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Kids are better than adults at learning how to speak various languages. Research now shows that young infants might have some best language skills of all.

Researchers in Canada, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, studied 36 babies from English?speaking families. Twelve of them were 4 months old, 12 were 6 months old, and the rest were 8 months old. They watched video clips of a woman talking in silence. The woman was fluent in English and French. In some clips, she read a storybook in English. In other clips, she read in French.

After watching clip after clip of the woman reading in just one language, the babies eventually started to look away, apparently because they were bored. The researchers then showed the babies a new silent clip of the woman reading a story in the other language. At that point, the 4? and 6?month olds started looking at the screen again. The 8?month olds, by contrast, didn't pay any attention.

The second study involved 36 infants of the same age. These babies were from English?speaking families. They watched silent clips of the woman reading one set of sentences in either English or French until they grew bored. Then, they saw clips showing the woman read different sentences, but in the same language that she had been speaking, none of them showed a renewed interest.

A third trial included 24 infants of the same age whose families spoke both English and French at home. In the first set of clips, the woman spoke in one language, and in the second set she used the other language. All babies in this study had a longer look at clips after the woman switched languages.

Together, these results suggest that “visual information about speech may play a more critical role in language learning than previously predicted，” says lead researcher and psychologist Whitney M．Weikum.

Title: Babies' Language__71__

 

Studies

 

 

 

Procedures

Age group

Situations

Babies'__72__

The first study

　

 

 

4 months　

 

 

 

6 months

 

 

 

　 8 months　

watching video clips of a woman talking in two languages __73__

 

 

looking at the __74__ again

 

 

 

paying no__75__

 

 

 

The second study　

36 babies of the same age from English?speaking__76__

watching silent clips of the woman reading in either English or

French 　

●seeing clips showing the woman's reading in different languages

●having no __77__ in the woman's reading in the same language

A third trial

24 infants of the same age from bilingual families　

watching clips of the woman speaking

looking __78__ at clips after the woman switched languages

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Visual information plays an __80__ role in language learning.

 

 

 

The brake of your bicycle has come loose.You’d better______it.

A.settle                B.fix            C.pick              D.correct

 

The British people are famous for being quite reserved(保守的)。 We are known around the world for having the biggest “personal___1_____”—the distance between us and the person we are 　2 to.

I have 　3 been more aware of this than over last month, since I arrived in China Getting used to Chinese colleagues 4　 close by me and even placing their hands on my arm is proving quite 5 .

My natural British reaction is to 6　 back and move away, even though I realize it is a friendly gesture by the Chinese person.

I have 7　 many people holding hands or putting their arms around each other as they walk along the streets of Beijing . This would rarely be seen in the UK, even between very close friends.

And 8 at someone in Britain is considered very 9 . But here, I find myself being stared at often. It 10　 me long to realize this was not rude in China, but a 11　 of curiosity.

I visited Taian last week, where the local people are 12 used to westerners. An elderly woman couldn’t believe her 13　 when she saw me.。 And 14　 feel offended (使不舒服的)by her staring at me, I was 15　 to see her smile back when I said “Nihao”.

When I visited one of Taian’s middle school to talk about English learning , the students aske d me to 16 their notebooks. And one girl asked to have her picture taken with me. I 17　 like a celebrity(名人).

I have 　18　 over the last month how true it is that the British are very 19 . We can learn a lot about 20　 from the China’s culture and habits. And I am learning more every day.

