Itis,everyoneagrees,ahugetaskthatthechildperformswhenhelearnstospeak,andthefactthathedoessoinsoshortaperiodoftimechallengesexplanation.Languagelearningbeginswithlistening.Individualchildrenvarygreatlyinth
Itis,everyoneagrees,ahugetaskthatthechildperformswhenhelearnstospeak,andthefactthathedoessoinsoshortaperiodoftimechallengesexplanation.
Languagelearningbeginswithlistening.Individualchildrenvarygreatlyintheamountoflisteningtheydobeforetheystartspeakingandlatestartersareoftenlonglisteners.Mostchildrenwill“obey”spokeninstructionssometimebeforetheycanspeak,thoughthewordobeyishardlyaccurate(精确)asadescriptionoftheeagerandhappycooperationusuallyshownbythechild.Beforetheycanspeak,manychildrenwillalsoaskquestionsbygesturesandbymakingquestioningnoises.
Anyattempttotrace(探察)thedevelopmentfromthenoisesbabiesmaketotheirfirstspokenwordsleadstoconsiderabledifficulties.Itisagreedthattheyenjoymakingnoisesandthatduringthefirstfewmonthsoneortwonoisessortthemselvesouttoshowjoy,sadness,andsoon.Butsincethesecannotbesaidtoshowthebaby’sintentiontocommunicate,theycanhardlyberegardedasearlyformsoflanguage.Itisagreed,too,thatfromaboutthreemonthstheyplaywithsoundsforenjoyment,andthatbysixmonthstheyareabletoaddnewsounds.Thisself-imitation(自我模仿)leadsontoimitationofsoundsmadeorwordsspokentothembyotherpeople.Theproblemthenarisesastothepointatwhichonecansaythattheseimitationscanbeconsideredasaspeech.
1．Thethirdparagraphismainlyabout____
A．thedevelopmentofbabies’earlyformsoflanguage
B．thedifficultiesofbabiesinlearningtospeak
C．babies’strongdesiretocommunicate
D．babies’intentiontocommunicate
2．Theauthor’spurposeinwritingthesecondparagraphistoshowthatchildren____.
A．usuallyobeywithoutaskingquestions
B．arenotactiveintheprocessoflearningtospeak
C．areborncooperative
D．learntospeakbylistening
3．Fromthepassagewelearnthat____.
A．earlystarterscanlearntospeakwithinonlysixmonths
B．childrenshowastrongdesiretocommunicatebymakingnoises
C．imitationplaysanimportantroleinlearningtospeak
D．childrenhavevariousdifficultiesinlearningtospeak
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