最新英语专业八级改错部分考前自测

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　　Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert with (1) __
　　The skill of pronouncing his own language; but few people are even
$ r! V& j6 S9 T2 i3 A0 }6 N* e　　moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. Now there many
　　reasons this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest (2) __
　　that the fundamental reason which people in general do not speak (3) __
　　foreign languages very much better than they do are that they never (4) __
　　fail grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, (5) __
　　and consequently never set to tackling it in the right way. Far (6) __
　　too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language
8 k$ E' S. }4 ?& S& ?9 `　　is a skill--- one needs careless training of a special kind, (7) __
　　and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of
　　itself. I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the
# f9 k: }9 U! r# M　　importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical
* E2 V! X1 ?* S: p　　teaching, the branch of study concerning with (8) __
　　speaking the language. So the first point which I want to make is (9) __
　　that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher
　　should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this,
/ e3 ^3 [* B  n　　and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student
　　to feel that here is a matter worthy receiving his close attention. (10) __