2025年鄭州幼兒師范高等?？茖W(xué)校高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點(diǎn)試題含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調(diào)整）一、單選題(共50題)1、Wecanmakesandwiches_________.

(1分)A、myselfB、ourselvesC、byusD、themselves正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析主語是we,用our,句意：我們可以自己做三明治2、材料A:Hello,I'mthereporterfromtheschoolnewspaper.Iknowyouaregoingtoleaveschool.(1)

B:Yes,please.

A:Howdoyoufeelnow?

B:Excitedandabitsad.

A:(2)

B:Beforeleavingschool,I'mgoingtotakesomephotoswithmyteachersandclassmates.

A:(3)

B:I'mgoingtobeascientist,soI'llkeepworkinghardtomakemydreamcometrue.

A:Whatwouldyouliketosaytoyourteachersandclassmates?

B:I'dliketosay“Thanks”tothemforhelpingmealot.(4)

A:(5)

B:Youarewelcome.第（1）空填（）(1分)A、Also,Ihopemyschoolwillbebetter.B、Whatareyougoingtodobeforeleavingschool?C、MayIaskyousomequestions?D、Whatareyougoingtobewhenyougrowup?E、Thankyousomuch.正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C3、Theconferenceaimstodevelopbusinessandletpeoplethinkabout_______theycanhaveapositiveinfluenceontheplanet.

(1分)A、whyB、thatC、whatD、how正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D4、材料Azero-wastelifeisalifestylethathardlycreatesanyrubbish.ZerowastewasfirstsuggestedbyaFrenchwomancalledBeaJohnson.Herideais:livealifeandtrynottocreateanyrubbish;usedifferentkindsofwaystosavetheenvironment,suchasstoppingtheuseofone-offobjects;givingunwantedthingstoothersordonating

thesethingstoorganizationsliketheRedCross.Azero-wastelifefollowsthe6Rrule—Refuse,Reduce,Reuse,Repair,RecycleandRot.ChenYuan,27,isdeeplyinterestedinthisidea.

SheandherboyfriendJoehavelivedinBeijingformanyyears.OverAugust-OctoberwhenChenfollowedtheruleofzerowaste6R,sheandherboyfriendbothproducedonlytwocansofrubbish.NowthecouplehaveopenedasmallshopinBeijing,wheretheyusewoodproductstotaketheplaceofplasticonesandclothbagsprintedwithenvironmentallogos.Thestorealsohassecond-handbooksandCDstomakethebestoftheusedthings.Thezero-wastelifestyleisnotforascetics(苦行僧).Itisjustaroundus.Chenexpectssomeofherfriendstojoinherontheroadtozerowaste.BeaJohnsonsuggeststhatpeopleshould______.

(1分)A、trytocreatenorubbish

B、throwawayunwantedthingsC、usetheone-offobjectsallthetime

正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A5、Thecommittee（）twelvemembers.(1分)A、aremadeofB、isconsistedofC、madeupD、ismadeupof正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D6、Heissaidtobe（）honestman.(1分)A、anB、aC、anyD、very正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A7、Thisbookismine.Iwrote（）nameonit（）(1分)A、mine;myselfB、my;myselfC、me;myselfD、my;mine正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B8、Theshoesaremade_____China.

(1分)A、inB、onC、fromD、to正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析這雙鞋是中國制造。madeinChina.中國制造9、Youhaveworkedallday.You____betired.

(1分)A、mustB、mayC、can’tD、should正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A10、—Areyoureallywillingtodosomuchhomework?—Totellyouthetruth,sometimesI________todothat,butIthinkitreallyhelpsme.

(1分)A、forceB、amforcedC、forcedD、wasforced正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B11、Ilovetolistentorockmusic________Iamrunning.

(1分)A、while

B、after

C、since

D、until正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析句意：我喜歡在跑步的時候聽搖滾樂。考查連詞辨析。while當(dāng)……時；after在……之后；since自從；until直到。根據(jù)“Ilovetolistentorockmusic…Iamrunning.”可知，此處強(qiáng)調(diào)在做某事時，用while+延續(xù)動詞，故選A。12、材料We’veallhadbadexperienceswithrestaurants,storesorhotels.Maybeyou’vebeentoarestaurantthatservedterriblefood.

