专业八级改错部分考前自测_TEM8试题

    pronouncing a language is a skill. every normal person is expert with (1) __
    the skill of pronouncing his own language; but few people are even
    moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. now there many
    reasons this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. but i suggest (2) __
    that the fundamental reason which people in general do not speak (3) __
    foreign languages very much better than they do are that they never (4) __
    fail grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, (5) __
    and consequently never set to tackling it in the right way. far (6) __
    too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language
    is a skill--- one needs careless training of a special kind, (7) __
    and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of
    itself. i think even teachers of language, while recognizing the
    importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical
    teaching, the branch of study concerning with (8) __
    speaking the language. so the first point which i want to make is (9) __
    that english pronunciation must be taught; the teacher
    should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this,
    and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student
    to feel that here is a matter worthy receiving his close attention. (10) __