Part II Listening Comprehension Section A Talk In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY . While listening, you may look at the task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. Now listen to the talk, when it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check your work. Improve Your Pronunciation by Setting Reasonable Goals • Problems — Learning a new language is a (l) _______________ process. — This process can become easier if you (2) _______________. — The problem with the goal of sounding like a native speaker is that it is not (3) _______________ for many people. • Reasons — People who have not reached (4) _______________ sti ll have enough muscle and brain plasticity to be able to control their mouth muscles. — When a child becomes an adult, the brain loses some of its ability to change the way it (5) _______________ of the mouth. — Having an accent is a (6) _______________ of the aging process of the brain. • Solutions — Just because you might not sound like a native speaker does not mean that you should give up trying to (7) _______________ — Work on (8) _______________ of pronunciation that you can improve, instead of trying to sound like a native speaker. — Work (9 ) _______________ to change the way you pronounce. — Learners should not be tricked by people who claim to be able to help people (10) _______________ their accents.