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Permanent education is practical because______.

A．there are no limits at all.

B．there are no age limits.

C．no one is getting really too old.

D．no one wants to learn at old age.

A．You should start it at an early age

B．Latin should be the first you learn

C．It broadens your view of the world

D．It helps you the most in high school

A．He should pass a driving test．

B．He should get a full licenc

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C．He should reach the age of 17．

D．He should learn to drive in a driving school．

A．He should pass a driving test．

B．He should get a full licenc

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C．He should reach the age of 17．

D．He should learn to drive in a driving school．

America ’s National Institutes of Health says evidence suggests there are important periods of speech and language development in children.The ability to learn a language will be more difficult if these periods pass without early contact with a language.

The first signs of communication happen during the first few days of life, when a baby learns that crying will bring food and attention.Research shows that most children recognize the general sounds of their native language by six months of age.By that time, a baby usually begins to make speech-like sounds.These sounds become a kind of nonsense speech over time.

By the end of their first year, most children are able to say a few simple words, although they may not understand the meaning of the words.By 18 months of age, most children can say between eight and ten words.By two years of age, most children are able to make simple statements.By ages three, four and five, the number of words a child can understand quickly increases.It is at these ages that children begin to understand the rules of language.

41.Language and communication skills are best developed in an environment full of().

A、babies’ loud crying

B、sounds and sights

C、nonsense speech

D、food and attention

42.According to the second paragraph, evidence shows that for children there exist().

A、natural abilities to learn a language

B、difficult periods to learn a language

C、critical abilities to develop their language

D、critical periods to develop their language

43.A baby begins to learn what communication is when().

A、it realizes crying will bring food and attention

B、it first realizes nonsense speech over time

C、it first makes some recognizable sounds

D、it makes the sounds and speech repeatedly

44.When do babies usually begin to make speech-like sounds？

A、By the age of two.

B、By the age of one.

C、By the age of 6 months.

D、By the age of three.

45.According to the passage, which of the following language skills do children develop last？

A、Grammar.

B、Sounds.

C、Words.

D、Statements.

31. What is babbling？

32. At what age do most infants babble？

33. What is the full name for ASL？

34. What theory does Dr. Petitto believe about language learning？

35. Who does Dr. Petitto want to study to prove the theory？

Language skills are believed to develop best in the first three years when the place is rich withsounds and sights. Scientists say children should hear the speech and language of other people againand again. The first signs of communication(交际) happen during the first few days of life.when ababy learns that crying will bring food and attention.

Research shows that most children recognize the general sounds of their native language by sixmonths of age. By that time, a baby usually begins to make sounds. By the end of their first year, mostchildren are able to say a few simple words, although they may not understand the meaning of thewords. By 18 months of age, most children can say between eight and ten words. By two years of age,most children are able to make simple sentences. By ages three,four and five,the number of words achild can understand quickly increases. It is at these ages that children begin to understand the rulesof language. When do babies begin to learn according to doctors？

A.Right after they are born.

B.Not until they are five months old

C.When they are six months old

D.As soon as they are one year old

Babies will smile whenA.they are wet or hungry

B.they want to get the best care

C.they want to talk to others

D.they learn sounds and words

What do most children begin to do from age three or older？A.Make sounds.

B.Make simple sentences.

C.Say a few words.

D.Understand language rules.

What would be the best title for the text？A.The Language of Babies

B.When Do Babies Learn to Talk

C.The Roles of Cry and Smile

D.How Babies Understand Words

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

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？Many people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six month sold. But doctors now say babies begin learning on their first day of life. A baby will smile if his or her mother does something the ？baby likes. A baby learns to get the best care by smiling top lease her mother or other care givers. This is when babies learn to connect and “talk” with other people.

？Languages kills are believed to develop best in the first three years when the place is rich with sounds and sights. Scientists say children should hear the speech and language of other people again and again. The first signs of communication(交际) happen during the first few days of life, when a baby learns that crying will bring food and attention.

Research shows that most children recognize the general sounds of their native language by six months of age. By that time, a baby usually begins to make sounds. By the end of their year, most children are able to say a few simple words, although they may not understand the meaning of the words. By 18 months of age, most children can say between eight and ten words. By two years of age, most children are able to make simple sentences. By ages three, four and five, the number of words a child can understand quickly increases. It is at these ages that children begin to understand the rules of language.

When do babies begin to learn according to doctors？？？？？

？？？？A.Right after they are born

B.Not until they are five months old

C.When they are six months old

D.As soon as they are one year old

Babies will smile when .

A.they are wet or hungry

B.they want to get the best care

C.they want to talk to others

D.they learn sounds and words

What do most children begin to do from age three or older？A.Make sounds

B.Make simple sentences

C.Say a few words

D.Understand language rules

What would be the best title for the text？A.The Language of Babies

B.When Do Babies Learn to Talk

C.The Roles of Cry and Smile

D.How Babies Understand Words

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

Thorpe of Cambridge University found that the chaffinch has to learn most of its songs, and that this learning has to occur during the early weeks of the bird's life and also during the first spring. If the bird is handreared and isolated from other birds from the time of hatching, it sings only very simple songs and it never learns the song of its species correctly.

That we speak our own language perfectly and the languages we learn later imperfectly also depends on learning this skill at the right time. The brain develops in such a way that it is ready to learn to speak between the ages of about ten months and ten years. Languages learned later are not spoken perfectly. The ability to speak a language is a mixed motor and sensory skill. It is necessary to hear all the sounds, the subtle differences between similar but not identical sounds, the rhythm and lilt of the language. One has also to work tongue, throat, and lips, to control breathing. All this has to be managed at one and the same time. From some time after birth until the age of six or seven, normal children can learn all this perfectly, and without much difficulty they can learn two or even three languages at the same time, without muddling them up. But later, most of us cannot acquire this skill. We may learn to write and read the new language perfectly; but to acquire the right inflexion and the accent and the ability to speak so that no one can detect that the language is not our mother-tongue hardly ever occurs.

But those of us who still want to learn foreign languages after these early milestones have been passed need not worry; for though we may not learn to speak a new language like the natives, we know from thousands of examples that we can go on learning languages beyond the age of eighty. There are so many activities adding to the simple word "learning" that although some of the processes become less efficient with ageing of the brain, our actual experience of learning helps us in learning new material.

According to the study by Thorpe, a chaffinch reared in isolation after its birth ______.

A．never sings

B．cannot learn songs from other species of birds

C．never sings as well as other chaffinches

D．sings the same song all the time

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