned to be quite good. So I went along. When I arrived, the secretary asked me if I could give the speech of thanks. Rather stupidly, I said yes.

W: We’ve all done it.

M: Anyway, from that point on, I was scared. What should I say? I decided to make notes during the lecture and refer to interesting parts and thank her on behalf of the society. In fact, by the time Miss Bligh stood up to talk, I was feeling much better. But she was so nervous that she kept forgetting what to say, and she spoke almost in a whisper. People at the back kept calling out “we can’t hear.” It was embarrassing.

W: I can imagine it.

M: At least the slides were good, that is, until the bulb in the projector blew. And she had to finish the talk with no illustration.

W: So what did you say in your speech of thanks?

M: What can you say? You have to be polite. (4) I mentioned the interesting facts, referred to the excellent slides, and then finished up by saying “we’d all like to thank Miss Bligh for blowing out her slides.”

W: Oh, no.

M: (4) I felt terrible. I tried to apologize, but not very successful.

W: And the speech of thanks this evening?

M: I’ll write down exactly what I’m going to say and read it carefully.

4. What does the man say about the first time he gave a speech of thanks?

解析：C。本题为细节题。问题为：关于自己第一次致感谢词，男士说了什么？出题点位置在对话的最后。根据原文“M: I mentioned the interesting facts, referred to the excellent slides, and then finished up by saying “we’d all like to thank Miss Bligh for blowing out her slides.””，可知男士提到了一些有趣的点并谈到精彩的幻灯片，最后说“我们都感谢Miss Bligh结束了她的幻灯片演讲”，并从后面的“I felt terrible. I tried to apologize, but not very successful.”可知男士对于自己说的话感到抱歉并试图道歉。由此可知男士对Miss Bligh的评价很不当，C选项“He made an embarrassing remark.”与原文信息一致。