（ ）is the main rhyming pattern in the sentence "Alice´s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. "

考查押韵。“Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August．”该句中每一个单词都以a开头，英语中一组词、一句话或是一行诗中重复出现开头音相同的词，这种修辞手法称为押头韵，主要包括词首元音的重复、词首辅音的重复和辅音连缀的重复三种形式。押头韵在英语里叫alliteration．又叫initial rhyme或 head rhyme。如first and foremost，Becky’s beagle barked and bayed，becomingbothersome for Billy．故选D。reserverhyme是反韵，end rhyme是尾韵，assonance是类韵／半谐音。