Question

1　 there, don’t try to speak English perfectly, 　2 if you do so, no one will understand you. In London ninety-nine in every hundred people speak 　3 English. You may say that 　4 they don’t speak English well themselves, they can 　5 understand it when it is well spoken. They　 6 when the speaker is English. But when the speaker is a 　7 , the better he speaks, the 　8 it is to understand him.

No foreigner can 　9 stress(重读) the syllables(音节) and make the tone(声调) 　10 and fall in question and 　11 exactly as a 　12 does. 　13 the first thing you have to do is to speak with a strong 　14 accent, and speak broken, that is, English without any 　15 . Then every English person you 　16 will at once know you are a foreigner, and try to understand you and be ready to 　17 you. He will not 　18 you to be polite and use grammatical phrases. He will be 　19 by his cleverness in making out(弄清) your 　20 and being able to tell what you want to know.

1. A. settled　　　 B. heard　　　 C. understood　 D. known

2. A. because　　　 B. unless　　　 C. whatever　　 D. for

3. A. American　　 B. bad　　　　 C. standard　　 D. no

4. A. because　　　 B. since　　　 C. when　　　　 D. even if

5. A. hardly　　　 B. really　　　 C. at least　　 D. at most

6. A. say　　　　　 B. can　　　　 C. think　　　　 D. hope

7. A. foreigner　　 B. native　　　 C. Londoner　　 D. traveler

8. A. better　　　 B. easier　　　 C. harder　　　 D. clearer

9. A. never　　　　 B. even　　　　 C. ever　　　　 D. only

10. A. right　　　 B. exact　　　 C. raise　　　　 D. rise

11. A. request　　 B. answer　　　 C. sentence　　 D. phrase

12. A. native　　　 B. foreigner　 C. child　　　　 D. reporter

13. A. While　　　 B. Although　　 C. Because　　　 D. Therefore

14. A. London　　　 B. British　　 C. foreign　　　 D. country

15. A. grammar　　 B. mistake　　 C. expression　 D. word

16. A. know　　　　 B. see　　　　 C. look for　　 D. speak with

17. A. welcome　　 B. help　　　　 C. teach　　　　 D. praise

18. A. expect　　　 B. scold　　　 C. show　　　　 D. think

19. A. strict　　　 B. surprised　 C. pleased　　　 D. praised

20. A. way　　　　 B. meaning　　 C. mistake　　　 D. country

 

Answer 1

1-20 CABDC　 BACCD　 BADCA　　 DBACB