2. 外语
  3. It is, everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a

It is, everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a

admin2010-10-14  15
问题     It is, everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation.
    Language learning begins with listening. Individual children very greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners. Most children will "obey" spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.
    Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so on. But since these cannot be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire(能发出的全部声音). This self- imitation leads on to deliberate(有意识的)imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.
The author’s purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children ______.
选项 A、usually obey without asking questions
B、are passive in the process of learning to speak
C、are born cooperative
D、learn to speak by listening
答案D
解析 依据文章第二段第一句Language learning begins with listening.作者说明孩子的语言的学习是从听开始的。只是不同的孩子在学习说话之前所听的量不同而已。有的孩子开口晚，听得多；而有的孩子说话早，听得少，但不管怎样，都是从听着手的。所以选项D正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/BQy7777K
0

大学英语四级

相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)