职称英语理工类阅读理解备考之精选练习题(5)

　　Language learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and later 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 also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises. 　　It is a problem we need to get out teeth into. The meaning of a word depends on what a particular person means by it in a particular situation and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the world .Thus the use at seven months of mama as a greeting for his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaningless sound simply because he also uses it at other times for his father, his dog, or anything else he likes. Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself, I doubt, however whether anything is gained when parents take advantage of this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds . 　　A .they need equal amount of listening 　　C. they are all eager to cooperate with the adults by obeying spoken instructions 　　2. Children who start speaking late ________. 　　B. probably do not hear enough language spoken around them 　　D. often take a long time in learning to listen properly 　　A. an expression of his moods and feelings 　　C. a sign that he means to tell you something 　　4. The problem of deciding at what point a babys imitations can be considered as speech________. 　　B. is not especially important because the changeover takes place gradually 　　D. is one that should be completely ignoredbecause childrens use of words is often meaningless 　　A. parents can never hope to teach their children new sounds 　　C. children who are good at imitating learn new words more quickly 　　答案解析：BDABD 　　1. 该问题的关键在Before start speaking，短文的第一段的第二句话明确给出Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking。根据这句话答案选择B 　　3.关键词回归定位，首先要找到noises在第二段，所以需要在这段内容中寻找答案。 在第二段第二句话 during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. 中 我们不难发现，delight, pain, friendliness这些词都是表达孩子的情绪和感觉，所以答案选择A。 　　5.这道题可以用排除法，首先，通过最后一段的这句话Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself，我们可以看出，孩子在长大以后会继续模仿大人的说话，所以排除B选项;C和D选项的内容在文章中没有提及。而A选项中提到了 teach their children new sounds与最后一段中的最后一句话呼应，所以通过排除法选择A.