Perhapsyou’vebeentoastorethathadhighpricesandbadservice.Ormaybeyou’vebookedahotelandfoundoutlaterthattheroomwasnothingliketheadvertisement（廣告）.

Thesedays,wehaveabetterchanceofstoppingtheseunpleasantsurprises.Wecandothisbyusingapps.Anappisacomputerprogramonasmartphone.Youcanuseappstodoalmostanything.Appcanhelpyouplaygames,getdirections,talktofriends,andsoon.

Ifyouwanttofindinformationaboutastoreorahotel,youcanuseareviewapp.Reviewappshelpusevaluate（評價）serviceandproductsbeforewehandoverourmoney.Theideaisverysimple.Afteryougotoarestaurantorstayinahotel,youcanpostareviewwithoneofyourapps.Youcansayanythingyouwant.Ifyoulikeahotelthatyoustayedin,youcantellpeoplethatit

waswonderful.Ifyouthinkthatthefoodinacertainrestaurantwasbad,thenyoucantellpeoplenottoeatthere.Otherpeoplecanusetheirapptoreadyourreviews.

Plentyofpeopleprefernottousethesereviewapps.Manyofthesepeoplethinkthatit’sawasteoftimetolookthroughwebsitesandreadreviews.Thesepeopleprefertogooutanddecideforthemselveswhetherornotaserviceisgood.

However,

reviewappsaregettingmoreandmorepopulareveryday.Someappsareforexactservices.Forexample,tripadvisergivesattentiontotravel,andgoodreaderpaysattentiontobooks.Therearealsootherlargerappsthatprovideinformationforjustabouteveryservicethatyoucanthinkof.Whatdoesthearticlesayaboutapps?______

(1分)A、Youcanuseappsformanythings.

B、Thereareveryfewgoodapps.C、Appsareonlyusefulfortravel.

D、Appsareveryexpensivetouse.

正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A13、Thepolicewomanaskedthemanwhathe___whenthemurdertookplace.

(1分)A、wasdoingB、hasdoneC、isdoingD、woulddo正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析女警察問那個男人謀殺發(fā)生時他在干什么。根據(jù)whathe_whenthemurdertookplace.兇殺案發(fā)生時，他正在干什么？可知應(yīng)該用過去進(jìn)行時態(tài)，應(yīng)該是：wasdoing，故選：A。點(diǎn)評：主要考查賓語從句，在做此類題目時，應(yīng)該注意賓語從句的連接詞，以及賓語從句的時態(tài)和語序問題，掌握好這幾點(diǎn)，是做好此類題目的關(guān)鍵．本題主要考查賓語從句的時態(tài)問題14、Thereisn't________milkintheglass.

(1分)A、someB、anyC、manyD、a正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析杯子里沒有一點(diǎn)牛奶。some和any均可修飾可數(shù)或不可數(shù)名詞，some用于肯定句，any用于否定句，many修飾名詞復(fù)數(shù)，a置于單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞前。根據(jù)語境可知應(yīng)選B。考點(diǎn)：考查不定代詞。15、It’seasy,____Ididn’tworkitout.(1分)A、andB、orC、soD、but正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析根據(jù)句意，這里應(yīng)該表達(dá)轉(zhuǎn)折的意思，那很容易，但是我沒有做出來16、________Chinaisn'trichnow,________we'reworkinghardtomakeherricherandstronger.

(1分)A、ThoughbutB、BecausesoC、Though/D、Bothand正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析雖然中國現(xiàn)在并不富裕，但我們正在努力使她變得更富更強(qiáng)。表示“雖然……但是”只能用though和but中的一個，不能兩者同時使用。故選C17、—Ireallyhope_____everythinggoeswell.—SodoI.

(1分)A、whatB、whichC、whyD、that正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析—我真的希望一切順利?！乙彩荌hopethat+賓語從句。18、Theoldtemple____roofwasdamagedinstormisnowunderrepair.

