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.
注:1.第一句結(jié)論句,主題句,段落首句是重要句
2.obey 服從
63. The author's purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children _________.
A) usually obey without asking questions
B) are passive in the process of learning to speak
C) are born cooperative
D) learn to speak by listening
注:段落主題題,第二段首句。A選項 obey 出現(xiàn),而文章中此詞帶引號,此項為干擾選項
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 agreed, 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 repertoire (能發(fā)出的全部聲音). This self-imitation leads on to deliberate (有意識的.) 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 imitations can be considered as speech.
注:1.首句為主題句。
2.as to = about 引導的部分作為定語,修飾 problem
62. The third paragraph is mainly about ________
A) the development of babies' early forms of language
B) the difficulties of babies in learning to speak
C) babies' strong desire to communicate
D) babies' intention to communicate
注:段落主題題,第三段第一句
64. From the passage we learn that _________.
A) early starters can learn to speak within only six months
B) children show a strong desire to communicate by making noises
C) imitation plays an important role in learning to speak
D) children have various difficulties in learning to speak
注:文章末段,A選項是大眾觀點,B選項與第三段中But since these cannot ... 的意思矛盾所以不選