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Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start s
Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start s
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2011-01-04
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Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and late 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.
Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so on. But since these cannot be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is a-greed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their store. This self-imitation leads on to deliberate imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitation can be considered as speech.
It is a problem we need not get our 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 say seven months, of "mama" as a greeting for his mother can not 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 apparently 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 cash in on this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds.
A baby’s first noises are______.
选项
A、a reflection of his moods and feelings
B、an early form of language
C、a sign that he means to tell you something
D、art imitation of the speech of adults
答案
A
解析
本题可用排除法。原文第二段:“It is agreed that they enjoy making noises,and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of delight,distress,sociability,and so on.But since these can not be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate,that can hardly be regarded as early forms of languages.”B说它是一种初级语言,显然与原文不符。C说是一种他们想要告诉你什么的迹象。而原文中说“cannot be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate”,所以也不对。D说是一种对于大人们讲话的模仿,也与原文不符。A选项同样也可由原文中的“particularly indicative of delight,distress,sociability,and so on”得到答案。
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