(1分)A、whereB、whichC、itsD、whose正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析

考查定語從句。句意：那座在暴風(fēng)雨中屋頂受損的寺廟正在維修中。從結(jié)構(gòu)可知此處是定語從句,Theoldtemple為先行詞，作定語從句的定語，判斷關(guān)系代詞用whose，故選D。19、Hewas（）honestmanthatallhiscomradeslikehimverymuch.(1分)A、suchB、soC、suchanD、soan正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C20、Apples,bananasandstrawberriesare________.

(1分)A、vegetablesB、fruitsC、carrotsD、food正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析蘋果香蕉和草莓是水果。fruits：水果21、_____itraintomorrow,wewouldhavetoputoffthevisittotheYangpuBridge

(1分)A、WereB、ShouldC、WouldD、Will正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析分析句意可知,本句是虛擬條件句,從句表達(dá)的是對將來的一種假設(shè),所以要用一般過去時或should+動詞原形;此處省略了連詞if,所以要用倒裝語序.AWere是be的過去式形式,由于從句中的謂語是行為動詞rain,而不是系動詞be,所以A不正確.故選B22、Idon'tknow________．

(1分)A、togowhereB、wherewillgoC、wheretogoD、gowhere正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析這屬于動詞不定式的特殊用法。即wh-詞（特殊疑問詞，如what，which，when，where，who，how等）與不定式連用，在句中作賓語。23、Therearesomesuggestionsonhowto（）aplantohelpthepoorchildrentogetgoodeducation.(1分)A、endupwithB、comeupwithC、keepupwithD、bebusywith正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析考查動詞短語。句意為：“關(guān)于如何提出一個幫助貧困兒童接受良好教育的計劃，這兒有一些建議。”comeupwith意為“想出；提出(計劃、想法等)”。根據(jù)語境可知，此處表達(dá)的是如何提出一個幫助貧困兒童的計劃。故選B。24、Hedidn’tgotoworkyesterday____hewasill.(1分)A、whereB、howC、becauseD、if正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析根據(jù)句意這里應(yīng)表示原因關(guān)系，他昨天沒去工作是因?yàn)樗×?5、—IhearTonymadeaspeechyesterday.—（）,and（）(1分)A、Sodidhe;soIdidB、Sohedid;sodidIC、Sohewas;sowasID、Sowashe;soIwas正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析考查倒裝句。句意為：“—-我聽說Tony昨天做了一個演講?！拇_是，我也做了一個演講?！薄癝o+be/助動詞/情態(tài)動詞+主語”,表示前面提出的某一肯定的情況也同樣適應(yīng)于后者；“So+主語+be/助動詞/情態(tài)動詞”,表示“某人或事物確實(shí)如此”,是對上文所講事實(shí)的肯定和強(qiáng)調(diào)。根據(jù)“IhearTonymadeaspeechyesterday.”可知，謂語動詞是一般過去時的實(shí)義動詞，所以下句的助動詞應(yīng)為did。故選B。26、—HaveyouwatchedthefilmGulliver’sTravels

—Yes,I________itduringtheSpringFestival.Whataboutyou

(1分)A、watchB、watchedC、willwatchD、havewatched正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析句意：——你看過《格列佛游記》這部電影嗎？——看過，我在春節(jié)期間看的。你呢？

考查一般過去時。根據(jù)“duringtheSpringFestival”可知，動作發(fā)生在過去，用一般過去時，故選B。27、從下列選項(xiàng)中找出其括號部分與所給單詞括號部分讀音相同的選項(xiàng)。（）(wh)ole(1分)A、(wh)atB、(wh)omC、(wh)etherD、(wh)eat正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B28、What______itistohavemusiclessons！

