B
How does it happen that children learn
their mother tongue SO well?When we compare them
With adults learning a foreign language，we often find this interesting
fact．A little child
without
knowledge or experience often succeeds in a
complete mastery of the language．A grown—up person with fully developed mental powers，in most cases，may end up with a faulty and
inexact corflllland．What accounts for tllis difference?
Despite other explanations。tlle real answer in my opinion
hes partly in the child himself，partly in the behaviour of the people around him．In the first place，the time of learning the mother
tongue in the most favorable of all，namely，the
first years of hfe．A
child hears it spoken from morning till night and，what is more important，always in its genuine form，with the right pronunciation，rightIntonation，right use of words and right
structure．He
drinksin all the words and expressions which come to him in a hsh．ever—bubbhng spring．There is no resistance：there is perfect assimilation．
Then the child has，as it were，private lessons all the year
round，while an
adult language—
student has each week a limited number of
hours which he generally shares with others．The child
has another advantage：he hears the language in all
possible situations，always accompanied by the
right kind of gestures and facial
expressions．Here
there is nothing unnatural，such as is often found
In language lessons in schools，when one talks about ice and
snow in June or scorching heat in January And what a child hears is
generally what immediately interests him．Again and again，when his attempts at speech a聪successful，his desires are understood and fulfilled．
Finally，though a child’S“teachers”may not have been
trained in language teaching，their re-
lations with him are always close and
personal．ney take
great pains to Inske their lessons easy．
60．’rhe main idea of the passage is——．
A．to tell why the native language is learnt SO well by children
B．to teach children to learn their lllothei"language we
C．to show that children’S teacher should take great p8ins to make
their lessons easy
D．to do research into the difference between children and adults
61．What does the underlined phrase“dlq．nks in”in paragraph 2 mean?
A．drinks alcohol B．has a drink of C．takes in D．tastes
62．An adult has more difflculties in learning foreign languages well
for the reason that_____．
A．children are more indiligent than adults
B．adults pay less attention to learning／anguages than children．
C．children have private lessons all the year around
D．an adult language—student has limited time to share with others
63．Ⅵmo ale the teachers teaching a child to learn his mother language?
A。His parents． B．His teachers． C．People around him．D．Himself．
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