Learning how to write is like taking a course in public speaking. I ’d ask whether anyone in class had ever taken such a course. Invariably a few hands would go up. “What did you learn in that course?” I’d ask. “Well, the main thing was learning how to face an audience, not to be inhibited (拘谨；抑制), not to be nervous, ” Exactly, when you take a course in public speaking nowadays, you don’t hear much about grammar and vocabulary. Instead, you’re taught how not to be afraid or embarrassed, how to speak without a prepared script, how to reach out to the live audience before you. Public speaking is a matter of overcoming your longstanding nervous inhibitions. It is the same in writing. The point of the whole thing is to overcome your nervous inhibi- tions, to break through the invisible barrier that separates you from the person who’ll read what y- ou wrote. You must learn to sit in front of your typewriter or dictating machine and reach out to the person at the other end of the line. Of course, in public speaking, with the audience right in front of you, the problem is easier. Y ou can look at them and talk to them directly. In writing, you ’re alone. It needs an effort of your experience or imagination to take hold of that other person and talk to him or her. But that effort is necessary or at least it’s necessary until you’ve reached the point when you quite naturally and unconsciously “talk on paper.” The main task of a public speech course is to ________. A.teach spoken-language experience B.teach how to use gestures to assist speech C.help the learners overcome nervousness D.teach how to control the volume of the speaker’s voice Learning how to write is similar to learning how to speak in public in that a writer should ___________.A.overcome his or her nervousness in the first place B.watch his or her grammar and vocabulary C.collect a lot of data before writing D.take hold of a reader and talk to him or her before writing In the author’s opinion_________.A.writing needs more experience and skill than public speaking B.both writing and public speaking require effort C.writing is imaginative D.public speaking is not so natural as writing Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A.Not many students feel the need to learn public speaking B.Training is necessary before you can speak with script C.In public speaking, the audience are more nervous than the speaker D.Writing is just like making a public speech on paper This selection is mainly about learning how to _______.A.make a public speech B.talk on paper C.behave properly in public speech D.express strong emotion on paper