(1分)A、funsB、afunC、funD、manyfun正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析句意：上音樂課是多么有趣??！考查感嘆句及fun的用法。根據(jù)題干可知，本句為感嘆句，What引起的感嘆句后面通常接名詞，fun作名詞時為不可數(shù)名詞，意為“樂趣、娛樂”，作形容詞時意為“有趣的、逗樂的”；不可數(shù)名詞前面不加冠詞、后面不能加s，排除A、B選項(xiàng)；many修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，排除D選項(xiàng)；故答案選C。29、—Threemonths（）quitealongtime.—Yes,I'mafraidthathewillmisslotsofhislessons.(1分)A、areB、wasC、isD、were正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查主謂一致。句意為：“--三個月是相當(dāng)長的一段時間?！?是的，恐怕他會錯過很多課?！北硎緯r間、距離、金錢、重量等的名詞作主語時，謂語動詞用單數(shù)。主語Threemonths表示時間，所以謂語動詞應(yīng)用單數(shù)形式，所以排除A和D;陳述事實(shí)時態(tài)應(yīng)為一般現(xiàn)在時，所以排除B。故選C。30、He’sperfectly____toliveinthemountainandpaintpicturesallday,thoughheisbadlyoff.

(1分)A、curiousB、proudC、anxiousD、content正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析詞義辨析。Curious好奇的；proud自豪的；anxious焦急的；content滿足的，滿意的。句意：主在山里整天畫畫他很滿意，盡管他很窮困。選D。31、材料

TomarrivedatthebusstationquiteearlyforParis.ThebusforPariswouldnotleaveuntilfivetotwelve.Hesawalotofpeoplewaitinginthestation.Somewerestandinginline,otherswerewalkingaround.Therewasagroupofschoolgirls.Theirteacherwastryingtokeeptheminline,Tomlookedaroundbuttherewasnoplaceforhimtosit.Hewalkedintothestationcafe.Helookedupattheclockthere.Itwasonlytwentytotwelve,Hefoundaseatandsatdownbeforealargemirroronthewall,Justthen,Mike,oneofTom'sworkmatescameinandsatwithTom.

“Whattimeisyourbus?”askedMike.

“There'splentyoftimeyet.”answeredTom.

“Well,I'llgetyousomemoreteathen.”saidMike.

Theytalkedwhiledrinking.ThenTomlookedattheclockagain.“Oh!It'sgoingbackward!”hecried.“Afewminutesagoitwastwentytotwelveandnowit'shalfpasteleven.”

"You'relookingattheclockinthemirror,”saidMike.Tomwassosad.Thenextbuswasnottoleaveforanotherhour.SincethenTomhasneverlikedmirrors.

WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?(1分)A、

Tom

arrived

in

Paris

on

time.B、

The

next

bus

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leave

in

half

an

hour.C、

After

that

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didn't

like

clocks

any

longer.D、

Tom

looked

at

the

clock

in

the

mirror

only

once.正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D32、WhenawomansaysWhat?it,'snotbecauseshe_________you.She'sgivingyouachancetochangewhatyousaid.

(1分)A、doesn'thearB、didn'thearC、hasn'theardD、hadn'theard正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析當(dāng)一個女人說“什么”的時候，那不是女人沒聽到你說話，而是她給你改口的機(jī)會。33、-Itwas（）whohelpedusoutofdanger.—Whatbraveandhelpfulchildren!Weshouldlearnfromthem.(1分)A、theyB、themC、theirD、theirs正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查強(qiáng)調(diào)句。句意為：“——是他們幫助我們脫離了危險。--多么勇敢和樂于助人的孩子們啊!我們應(yīng)該向他們學(xué)習(xí)。”強(qiáng)調(diào)句結(jié)構(gòu)：“Itis/was+被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分+that/who+句子其他成分.”,當(dāng)被強(qiáng)調(diào)的是人時，用who或that,其余的情況一律用that。根據(jù)引導(dǎo)詞who可知本句強(qiáng)調(diào)的是主語，所以應(yīng)用人稱代詞主格。故選A。34、材料DicklivedinEngland.OnedayinJanuaryhesaidtohiswife,“I'mgoingtoflytoNewYorknextweekbecauseI'vegotsomeworkthere.”“Whereareyougoingtostaythere?”hiswifeasked.“Idon'tknowyet.”Dickanswered.“Pleasesendmeyouraddressfromthereinatelegram,”hiswifesaid.“Allright,”Dickanswered.

