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1、Unit 1 New Zealand Section 2 Learning about Language .阅读理解There are many acceptable varieties of English throughout the world.Whichever variety is used in your country，the most important thing is that students pronunciation must be good enough for another person to understand what they are trying to
2、 say.In a PPP lesson，teachers naturally include a good model of the pronunciation when they are presenting new vocabulary，grammar or functional language.It is important to start by helping your students recognize sounds before you expect them to pronounce them.Spoken British English has 44 sounds，bu
3、t there are only 26 letters in the alphabet for written English.This sometimes makes English pronunciation and spelling different，so it is not always best to write words on the blackboard at the early stages.Also，some sounds in English do not exist in some other languages.This can make it very diffi
4、cult for students to recognize these sounds and even more difficult for them to pronounce them correctly.So some students need to do a lot of work on these sounds，listening to them，trying to recognize them and trying to copy them.If you can understand and pronounce the symbols of the phonetic alphab
5、et，this will help you to pronounce any word in the dictionary.You can teach this phonetic alphabet to your students and this will make teaching pronunciation much easier.However，you can teach pronunciation effectively without knowing the phonetic alphabet.Pronouncing English well is not just about g
6、etting the individual sounds right.Students need to know：which parts of a word are stressed(spoken louder and longer)；which parts of a sentence are stressed；basic intonation patterns；what it means when we change the intonation in a sentence (the music of the language)；how to link together the sounds
7、 within a sentence.Students need practice in all these areas to improve their pronunciation.【语篇解读】英语的种类如此之多，如何能让别人更好地理解你要表达的意思呢？本文作者向我们介绍了如何教授英语发音。1The passage is most probably from _.Aa book for English learningBa book for English teachingCa grammar book for English learningDan ad for English teach
8、ing【解析】推理判断题。从第二段开始，作者着重介绍了如何教授英语发音。【答案】B2Following the passage，the author would probably _.Aemphasize the importance of correct pronunciationBsay how to teach the phonetic alphabetCwrite about how to teach pronunciation without the phonetic alphabetDexplain in detail how to practise the five sugges
9、tions【解析】推理判断题。从全文特别是文章的最后两段便能推断出答案。【答案】D3Which of the following can NOT prove that English pronunciation is difficult?AThere are more sounds than letters in English.BEnglish contains some unique sounds that other languages dont have.CKnowing how to pronounce every word doesnt mean pronouncing Engli
10、sh well.DStudents pronunciation must be good enough for another person.【解析】细节理解题。A、B、C三个选项都与问题有关联，只有D项与问题无关。【答案】D4In the authors opinion，_.Astudents should pronounce every word as precisely as native speakersBthe English phonetic alphabet is a must in teaching pronunciationCit is not necessary to pr
11、onounce every word correctlyDpronunciation means more than knowing how to pronounce every single word【解析】细节理解题。从倒数第二段的“Pronouncing English well is not just about getting the individual sounds right.”这句话便可知作者的态度。【答案】D.完形填空Perhaps forty years ago Sadie left her drunk and violent husband.Needing shelte
12、r for herself and her young son she took a _1_ in a housing project for_2_ people.Eventually，she got to know the residents.One resident，Archie，didnt have a _3_ of his own but his nephews wife and her kids would _4_ and help the old guy from time to time.Sadie helped care for Archie as he battled _5_
13、 and it was she who called the doctor who diagnosed his cancer.Time passed.Sadies son grew up，got _6_ and settled several hundred miles away.Sadie retired and _7_ into a nice little home of her own.To _8_ the loneliness she took in a series of_9_ over the years.Her current dog，Muffin，with a bad temp
14、er，_10_ pulls at the end of his lead.So when a heavy fall of snow came a year and a half ago she was _11_ when a neighbour offered to _12_ the dog；just so she wouldnt be pulled off her feet and break a _13_.And each day he would spend a while talking to her，seeing if she was _14_，checking if she nee
15、ded anything.But in all the time shes known him，Sadie never really thought to wonder what his last _15_ was.This morning she asked.His surname was the same as old Archies.She was _16_ to discover the man who had been “caring” for her for the past year and a half had been one of the little kids who used to _17_“Uncle Archie”and tramp mud up and down the stairs she had to _18_.She had cared for his family，now he was caring for her.Neither of them _19_ it until that moment but they were living proof of the old saying，“What goes around comes around”，and the circle of _2
