Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B , C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Speech is one of the most important (1) ______ communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to (2) ______ by other people, we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of (3) ______ that everyone agrees to stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language.
Learning a language properly is very (4)______ . The basic (5) ______ of English is not very large, and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite (6)______. But the more idea you can (7) ______ the more precise you can be about their exact meaning.
Words are the (8) ______ thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we (9)______ the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and (10) ______ whether we are pleasedor angry, for instance
A.be understood
B.be spoken
C.be examined
D.be talked