单选题 Welcome to the Franklin Business Institute E24 Conversational English class. The object of this course is to learn how to converse fluently and effectively in English. For the next 10 weeks we will finely tune your skills in the art of debating and role-playing. We will also practice speech rhythm and diction with an emphasis on pronunciation and specific speech problems faced by those who are studying English as a foreign language.
Numerous discussions on a wide variety of subjects will be held, including topics in business, fiction, travel and differences between Western and chinese Culture, education and life experience.
You will have many opportunities to give oral presentations and voice your opinions on the various topics that we plan to cover. It is very important that you talk as much as you can. Don't wait for your instructor to ask you to speak. If you have a question, ask it. Additionally, if you have any questions about anything your fellow students say, please feel free to ask.

单选题 What kind of the course is E24?
A. It's a composition one. B. It's a conversational one.
C. It's for listening skills. D. It's a grammar one.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节考查题。从文章第一句话“Welcome to the Franklin Business Institute E24 Conversational English class”中可以找到答案。
单选题 The purpose of this course is to make the students ______.
A. remember those unknown words
B. know various rules of English grammar
C. learn how to write their term papers
D. express themselves fluently and effectively in English
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节理解题。浏览第一段发现本段集中介绍了E24的purpose，“The object of this course is to learn how to converse fluently and electively in English”，其中object of this course与题干的purpose of this course意思相同，所以D为最佳选项。
单选题 How long will the course take?
A. 5 weeks. B. 10 weeks.
C. One month. D. Two months.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节考查题。沿题干的线索词how long定位查找发现文章第一段“Forthe next 10 weeks we will finely tune yore skills in the art of debating and role-playing”，接下来的10周就是课程的时间，所以答案为选项B。
单选题 Which topic will not be held during the study?
A. Education. B. Polities.
C. Culture. D. Business.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节考查题。从文章第二段“Numerous discussions on a wide variety of subjeets will be held, including topics in business, fiction, travel and differences between Western and chinese Culture, education and life experience”可以看出，学习讨论的主题包括商务、小说、旅行、中西文化差异、教育以及生活经验方面，但不包括政治。
单选题 It's very important for those who take E24 to ______.
A. talk as much as they can
B. prepare the course before the class
C. look up every unknown word and phrase
D. recite each lesson
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节判断题。对于学员来说重要的事情在文章第一段提到了“It is very important that you talk as much as you can”，其他几项都没有提到。