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【題目】 It is hard to know what babies want. They can’t talk， walk or even point at what they are thinking about.

However, new-born babies begin to develop language skills long before they begin speaking. And compared to adults，they develop these skills more quickly. People have a hard time learning new languages as they grow older, but babies have the ability to learn any language easily.

For a long time，scientists have tried to explain how such young children can learn difficult grammatical rules and sounds of a language. Now, researchers are getting a better idea of what is happening in the brains the young language learners.The new information might help kids with learning problems as well as adults who want to learn new languages. It might even help scientists who are trying to design computers that can communicate as humans do.

Most babies say “goo goo” and “ma ma” by 6 months of age, and most children speak in full sentences by age 3. For years, scientists have wondered how the brains of young children find out how to communicate by using languages .With help from new technologies，scientists are now discovering that babies begin life with the ability to learn any language. They get into touch with other people，listen to what they say and watch their movements very closely. That is why they quickly master the languages they hear the most often.

Studies show that ,up to about 6 months of age，babies can learn all the sounds that make up all the languages in the world. Starting at around 6 months, a baby’s brain focuses on the most common sounds it hears. Then，children begin to reply only to the sounds of the languages they hear the most.

In a similar way older people recognize the patterns that make up the rules of their native language. In English，for example，children who are about 18 months old start that words which end up with “-ing” or“-ed” are usually verbs and that verbs are action words.

【1】Scientists have been trying to find out why________________________.

A.adults have great trouble learning new languages

B.babies can master difficult grammatical rules of a language

C.babies make different sounds of a language slowly

D.newborns learn to communicate with adults without words

【2】The researchers find that babies learn a language mainly by__________________.

A.repeating the words of other people.

B.remembering full sentences they hear，

C.listening and closely watching others speak

D.finding out the meanings of different sounds.

【3】What can we learn from the last two paragraphs？

A.A 6-month-old baby can learn all the sounds of a language.

B.Verbs in a language attract the most attention of a baby.

C.Babies focuses more on the sentence patterns they often hear.

D.Babies organize the patterns earlier than the sounds in a language.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】

文章主要介紹了人們很難知道嬰兒想要什么。他們不能說話，不能走路，甚至不能指出他們在想什么，然而，新生兒在開始說話之前就開始發(fā)展語言技能，與成年人相比，他們的這些技能發(fā)展得很快，隨有年齡的增長，人們很難學習新的語言，但嬰兒有能力輕松地學習任何語言。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據上文scientists have tried to explain how such young children can learn difficult grammatical rules and sounds of a language. 科學家們試圖解釋這些小孩子是如何學習困難的語法規(guī)則和語言發(fā)音的�？芍獘雰嚎梢哉莆照Z言的困難語法規(guī)則，故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題：根據上文They get into touch with other people，listen to what they say and watch their movements very closely. That is why they quickly master the languages they hear the most often. 他們與其他人接觸，傾聽他們說的話，并非常密切地觀察他們的動作。這就是為什么他們很快就掌握了他們最常聽到的語言�？芍獘雰簝A聽和密切注視別人的講話，故選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解題：根據上文Studies show that ,up to about 6 months of age，babies can learn all the sounds that make up all the languages in the world. 研究表明，嬰兒在6個月大的時候就能學會世界上所有語言的發(fā)音。故選A。