【正文】 ferent vowel sounds to help teach you how to pronounce certain words and to improve your English pronunciation. 38 One of the most effective ways to learn a language is to listen to someone speaking it. Once you are familiar with how a language sounds, you will be able to start picking up on more sounds, words and phrases.Record yourself. 39 To solve this problem and really see how you sound, try recording yourself. Use a smart phone or tape recorder to play back how you sound when you are speaking English.Get a spoken English tutor.To truly understand if you are saying and pronouncing things the right way, find someone who can practice with you and act as a spoken English tutor. 40 A. Break down words.B. Listen to an English speaker.C. Sometimes the letter “y” can make a vowel sound, too..D. How do you know if you are saying things correctly?E. He or she will be able to correct you and teach you how to pronounce better.F. Thankfully, there are tips that you can learn to make things a little easier.G. Compare your English prehension to someone else to see if you are doing it correctly.第三部分 語言知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）第一節(jié) 完形填空（共15小題；，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。s the best title of this passage?A. A pretty thief B. A Rock from the Natural ParkC. A Girl Who Have Perfect Manners D. An Apology NoteDIf you wear glasses, chances are you are smarter. Research published in the famous British journal Nature Communications has found that people who displayed higher levels of intelligence were almost 30 percent more likely to wear glasses.The scientists studied the genes of thousands of people between the ages of 16 and study showed intelligence can be connected to physical characteristics. One characteristic was eyesight. In out of 10 people who were more intelligent, there was a higher chance they needed glasses. Scientists also said being smarter has other benefits. It is connected to better health.It is important to remember these are connections which are not proven causes. Scientists call this correlation. Just because something is connected to something else does not mean one of those things caused the other. And it’s worth noting that what constitutes intelligence is subjective and can be difficult, if not impossible, to measure.Forget genes though. Plenty of proof shows wearing glasses makes people think you are more intelligent, even if you do not need glasses. A number of studies have found people who wear glasses are seen as smarter, hardworking and honest. Many lawyers use this idea to help win their cases. Lawyer Harvey Solves explained this. Glasses soften their appearance. He said sometimes there has been a huge amount of proof showing that people he was defending broke the law. He had them wear glasses and they weren’t found guilty.Glasses are also used to show someone is intelligent in movies and on TV. Ideas about people who wear glasses have begun to shift. People who do not need glasses sometimes wear them for fashion only. They want to look worldly or cool. But not everyone is impressed by this idea, though. GQ magazine said people who wear glasses for fashion are trying too hard to look smart and hip (時髦的). However, that hasn’t stopped many celebrities from happily wearing glasses even if they do not need them. Justin Bieber is just one highprofile fan of fashion glasses.32. What does the new study show?A. People wearing glasses are smarter.B. People wearing glasses are healthier.C. Wearing glasses can make people cleverer.D. Wearing glasses is associated with higher IQ.33. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Shift. B. Link. C. Proof. D. Consequence.34. Why do some lawyers ask their clients to wear glasses in court?A. Because it can create a moral image.B. Because it can mislead the witnesses.C. Because it can highlight clients’ qualities.D. Because it can prove the clients’ innocence.35. What is the general attitude to those who wear glasses for fashion?A. Positive.