Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passag

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the

Grammar lessons in school were a【B1】______for many of us. "Dull rules and duller drills" expresses the【B2】______that many of us bring to grammar study. Yet this is strange since, more than any other subject we studied as children, grammar has almost all the qualities of a game.

In grammar we【B3】______up the sentence, take it apart, then put it together again (the same sort of thing we do with a jigsaw【B4】______). The pieces of the game are the parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc. ), and we are required to place the pieces properly to put together a【B5】______picture. We become detectives, discovering the relationship between words and phrases and clauses. We become【B6】______ arguing the logic of our cases as to the use of a【B7】______word or the structure of a sentence.

Grammar can be fun and it can be【B8】______. Young people who show no interest in the rest of their schoolwork sometimes become completely involved in this game of grammar.【B9】______.If we were bored by grammar we would have to【B10】______.

Actually, grammar involves relatively few rules.【B11】______.If you can follow the instructions that come with a dress pattern, if you can trace the route of some old wiring, then understanding grammar should be no problem at all.

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