3. Which of the following language skills of business English is NOT mentioned?

　　A. Listening.　　　　　　B. Reading.

　　C. Speaking. D. Writing.

　　4. The writer mainly wants to tell us ________.

　　A. the bright future of business English

　　B. the ways to learn business English well

　　C. the brief introduction to business English

　　D. the difference between business English and daily English

　　B

　　English is not pronounced as it is written: vowels (元音) and consonants (辅音) can often be pronounced in different ways, and there are no accents to help you with stress. For this reason, most students see pronunciation as one of the most difficult things of the language, and they expect their teacher to help them with it. Before a student can pronounce well, he must be able to pronounce each sound more or less correctly.

　　Incorrect pronunciation is one of the main reasons for breakdown in communication.

　　The more help students are given with their pronunciation, the more confident they feel when they speak and the more likely they are to have a try at speaking.

　　There is no point in teaching students new words or phrases if they can't pronounce them comprehensibly (理解地).

　　Although there are many irregularities, there are also rules which can help students pronounce better. About 70% of words in English follow a regular pronunciation pattern.

　　If students are taught to recognise phonetic (音标的) scripts, it will enable them to check pronunciation of new or unusual words in their dictionary.

　　Certain English sounds may not exist in their language at all or may be similar but different. Students may tend to pronounce letters or a combination of letters in the same way as in their own language.

　　Teaching the 44 sounds of English altogether makes students realise that the number of sounds isn't limitless.

　　Students can be taught to see the relationship between a single letter and a sound, and how certain combinations of letters produce certain sounds.

　　Remember to encourage your students with their pronunciation.

　　5. The passage is probably written for ________.

　　A. students B. teachers

　　C. workers D. scientists

　　6. If a person pronounces a word incorrectly, you should NOT ________.

　　A. teach him pronouncing rules

　　B. teach him to recognise phonetic scripts

C. teach him the meaning of the word first