问答题
Most of us have an image of a standard English in pronunciation, and very commonly in Great Britain this is " Received Pronunciation", often associated with the public schools and the BBC. Indeed, a pronunciation within this range has great prestige throughout the world, and for English taught as a foreign language it is usually ideal than any other【S1】________ pronunciation. At the same time, it must be remembered that, so far as the English-speaking countries are concerned, this " Received Pronunciation" becomes the status of a "standard" almost only in England. 【S2】________ Even in England it is difficult to speak about a standard in pronunciation. 【S3】 ________For one thing, pronunciation is infinitely variable, so that even giving the【S4】________will to adopt a single pronunciation, it would be difficult to achieve. The word dance will be pronounced in a dozen ways even by people who do 【S5】________ not think of themselves as dialect speakers; there is no a sure way of any two【S6】________people saying the same word with precisely the same sound. In this respect, pronunciation much more closely resembles handwriting than spelling. In spelling, there are absolute distinctions which can be learnt and imitated with completely precision; one can know at once whether a word is spelt in【S7】________a "standard" way or not. But two persons’ handwriting and pronunciation may both be perfectly intelligent, yet have obvious differences【S8】________without being able to say which is "better" or more "standard". 【S9】________ Moreover, with the easy and quick communications of modern times encouraging the spread of a " neutral", " normal " pronunciation, the accompanied sociological changes have reduced the prestige of 【S10】_______ Received Pronunciation.《问题》:【S9】
【正确答案】A being→our
【答案解析】代词缺失。介词without后接动名词结构“being able to say…”作宾语,而该动名词结构的逻辑主语并非句子主语,因此需要在动名词结构前加上物主代词或名词所有格充当其逻辑主语。联系上下文可知,此处是指“我们”说不出两个人的笔迹和发音哪个更好或更标准,故在being前补充形容词性物主代词our。