A. DEVELOPINGB. ARRANGINGC. PLANNINGD. DESIGNING.D. DESIGNING.
27. A. developing
B. arranging
C. planning
D. designing.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions.
Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is an expert in the skill of
pronouncing his own language; but few people are even moderately proficient at
pronouncing foreign languages. There are many reasons for this, some obvious, some
perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest that the fundamental reason why people in general
do not speak foreign languages very well is that they fail to grasp the true nature of the
problem of learning to pronounce, and consequently never set about tackling it in the
right way. Too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language is a skill -
one
that needs careful training of a special kind, and one that cannot be acquired by just
leaving it to take care of itself. I think even teachers of languages, while recognizing the
importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branch of
study concerned with speaking the language. So the first point I want to make is that
English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher should be prepared to devote some of
the lesson time to this, and should get the student to feel that here is a matter worthy of
receiving his close attention. So, there should be occasions when other
aspects
of
English, such as grammar or spelling, are allowed for the moment to take second place.