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【题目】 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】

文章主要介绍了人们很难知道婴儿想要什么。他们不能说话，不能走路，甚至不能指出他们在想什么，然而，新生儿在开始说话之前就开始发展语言技能，与成年人相比，他们的这些技能发展得很快，随有年龄的增长，人们很难学习新的语言，但婴儿有能力轻松地学习任何语言。

【1】细节理解题。根据上文scientists have tried to explain how such young children can learn difficult grammatical rules and sounds of a language. 科学家们试图解释这些小孩子是如何学习困难的语法规则和语言发音的。可知婴儿可以掌握语言的困难语法规则，故选B。

【2】细节理解题：根据上文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. 他们与其他人接触，倾听他们说的话，并非常密切地观察他们的动作。这就是为什么他们很快就掌握了他们最常听到的语言。可知婴儿倾听和密切注视别人的讲话，故选C。

【3】细节理解题：根据上文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，婴儿在6个月大的时候就能学会世界上所有语言的发音。故选A。