单项选择题
单项选择题
From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans first 1 , they were like newborn children, unable to use this 2 tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kind’s future 3 and cultural growth increased.
Many linguists believe that evolution is 4 for our ability to produce and use language. They 5 that our highly evolved brain provides us 6 an innate language ability not found in lower 7 . Proponents of this innateness theory say that our 8 for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, 9 a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore there are critical 10 times for language development.
Current 11 of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable. 12 , more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in 13 grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being 14 to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the 15 of their first language have become firmly fixed.
16 some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have been 17 from other human beings do not possess language. This demonstrates that 18 with other human beings is necessary for proper language development. Some linguists believe that this is even more basic to human language 19 than any innate capacities. These theorists view language as imitative, learned behavior. 20 , children learn language from their parents by imitating them. Parents gradually shape their child's language skills by positively reinforcing precise imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones.
问答题
1 There are many arguments for and against television.
The poor quality of its program is often criticized and TV
commercials are also boring. So television is undoubtedly 1.__________
a great comfort to many lonely and elderly people.
2 The manager of a large office building had received
many complains about elevator service in the building,
but he engaged a group of engineers to study the situation 2.__________
and make recommendation for improvement.
3 We asked a lady, who replied that she thought
you could tell a well-mannered person by the way
they occupied the space around them——for example,
when such a person walks down a street he or she is
constantly unaware of others. Such people never 3.__________
bump into other people.
4 Until the very latest moment of his existence,
man has been bound the planet on which he
originated and developed. Now he has the capability
to leave that planet and move out into the universe to
those worlds which he has known previously only directly. 4.__________
5 One major decision which faces the American
students ready to begin higher education is the
choice of attending a large university or a small
college. The large university provides a wide range of
specialized departments as well as numerous courses
within such departments. The small college, therefore, 5.__________
generally provides a limited number of courses
and specializations but offers a better student-faculty
ratio, thus permitting individualized attention to students.
6 Music the Johnny has learned to appreciate as
unpleasant is just dull noise to Jimmy——and quite 6.__________
possible, vice versa.
7 We are learning, finally, that silence is a natural
resource and must be protected by law. It appears
that we all find company in sound, if we all 7.__________
demand a little quiet from time to time.
8 The farmer aroused at down or before it and
had much work to do, with his own muscles as his
chief source of power. He used axes, spades and 8.__________
other complicated tools.
9 Whether women who have started a career
will attain pay equality with men rests on at least
two factors. First, will most of them continue
part-time at their jobs after they have children? A 9.__________
break in their employment, or a decision to work
part-time, will slow their raises and promotions as
it would for men.
10 Whether true or not, the story illustrates the
problem with idioms. They are almost possible to 10.__________
understand from the meanings of the individual
words. And with English idioms, even the same
words may have different meanings.
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