The German government is (26) … investing money in (27) … the language of the nation, while at the same time the British government is spending a huge sum of money to improve the standard of English (28) … in Britain. This new campaign is to be led by Britain’s most popular television news (29) …, Trevor McDonald. Ironically, he was born in the Caribbean and only moved to Britain (30) … he was in his early thirties. He (31) … himself how to speak perfect English by (32) … a British radio sports commentator’s accent and reading the Oxford English Dictionary. He believes that English, when spoken (33) …, is the most effective tool for (34) … . The new campaign does not aim to get rid of regional accents and colloquialisms, only to encourage people (35) … their use of English. The trend towards a “classless” society has made “cut glass” accents and perfect grammar unfashionable. Even the BBC is encouraging a (36) … of regional accents. McDonald (37) … admits that when he returns home to Trinidad he speaks in the local accent and uses simpler language.
He thinks the campaign is very idealistic and (38) … strategy not very clear. The Education secretary has suggested showing videos to school children to help them with pronunciation. (39) … idea is to put posters explaining grammar rules on public transport. The idea of what constitutes Standard English is constantly changing. (40) … the head of the new campaign, McDonald realizes a hard task ahead of him.
26 A currency B currently C current D currents
27 A simplifying B simplify C simple D simply
28 A spoken B spoke C speaking D speak
29 A present B presenter C presentation D presence
30 A because B as C when D since
31 A taught B learned C studied D mastered
32 A imitate B imitated C imitation D imitating
33 A correct B correctly C correction D correcting
34 A succeed B succeeding C success D successful
35 A to improve B improve C improvement D improving
36 A various B variant C variety D variation
37 A themselves B itself C herself D himself
38 A it’s B its C their D theirs
39 A Other B Another C The other D Other’s
40 A As B With C In D At
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