2. 外语
  3. A simple computer program that teaches children to distinguish between sounds can dramatically(1)______ their listening skills.

A simple computer program that teaches children to distinguish between sounds can dramatically(1)______ their listening skills.

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问题     A simple computer program that teaches children to distinguish between sounds can dramatically(1)______ their listening skills. It can allow them to progress by the(2)______ of two years in just a few weeks, the game’s creator claims.
    The game, called Phonomena, was (3)______ by David Moore of the University of Oxford, UK, as a(n) (4)______ for children with language problems, but he says his latest (5)______ also show that it can help any child. Other experts,(6)______, are reserving judgement until independent tests are(7)______.
    Phonomena is designed to(8)______ children’s ability to distinguish between different phonemes, the basic sounds that form the building(9)______ of language. Up to a fifth of all children (10)______ thought to have problems (11)______ the differences between some sounds, says Moore, who heads the UK Medical Research Council’s Institute of Hearing Research.
    In the game, children have to distinguish between(12)______ of phonemes such as the "i" sound from the word "bit" and the "e" from "bet". They are played one phoneme(13)______ by two more examples, and asked which one(14)______ the first sound. (15)______ the game progresses the phonemes are gradually "morphed" to make them more and more(16)______, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between them.
     (17)______ 44 phonemes in English, there are(18)______ more than 1,000 different pairs, but the game (19)______ on just 22 pairs of the (20)______ and most similar-sounding phonemes.
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选项 A、compares
B、rivals
C、mates
D、matches
答案D
解析 词义辨析题。上文提到儿童必须辨别成对的音素，故可推断这个游戏之后紧跟的两个实例是为了让儿童辨别哪个与先给出的音素相符。可知D项matches正确。compare“比较，相比”；rival“竞争，对抗”；mate“(动物)交配”。
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