57. Harry’s parents do all instead of him because_______.

A. he’s too young　　　　　　　　　　 B. he has poor health

C. he’s busy with his studies　　　　　 D. they hope he spends all time on studies

56. _______always does some housework in the morning.

A. Harry’s father　　　 B. Harry’s mother　　　　 C. Harry　　　　 D.Nobody

55.The best title for this passage is _______

A. Children Learn Language Easily　　　　　　　 B. Clever Children

C. Foolish Older people　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Language Learners

E

Harry is eighteen now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous man. So they often tell him to study hard and they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning, after breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.

Once Harry’s father was sent to London on business. He would stay there for half a year. When leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son.

The woman had to get up earlier and did all what her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldn’t do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didn’t know where to get on the bus!

Yesterday Harry’s mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didn’t know how to choose. The woman had a sigh(叹息)and gave him a shoe pattern(样品)and told him to buy a pair of shoes himself. It’s Saturday today and Harry doesn’t go to school. With a policeman’s help, he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The man was surprised and asked, “What’s the matter young man?” “I’m sorry, I’ve left the shoe pattern at home!”

54. According to the passage, a child ______ a new language when they are taken about from one country to another?

A. can not easily speak correctly　　　　　　　　 B. can ealily learn

C. doesn’t like　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　D. likes very much

53. What does the author want to explain by comparing the older ppeople to the rail?

A. Older people speak more

B. Older people are as fixed in their ways as train

C. Older people are as stupid as the train

D. Older people are as old as the rails

52. Why do the children learn language easily? Because _______.

A. the children are more clever

B. the children have many needs and they are not fixed in their ways

C. they have a special system of hearing and talking

D. old people are stupid

51. The sleep study method is being tried in many countries to teach____.

A. the English language　　　　　　　　　 B. grammar and vocabulary

C. a number of subjects　　　　　　　　 　D. foreign languages

D

Why is it easy for young children to learn language? Part of the answer is that children have so many needs. They have to make their meeds known and they are always watching the effect of what they say and trying new ways of getting what they want. Another part of the answer is that children are not, as older people sometimes are, fixed in their ways of living. When they are taken about from one country to another they change easily from one language to another. Older people are more fixed in the ways. They have been hearing and talking one language for a long time. Their ways of hearing and making sounds and of putting words together are like the rails a train goes on. They have been up and down their lines of talk and thought too many times to change them easily. A child is free in his ways. He is more like an airplane or, better, like a bird; he is free to go in any direction he wants. He is free to hear sounds as they are and make them as he hears them. He is free to put new words together in new ways in speaking a new language.

50. Before each lesson finishes, the student has to_______ .

A. get up and take breakfast　　　　　　　 B. be woken up by a loud voice

C. listen to the lesson again in sleep　　　 D. review(复习)the lesson by himself

49. In the experiment, lessons were given_______ .

A. in the night time　　　　　　　　　　 　B. after lullabies were broadcast

C. while the student was awake　　　　　　 D. all through the twelve hours

48. By the learn while you sleep method, one____ .

A. starts to learn a new lesson in sleep

B. learns how to sleep better

C. is made to remember his lesson in sleep

D. can listen to the radio broadcast while lying in bed