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The speaker spoke so quickly that () of us could understand him.
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He spoke so quickly that I didn' t ______ what he said.
A.receive
B.accept
C.listen
D.catch
He spoke so quickly that I did not ______ what he said
B.catch
C.accept
D.take
E.listen
The teacher spoke so fast that it was hard for the students to ______ what he was saying.
A.take in
B.take out
C.take up
D.take over
He spoke English so well that I took it ______ that he was an American.
A.for granted
B.as true
C.for certain
D.as such
A.make over
B.make out
C.make for
D.make sure
He spoke so quickly that I did not ______ what he said. A. catchB. accept C. take D. listen
It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, be again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke fast. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked, "I have failed again". On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, "That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed".
Some newspapers at first criticized the speech, but little by little as people redid the speech they began to understand better. (76) They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.
Today, every American school child learns Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.
In 1868, Abraham Lincoln was ______.
A.very critical
B.unpopular
C.very popular
D.very courteous