Question

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. comprehending    B. industry      C. range    D. enhance    AB. adopted

AC. pronounce     AD. flooding     BC. valued     BD. operating    CD. tend     

The speeches of US President Barack Obama have become the favorite way for Japanese to study the English language. Japanese publishers have been ____1. ____ the market with over a dozen language-learning titles. Companies are trying to tap into a foreign-language teaching ____2. ____ that the Yano Research Institute said  was ____3. ____ at 767 billion yen ($8.6 billion) in 2008.

Why is there such a massive Japanese market for recordings and books of Obama's speeches? Japanese say that listening to Obama speak is a sure-fire way to ____4. ____ their English-speaking skills.  

Most Japanese, including those studying English, would have difficulty ____5. ____ a speech given by a native English speaker. But “Obama's English is easy to understand because he can ____6. ____ words clearly and speaks at a relatively slow clip,” said Professor Tadaharu Nikaido, a communication specialist. “Movies ____7. ____ to be the most difficult for Japanese, especially when actors mumble their words.” Obama sets his ____8. ____ of vocabulary wide enough to accommodate all levels of English speakers, Nikaido added, and at the lower end, it sometimes comes within the range of non-native speakers' comprehension.

The Obama speech phenomenon has given way to more books and magazines that focus on how Obama's communication skills might be ____9. ____ in Japan for business and political purposes. At least half a dozen books and magazine covers of this kind have appeared in the past several months in Japan.

Answer

1.AD

2.B

3.BC

4.D

5.A

6.AC

7.CD

8.C

9.AB

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了奥巴马的演讲稿成了日本人学习英语的最好的材料，文中指出日本想投资出版奥巴马的演讲来作为一种产业，因为他的演讲的内容适合任何水平的人，并且他的发音很清晰。

1.这是短语flood sth with 用什么充满，这里是现在完成时，故用flooding所以选 AD。

2.公司正试图引进外语教学行业，故用industry行业，故选B。

3.that后是定语从句，先行词是industry，这个行业在2008年被评估767 billion yen ($8.6 billion)钱，故用valued，这是被动语态，故选BC。

4.来提高英语技能的方式。enhance提高，故选D。

5.have difficulty (in) doing做某事有困难，故用 comprehending理解，故选A。

6.因为奥巴马的发音很清楚，pronounce动词“发音”，故选 AC。

7.tend to趋向；电影对于日本人来说是非常难的，故用tend，所以选CD。

8.奥巴马设置了他用的词汇范围，使任何水平的人都能适应。range范围，故选 C。

9.奥巴马的交流技能可能在日本被采用为了生意和政治目的。adopted采用，这是被动语态，故选AB。

考点：选词填空。