十二月英语模卷(二).docVIP

海天学校十二月英语模拟卷（二） Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every ___1___ person is expert in the skill of pronouncing his own language, but few people are even moderately ___2___ at pronouncing foreign languages. Now there are many reasons __3____this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. ___4___I suggest that the fundamental reason why people___5___ do not speak foreign languages very much better__6____they do is that they fail to__7____the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, and ___8___never set about dealing with it in the right way. Far too many people fail to realize___9___pronouncing a foreign language is a skill one that needs careful training of a special kind, ___10___one that cannot be__11____by just leaving it to take care of itself. I think even teachers___12___language, while recognizing the importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branch of study concerned ___13___speaking the language. So the first ___14___I want to make is that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher should be prepared to__15____some of the lesson time to this, and by his whole attitude to the subject he should get the student to feel that here is a matter worthy__16____receiving his close attention. So, there should be__17____when other aspects of English, ___18___grammar or spelling, are allowed for the moment to take___19___place. ___20___this question of the time given to pronunciation, there are two other requirements for the teacher: the first, knowledge, the second, technique. [A] normal [B] average [C] common [D] ordinary [A] efficient [B]effusive [C]profitable [D] proficient [A]for [B]to [C]with [D]on [A]and [B]but [C]also [D]for [A]above all [B]for all [C]after all [D]in general [A]then [B]otherwise [C]than [D