HeflewtoNewYorkonJanuary31standfoundanicehotelinthecenterofthecity.Heputhisthingsinhisroomandthenhesenthiswifeatelegram.Heputtheaddressofhishotelinit.

Intheeveninghedidn'thaveanywork,sohewenttoacinema.Hecameoutatnineo'clockandsaid,“NowI'mgoingbacktomyhotelandhaveanicedinner.”

Hefoundataxiandthedriversaid,“Wheredoyouwanttogo?”ButDickdidn'trememberthenameandaddressofhishotel.

“Whichhotelaremythingsin?”hesaid,“AndwhatamIgoingtodotonight?”Butthetaxidriverdidnotknow.SoDickgotoutandwentintoapostoffice.Therehesenthiswifeanothertel-egram,andinithewrote,“Pleasesendmemyaddressatthispostoffice.”Whowouldsendhimthenameandaddressofthehotel?（）(1分)A、Themanagerofthehotel.B、Thepolice.C、Thetaxidriver.D、Hiswife.正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段最后兩句“SoDickgotoutandwentintoapostoffice.Therehesenthiswifeanothertelegram,andinithewrote,‘Pleasesendmemyaddressatthispostoffice.’”可知，Dick發(fā)電報給他的太太讓她把他的地址發(fā)給他。故選D。35、材料Youneedalotof（1）ifyou’rewaitingforanew（2）andyouneedafew（3）whose

phonesyoucan（4）aswell.Fortunately,Ihad（5）.Decembercameand（6）,buttherewas（7）signofphone.Iwenttothecompany’sofficetoask

aboutit.“TheytoldmeI’dhaveaphone（8）December,”Isaid（9）.“（10）?”theassistantasked.“OhIremember.Theytriedtocontactyoubutfailed.Sorryaboutthat.”Iamstillusingmyoldphone.第（6）選()

(1分)A、wentB、goneC、goingD、togo正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查動詞。根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容可知，句意為十二月來了，但沒有手機(jī)的跡象。36、材料Funandpractical,theseappsareworthdownloading.

*Forest

Whenworkingonyourhomework,youmightsometimesfindthatyoursmartphoneisdistrac-ting(使分心)you.AnappcalledForestcanhelpyoustayfocused.Whenyousetanewtaskintheappandsetacertainamountoftimetofinishit,atreeseedwillbe“planted”intheapp.Ifyoukeepfinishingyourtask,theseedwillgrowintoatree.Butifyouclosetheappandplaywithyourphoneinstead,thetreewillwitherandevendie.Onceyoufinishthetask,yourtreewillbe“planted”intheapp.Gradually,youwillhaveaforest!Youcanshareyourachievementswithyourfriendsandtryto“plant”differentkindsoftrees.

*RocketAlarmClock

It'shardtogetoutofbedeverymorning.Youmighthitthe“snooze”button(止鬧按鈕)onyouralarmclockagainandagainjusttogetalittlemoresleep.However,theRocketAlarmClockappcanhelp!

Theapp'salarmcannotbeeasilyturnedoff.Youhavetoshakeyourphonewildly,solvediffi-cultmathproblems,orevenblowintoyourphone'smicrophonetoturnitoff.Forexample,inoneoftheapp'smodes,therearesomeunidentifiedflyingobjects(UFOs)thatareattackingtheearth.YouhavetoblowhardonyourmicrophonetogetridoftheUFOsandturnoffthealarm.

*Xiawen

Thisappmakesreadingnewsfeellikechattingwithafriend.Newsstoriespopupjustlikeatextmessagefromafriend.Ifyou'reinterested,youcanclick“readon”.Ifnot,justclick“newone”.

