1.Rhyming and singing tones in a children’s poetry book is easier for me to learn Mandarin. _______ 2. The author read the children’s poem out aloud and advised not to translate it into English. _______ 3. The fact that slightly different pronunciations having completely different meaning often causes foreigners to make mistakes. _______ 4. Thinking in your mind of a child can make it easier for us to grasp tones. _______ 5. A Shanghai taxi driver once refused to talk to me because of my terrible mispronunciation. _______ 6. The falling through of the lessons promised by my companies is to blame for my lack of mandarin speaking skills. _______ 7. I can’t hear the difference in the 4 tones when they are just said at me. _______ 8. Having a yellow tongue is critical in pronouncing tones correctly. _______ 9. Even though some foreigners can not get the tones right, the Chinese can get the meaning by context. _______ 10. Singing Chinese pop songs at KTV will make people think you are good at Chinese . _______