The story sounds（）.

A.listens

B.sounds

C.sounds like

D.hears

It's__the case in the region;a story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes.

Ainvariably

Bimmovably

Cunalterably

Dunchangeably

English has never been the only language in use over the British Isles , and it certainly is not now! Welsh is still used in Wales. Some Welsh people still speak it as their mother tongue , and it is widely taught in Welsh schools. Some people in Scotland and in Ireland still use a language that is related to Welsh. It is called Gaelic. These languages have a long history in these islands - longer than the history of English. In addition , people from

overseas have settled in England quite recently during this century. In some industrial cities , though not generally in Britain , you find groups of people who speak Polish , and other groups speaking the languages of the Indian subcontinent. A survey of North London schools in the early 1980' s found that nearly a third of the children spoke a language other than English at home.

The majority of the 55 million people living in England use English all the time. Standard English , that is , written English , is in use throughout Britain. Spoken English , however , sounds very different in different parts of the country. There is a story , a play. by the famous writer George Bernard Shaw , about a professor of English Language who can tell you someone' s address when he hears that person speak! That is exaggeration of course. Not even a Professor , who has studied the sounds of English all his life , can really do that. However ,it is true hat most people who have lived for a long time in Britain can tell a number of things about the people as soon as they speak! Usually we cannot tell the speaker' s address

, but we can guess the part of the country where the person comes from. We can tell how well educated he or she is too! If an international user of English , like anyone of you here , happens to meet speakers from , say , the North or the West of England , you may find them hard to understand. Unless you understand what is going on your confidence in your ability to use the language may be badly shaken.

36. Gaelic is related to Welsh. ()

37. Welsh is not taught in schools anymore. ()

38. One third of the 55 million people in England speak other languages besides English at home ()

39. Written English is in use throughout Britain but spoken English sounds different in different parts of the country. ()

40. Most people who have lived for a long time in Britain can tell how well educated a person is by the way he/ she speaks. ()

re easy to recognize. Klein also likes an interesting story without too many changes in time and place.A large amount of dialogues between the characters is better than long silences or noisy action scenes.

Of course, visually impaired people can enjoy many films when a friend explains the parts that can only be seen.But that means that blind people cannot go to the movies independently. To solve these problems, some movie theaters have begun to offer recorded audio descriptions of the movements, scenery, and special effects that other audience members can see on the screen.Blind moviegoers receive a wireless headset to wear during the movie. This allows them to listen to the narration while still hearing a movie's music and other sounds that surround them in the theater.

Another blind movie reviewer, Jay Forry, writes movie reviews that are published on his website. He also writes for newspapers and is a guest on radio shows. Forry gives movies one of five ratings, including, "So good, blind people will like it" and "I'm glad I couldn't see it." Forry became a writer after going blind at the age of 20 and he decided to go to college. His first articles appeared in the college newspaper, and Forry's writing skills and sense of humor are what keep people reading his reviews or listening to them on the radio.After "watching" The Sixth Sense, Forry commented that he thought the movie was excellent, but that he envied the boy who was the main character: "He had six senses, and I only have four."

1、What is the best title for the passage？ ______

A、Movies for the Visually Impaired People

B、Filmmakers Who Makes Films Interesting

C、Movies that are Rated from One to Ten

D、The Story of Jay Forry, a Blind Writer

2、"Visually impaired people" refers to those who _____.

A、are completely deaf

B、can't see anything

C、cripples when walking

D、don't trust in others

3、According to Marty Klein, a movie ____is most suitable for visually impaired people.

A、receiving the lowest rating

B、filled with many characters

C、without too many dialogues

D、being not too complicated

4、What do theaters do concerning with visually impaired people？ ______

A、They assign staff to explain some parts of the movie

B、They arrange movies especially for these people

C、They offer recorded audio description of the movie

D、They persuade these people not to go to the theater

5、We can infer from the last paragraph that Jay Forry_____.

A、is very upset about his misfortune

B、is good at writing reviews of films

C、became a writer before he's blind

D、doesn't like the film the Sixth Sense

The study of speech sounds is called Phonology. ()

A.is sounded as

B.sounds as

C.sounds like

D.is sounded like