Inaddition,theapp'snewsstoriesarepresentedinaninterestingway.Thereareemojis(表情符號),audioclips(音頻剪輯)andmemestohelpyoubetterunderstandeachpicceofnews.Ifyouwanttocommentonthestoriesyouread,youcanjoindifferentgroupsanddiscussthestorieswithothers.Theappsaboveareprobablyfor（）(1分)A、phoneusersB、forestplantersC、newsreportersD、heavysleepers正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Funandpractical,theseappsareworthdownloading.”可知，這三種應(yīng)用程序需要手機(jī)下載，所以可以推斷出應(yīng)用程序是針對手機(jī)用戶。故選A。37、Pleasebepoliteand________offeryourseattopeoplewhoneedit.

(1分)A、neverB、seldomC、sometimesD、always

正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析句意：請有禮貌，總是給有需要的人讓座?？疾楦痹~辨析。never從不；seldom很少；sometimes有時；always總是。分析“Pleasebepoliteand…offeryourseattopeoplewhoneedit.”可知，要總是給有需要的人讓座，故選D。38、Thispairoftrousers（）forJohn.(1分)A、ismadeB、aremadeC、makesD、willmake正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A39、Thankstothenewbridge,peopleonthatislandnolongerneedtogotothecitycenter（）ferry.(1分)A、inB、byC、fromD、with正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析考查介詞。句意為：“多虧了那座新橋，那個島上的人們不再需要乘渡船去市中心了。”by+交通工具，表示用某種交通方式。故選B。40、—Isthishat________?

—No,theredoneis________.

(1分)A、Lucy's;herB、Lucy;herC、Lucy's;hersD、Lucy;hers'正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析句意：——這頂帽子是露西的嗎？——不是，紅色的是她的。考查所有格和代詞用法。Lucy露西，人名；Lucy's露西的，-'s所有格；her她的，形容詞性物主代詞；hers她的，名詞性物主代詞。問句中空格后沒有名詞，故應(yīng)用-'s所有格表示所有關(guān)系，即露西的帽子；答語空格后沒有名詞，故應(yīng)用名詞性物主代詞hers代指herhat。故選C。41、Everypossiblemeans_____toworkouttheproblem,butitistoodifficultforus.

(1分)A、isusedB、areusedC、hasbeenusedD、havebeenused正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析句子的意思是：我們嘗試了所有可能的辦法來解決問題，但是這個問題實(shí)在太難了。因?yàn)楸磉_(dá)的是”已經(jīng)用過所有辦法”，是過去發(fā)生并且已經(jīng)完成的事情，所以應(yīng)該用完成時，對應(yīng)選項(xiàng)是C。42、Howmany（）arethereinthecorner?(1分)A、bagsofricesB、bagsofriceC、bagofriceD、bagofrices正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B43、Hisknowledgeofplantsisonlyusedbyhimto（）(1分)A、showhimselfB、showC、showoffD、showup正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C44、材料

Besidesthisquestionofthetimegiventopronunciation,therearetwootherrequirementsfortheteacher:thefirst,knowledge;thesecond,technique.

Itisimportantthattheteachershouldbeinpossessionofthenecessaryinformation.Thiscangenerallybegotfrombooks.Itispossibletogetfrombookssomeideaofthespeech,andofwhatwecallgeneralphoneticrules.Itisalsopossibleinthiswaytogetaclearmentalpictureoftherelationshipbetweenthesoundsofdifferentlanguages,betweenthespeechhabitsofEnglishpeopleandthose,say,ofyourstudents.Unlesstheteacherhassuchapicture,anyexplanationshemakesonhisstudents'prounciationareunlikelytobeofmuchuse,andlessontimespentonpronunciationmaywellbewasted.

Butitdoesnotfollowthatyoucanteachpronunciationsuccessfullyassoonasyouhavereadthenecessarybooks.Itdepends,afterthat,whatuseyoumakeofyourknowledge;andthisisamatteroftechnique.

Nowthefirstandmostimportantpartofalanguageteacher'stechniqueishisownperformance,hisabilitytoshowoffthespokenlanguage,ineverydetailofsoundaswellasinfluentspeaking,sothatthestudent'sabilityforimitationisgiventhefullestspaceandencouragement.Theteacher,then,shouldbeasperfectamodel