题目内容
阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
An Egyptian king named Psammetichos wished to find out which was the world's oldest language. To gain this information he decided to keep 2 newborn babies apart from others until they began to speak. Because they were kept from grown-ups, they would have no language to imitate. The king made the supposition that the children would speak what was a natural language—which would be oldest. After some months the children were heard to make a sound which was recorded as "bekos". This was found to be very similar (相似) to the Phrygian word for "bread". Therefore Phrygian (a language once spoken in Asia) was considered to be the first language of mankind. At least by King Psammectichos, and, we may suppose, by his court.
(1)The two babies were kept from grown-ups _________. ［ ］ A. to speak without the help grown-ups B. to prove that Phrygian was the first language of mankind C. to see whether they would speak the Egyptian language D. to discover which language would come most naturally to them
(2)From his experiment the king concluded that ______. ［ ］ A. the first word children learn in any language is "bread" B. the Phrygian language was the oldest in the world C. the oldest word in any language is that for "bread" D. the Phrygian language was the easiest in the world to learn
(3)The writer thinks that the king's experiment _______. ［ ］ A. was the first dependable experiment in history B. proved what it meant to prove C. was not necessarily true though based on observation D. was not worth mentioning
(4)According to the writer, the king's conclusion _______. ［ ］
A. was accepted by everybody
B. caused heated quarrels
C. was probably accepted by his court
D. was not believed by anyone except himself
(5)From this passage we can learn ______. ［ ］ A. the beginning of languages can be found out through experiment B. children would speak the oldest language C. the first language of mankind was spoken by Asians D. nothing about the beginning of languages
