Question

When children learn a language, they learn the grammar as well as words or vocabulary. No one teaches them; children just “pick them up”.

Before babies begin to produce words, they produce sounds. Some of these sounds will remain if they occur in the language being learned, and others will disappear. This is called the “babbling stage”.

A child does not learn the language “all at once”. The child first speaks only one-word “sentences”. After a few months, the two-word stage arises. During this stage, the child puts two words together. These two-word sentences have definite patterns and express grammatical and meaningful relationships. Still later, in the telegraphic stage, the child will produce longer sentences. These longer sentences are mainly made up of content words. The child’s early grammar lacks many of the rules of the adult grammar, but gradually it will become perfect.

All normal children everywhere learn language. This ability is not dependent on race, social class, geography, or even intelligence (智力). This ability is uniquely (独特的) for human.

1.This passage is mainly about ___________.

A．differences between a child’s language and an adult’s

B．ways of teaching babies to talk

C．children’s learning of the mother language

D．the importance of learning foreign languages

2.The phrase “pick them up” means____________.

A．raise them from the ground

B．learn them without much effort

C．use hands to help carry them

D．study very hard and remember them

3.During the “babbling stage”, babies ___________.

A．can only produce sound

B．learn to work without falling over

C．can understand people’s talk

D．begin to produce two-word sentences

4.The two-word sentences produced by babies __________.

A．are simpler than those produced in the “babbling stage”

B．are much more difficult than those produced in the telegraphic stage

C．are strictly grammatical

D．are meaningful and have function

5.The passage implies that any children can learn a language as long as he is ___________.

A．well-educated                          B．clever enough

C．unique                               D．physical normal

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述了孩子学习母语的步骤，任何一个孩子学习母语都是最容易的，文章具体分析了其步骤。

1.C 主旨大意题。根据文章2,3,4段中孩子学习母语的步骤“babbling stage”和telegraphic stage可知本文主要是关于孩子学习母语的过程步骤，故C正确。

2.B 推理题。根据本句No one teaches them; children just “pick them up”.说明没有人教孩子怎么说母语，孩子没有花什么努力就学会了，故该词是指无意中学会。故B正确。

3.A 细节题。根据文章第二段Before babies begin to produce words, they produce sounds. Some of these sounds will remain if they occur in the language being learned, and others will disappear. This is called the “babbling stage”.说明在“babbling stage”孩子只能发出声音，故A正确。

4.D 细节题。根据第三段3,4行the child puts two words together. These two-word sentences have definite patterns and express grammatical and meaningful relationships.说明这样的两个字有意思也有作用。D正确。

5.D 细节题。根据文章最后一段第一句All normal children everywhere learn language说明任何一个正常的孩子都可以学会母语。故D正确。

考点：考查教育类短文阅读