Itis,everyoneagrees,ahugetaskthatthechildperformswhenhelearnstospeak,andthefactthathedoessoinsoshortaperiodoftimechallengesexplanation.Languagelearningbeginswithlistening.Individualchildrenvarygreatlyinth

　　Itis,everyoneagrees,ahugetaskthatthechildperformswhenhelearnstospeak,andthefactthathedoessoinsoshortaperiodoftimechallengesexplanation.

　　Languagelearningbeginswithlistening.Individualchildrenvarygreatlyintheamountoflisteningtheydobeforetheystartspeakingandlatestartersareoftenlonglisteners.Mostchildrenwill“obey”spokeninstructionssometimebeforetheycanspeak,thoughthewordobeyishardlyaccurate(精确)asadescriptionoftheeagerandhappycooperationusuallyshownbythechild.Beforetheycanspeak,manychildrenwillalsoaskquestionsbygesturesandbymakingquestioningnoises.

　　Anyattempttotrace(探察)thedevelopmentfromthenoisesbabiesmaketotheirfirstspokenwordsleadstoconsiderabledifficulties.Itisagreedthattheyenjoymakingnoisesandthatduringthefirstfewmonthsoneortwonoisessortthemselvesouttoshowjoy,sadness,andsoon.Butsincethesecannotbesaidtoshowthebaby’sintentiontocommunicate,theycanhardlyberegardedasearlyformsoflanguage.Itisagreed,too,thatfromaboutthreemonthstheyplaywithsoundsforenjoyment,andthatbysixmonthstheyareabletoaddnewsounds.Thisself-imitation(自我模仿)leadsontoimitationofsoundsmadeorwordsspokentothembyotherpeople.Theproblemthenarisesastothepointatwhichonecansaythattheseimitationscanbeconsideredasaspeech.

　　1．Thethirdparagraphismainlyabout____

　　A．thedevelopmentofbabies’earlyformsoflanguage

　　B．thedifficultiesofbabiesinlearningtospeak

　　C．babies’strongdesiretocommunicate

　　D．babies’intentiontocommunicate

　　2．Theauthor’spurposeinwritingthesecondparagraphistoshowthatchildren____.

　　A．usuallyobeywithoutaskingquestions

　　B．arenotactiveintheprocessoflearningtospeak

　　C．areborncooperative

　　D．learntospeakbylistening

　　3．Fromthepassagewelearnthat____.

　　A．earlystarterscanlearntospeakwithinonlysixmonths

　　B．childrenshowastrongdesiretocommunicatebymakingnoises

　　C．imitationplaysanimportantroleinlearningtospeak

　　D．childrenhavevariousdifficultiesinlearningtospeak

　　4．Thebesttitl