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 on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.”

Not very easy, was it? What you’ve just read is called a tongue twister (繞口令). 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 pickled pepper. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Pete Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper 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.

1.Tongue twisters are helpful in improving skills.

A.listening B.pronunciation

C.writing D.communication

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

3.The passage is probably taken from in a school newsaper.

A.Story Time B.Latest News

C.Study Garden D.Lost and Found

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了繞口令是一個鍛煉很難發音的練習,以幫助人們更快更正確地讀單詞，繞口令很難，是因為能幫助人們區分之間類似的聲音的差別。

1.細節理解題。根據第一段，It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and more correctly. 這是一個鍛煉很難發音的練習,以幫助人們更快更正確地讀單詞。可知選B。

2.細節理解題。根據第四段，This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds.這是因為繞口令幫助人們區分之間類似的聲音的差別。可知應選D。

3.細節理解題。根據全文，這篇短文可能來自學習園地。故選C。

考點：故事類閱讀