B). Choose the best alternative
English spelling can be challenging
Words sometimes change _____
1______
as they travel from country to country,
and they also change spelling. One of the reasons why there often seems to be little
connection ______
2
____ English spelling and pronunciation is the fact that
English spelling _____
3_______
to be conservative (note how close the English
word
negotiate
is to the Latin original
negotiare
). English adopts ______
4
______
from other languages and retains the original ______
5_____
. It is the
pronunciation which then changes.
But English spelling is not as chaotic as you may think. A computer analysis has
______
6_______
that 84% of English words conform to a regular spelling
______
7
_________, and only 3% are unpredictable. Unfortunately this 3 %
comprises some of the most ______
8______
words in the language (
e.g. although,
business, euro, graph, who, you
), and does not include English surnames and place
names (e
.g. Brighton, Beauchamp
).
The British and Americans often can’t ______
9________
on pronunciation, either
with each other or among themselves. BBC presenters have a manual which
highlights the preferred ______
10______
and stress of such words as
ate
(rhymes
with
get
),
comparable, controversy, kilometer, and temporarily
(all with the stress
on the first syllable).
1)
A) idea B) meaning C) themself D) translation
Достарыңызбен бөлісу: |
