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After studying English, maths and geography for two years, 17-year-old Henry is about to face his final A-level (Advanced level) exams. They will start at the end of 26 and continue into June. Everyone has said they are the 27 exams he'll ever have to take .

He's been 28 a place to study geography at Manchester University — if he gets an A and two Bs. If he doesn't get the grades , he will go to his second 29 in London, which has _30_ asked for a B and two Cs.

About five months before, he visited lots of universities and 31 six to apply to. His teachers sent these universities his grades 32 on his mock exams (模拟考试), and a report of his _33_ . He wrote a 500-word _34 statement saying why he should be 35 to each place. Two universities called him in for an 36 . Three others offered him a place straight away. And two refused him. He 37 chose his two top places.

A few months after his exams, Henry's 38 arrive. He hasn't 39 well. He got three Cs and neither of his two choices 40_ him.

All is not lost, 41 . He gets on the phone and calls every 42 he can think of. _43_ they have any spare places, he 44 them to give him a place. Finally, he is offered a place to study computing in Wales. It wasn't what he planned to study, _45_ where he had wanted to go. But he doesn't care. He has achieved his goal — he is going to university.

26. A. February B. March C. May D. April

27. A. longest B. shortest C. easiest D. hardest

28. A. ordered B. offered C. taken D. longing for

29. A. school B. club C. department D. choice

30. A. only B. hardly C. nearly D. almost

31. A. chose B. made C. attended D. prepared

32. A. based B. depended C. fixed D. checked

33. A. grades B. school C. manners D. character

34. A. secret B. important C. personal D. immediate

35. A. applied B. accepted C. admitted D. received

36. A. exam B. agreement C. education D. interview

37. A. strangely B. curiously C. finally D. regretfully

38. A. letters B. answers C. invitations D. results

39. A. studied B. got C. done D. taken

40. A. took B. might take C. will take D. had taken

41. A. therefore B. finally C. after all D. however

42. A. teacher B. friend C. university D. school

43. A. While B. As C. If D. Though

44. A. tells B. begs C. requires D. advises

45. A. nor B. but C. and D. either

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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 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 recognise sounds before you expect them to produce them.

Spoken British English has 44 sounds, but 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 difficult 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 alphabet, 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 getting 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 within a sentence.

Students need practice in all these areas to improve their pronunciation.

1．The passage is most probably from .

A．a book for English learning B．a book for English teaching

C．a grammar book for English learning D．an ad for English teaching

2．Following up the passage, the author will probably .

A．emphasize the importance of correct pronunciation

B．say how to teach the phonetic alphabet