1.A. feeling　　　　　 B. secret　　　　 C. habit　　　　　 D. space

2.A. turning　　　　　 B.talking　　　　 C. telling　　　　 D. pointing

3.A never　　　　　 .B. hardly　　　　 C.almost　　　　 D.always

4.A. sleeping　　　　 B. coming　 　　 C.standing　　　　 D.passing

5.A. easy　　　　　　 B. difficult　　　 C.familiar　　　　 D. interesting

6.A. go　　　　　　　 B. push　　　　 C. pull　　　　　 D. look

7.A.seen　　　　　　 B. heard　　　　 C.missed　　　　 D.watched

8.A.hitting　　　　　 B.speaking　　　 C.smiling　　　　 D.staring

9.A.rude　　　　　　 B.cruel　　　　　 C.polite　　　　　 D.friendly

10.A.took　　　　　　 B.spent　　　　　 C.used　　　　　 D.paid

11.A.scene　　　　　　 B.scenery　　　　 C.sight　　　　　 D.sign

12.A.more　　　　　　 B.less　　　　　 C.quite　　　　　 D.somehow

13.A. son　　　　　　 B. experience　　　 C.eyes　　　　　 D. ears

14.A. more than　　 B. rather than　　　　 C. less than　　 D. no more than

15.A .pleased　　　 B.unwilling 　　　　 C. surprised　　 D.angry

16.A. read　　　　　 B.write　　　　　　 C. share　　　 D. sign

17.A. felt　　　　　 B.seemed　　　　　 C. sounded　　 D. acted

18.A. known　　　　 B. recognized　　　　 C. realized　　 D.noticed

19.A.bright　　　　 B. reserved　　　　　 C. brave　　　 D.easygoing

20.A.clevreness　　　 B.friendliness　　　 C. happiness　　 D. politeness

 

She had no money ＿＿＿a birthday present for her children.

A. to buy with B. buying C .bought D. with which to buy

 

The leaders from six countries are discussing whether it is necessary to ____a special committee to deal with the worldwide terror attack.

A. put up　 B. set up　 C. build up　 D. found up

 

Soon they saw the boy _________ in the crowd.

　 A. disappear　　 B. to disappear　　 C. disappears　　　 D. disappeared

 

—I stayed at a hotel in New York.

—Oh, did you? You_______ with Barbara.

A. could have stayed　　 B. could stay

C. would stay　　　　 D. must have stayed

 

When Cathleen Gardiner’s twins were born 17 years ago, doctors told her that they were a pair in a million. One had Down syndrome(低能综合症), while the other did not. Here, Cathleen tells their touching story.
     Since Sean was born 17 years ago, I have always thought that he is just as wonderful as his brother and sister. Though he had a disability(残疾), we have never viewed him as a burden. He has always been a blessing. The doctors explained that though they were twins, they came from two different eggs. Lisa could walk at 11 months old, while Sean didn’t take his first steps till he was three. By two, Lisa was talking a lot, but Sean wasn’t able to speak until he was nearly four.
     For the first five years of his life, Sean needed a great deal of care. Looking after him was my full-time job, though I also worked as a technical adviser in a computing company. We never treated them differently. We gave them the same toys and spoke to them in the same way. We encouraged Sean to keep up with Lisa, even though he never could, and we would help him develop his abilities. We sent them to the same primary school even after doctors advised us that Sean should go to a school for the disabled.
     We had to explain to Lisa that he wouldn’t learn as quickly as she would. She told us that she’d help him with his school work. Having a non-disabled twin has really helped Sean develop. The love they share has given him a great deal of support. Now Sean and Lisa are both about to finish high school. I don’t think he would have done nearly as well today without Lisa’s help.

1. At least how many children does Mrs. Gardiner have?
     A. Two.　　 B. Three.      C. Four.　 D. One.

2. The third paragraph mainly tells us that _______.
     A. the couple treated the twins equally

B. Cathleen did all she could to look after Sean

C. the couple didn’t follow the doctor’s advice
     D. the couple encouraged Sean to grow up

3. All of the following statements are true except_________.

A. Sean couldn’t develope so well without his parents’great effort.

B. As a twin sister,Lisa gave Sean a lot of help.

C. As a mother of a disabeled child,Cathleen must have suffered a lot.

D. Cathleen loved Sean more than Lisa because of his disability.

4. This passage tells us that _________.
     A. love can do wonders　　 　　　 B. nobody is foolish or clever

　 C. being stupid doesn’t matter  　　 D. all men are born equal

 

This book is said to be a special one, which ___________ many events not found in other history books.
A. writes       B. covers       D. deals       D. refers

 

________from his looks, he is a kind man.
  A. Judging       B. Being Judged     C. To judge           D. Judge
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