1. The main focus of this passage is
    a) how Canadian vocabulary is changing.b) how Canadian society is tolerant of others.c) how new pronunciations are spreading through Canadian society.d) how "Valley Girl" speech is taking over all across Canada.

2. Linguists are studying Canadian people's speech patterns by
      a) mapping their location in the country.b) counting the frequency of people's conversations.c) listening to people's speech using ultrasound technology.d) identifying the position of people's lips and tongues.

3. The change in Canadian pronunciation is exemplified by
     a) an updated air safety recording.b) a popular YouTube video.c) trends in Canada's university system.d) the numerous accents now prevalent across Canada.

4. The phrase "under our noses" refers to 
     a) something that is offensive to many people.b) something that is happening in plain sight, but unnoticed.c) something that is happening too slowly to be noticed.d) something that many people are starting to notice.

5. In paragraph 3, De Decker says the Canadian Vowel Shift shows that
     a) Canadians are easily influenced by outsiders and need more social awareness.b) educational experts are out of touch with popular trends.c) Canadians are open minded when it comes to speech differences.d) we should not tolerate variation or play with language ourselves.

While I’m sure that this 6 a) language phenomenonb) pronunciation predicamentc) language debacled) phonetic compromise  is not a dire situation, I think it truly does pose a serious issue for students who are learning English as a second language. For me, the issue does arise from Canadian 7 a) embrace of foreign languagesb) diversification of culturesc) tolerance of accentd) sophistication with pronunciation due to its multicultural 8 a) challengesb) attitudec) heritaged) legislation  , as De Decker points out. However, even more so, historically there weren’t so many issues with pronunciation primarily because there wasn’t such a widespread interest in pop culture, which undoubtedly has 9 a) exacerbatedb) exaggeratedc) exasperatedd) endangered  the problem. Perhaps the best solution would be to stress the importance of maintaining the English language in its essential Canadian form by having more pronunciation classes when teaching English, and 10 a) subsequentlyb) neverthelessc) while we're at itd) even more so , by stressing it more frequently in public schools.

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