Question

Try reading the following sentences as fast as you can. “ She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells in the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.”
Not very easy, was it? What you’ve just read is called a tongue twister（绕口令）. It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and more correctly. Try the next example.
“Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers, Did Peter Piper pick a peck of picked peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers, where’s the peck of picked peppers Peter picked?”
Tongue twisters usually do not have much meaning. They are just designed to improve people’s ability（能力）to pronounce words. Although they may be very difficult, these exercises are very important to people who are trying to speak English correctly. This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds.
So if you wish to pronounce words more smoothly, you’d better try picking out some tongue twisters and practicing them.
小题1:Tongue twisters are helpful in improving ________ skills.

A．listening

B．writing

C．pronunciation

D．communication

小题2:The first tongue twister is hard because _________.

A．it is very boring to read

B．it teaches us a lot of knowledge

C．we don’t know who “she” is

D．the sounds of “s” and “sh” are similar

小题3:What does the “ability” mean in Paragraph 4?

A．Pronouncing words faster and more correctly.

B．Pronouncing words faster

C．Knowing the meaning of words.

D．Picking out tongue twisters smoothly.

Answer 1

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A

试题分析：本文叙述了用你尽可能快的速度读绕口令，绕口令读起来不容易，如果你想要更流利的读单词，你最好找出一些绕口令并且经常练习。
小题1:细节理解题。根据文章第二段内容可知绕口令在提高发音技能上有所帮助，故选择C。
小题2:细节理解题。根据文章第一段内容的理解可知，第一个绕口令难是因为s和sh的发音相似，故选择D。
小题3:细节理解题。根据文章内容It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and more correctly.可知“ability”的意思是更快更流利的的读单词，故选择A。