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Test di Verifica
B. On the whole, people worry too much if they make mistakes
C. Educated Englishmen now are less communicative than they were in the
past
D. Like written English, it has undergone a noticeable change for the worse
3) What effect is the modern theatre said to have had on the language? It has:
A. been an important reforming factor
B. made us more aware of subtleties of language
C. been a welcome and positive influence
D. had a ruinous effect
4) In the 1960s, the BBC began to:
A. use broadcasters whose speech was notably more articulate
B. employ announcers whose speech was less conformist than hitherto
C. dismiss people who disregarded the earlier time-honoured speech standard
D. be more intolerant of poor speakers in their programmes
5) Teachers are likely to overlook linguistic lapses in their pupils sin
ce:
A. they find that children no longer respond to this kind of discipline nowa-
days
B. they fear the children may become less coherent
C. more importance is now attached to oral expression
D. the children may be discouraged from giving vent to their own ideas