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adj. 相當大的，可觀的，重要的
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Passage Three
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
It is everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation.
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 agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyments, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire (能發出的全部聲音). 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.
61. By “... challenges explanation” (Line 2, Para. 1) the author means that ________.
A) no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon
B) no explanation has been made up to now
C) it’s no easy job to provide an adequate explanation
D) it’s high time that an explanation was provided（C）
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（A）
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（D）
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（C）
65. The best title for this passage would be ________.
A) How Babies Learn to Speak
B) Early Forms of Language
C) A Huge Task for Children
D) Noise Making and Language Learning（A）
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| considerable | [kən'sidərəbl] |
想一想再看 |
聯想記憶 | |
| communicate | [kə'mju:nikeit] |
想一想再看 v. 交流，傳達，溝通 |
聯想記憶 | |
| encourage | [in'kʌridʒ] |
想一想再看 vt. 鼓勵，促進，支持 |
聯想記憶 | |
| obvious | ['ɔbviəs] |
想一想再看 adj. 明顯的，顯然的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| imitation | [.imi'teiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 模仿，效法 |
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| genuine | ['dʒenjuin] |
想一想再看 adj. 真正的，真實的，真誠的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| marvelous | ['mɑ:viləs] |
想一想再看 adj. 令人驚異的，了不起的，不平常的 |
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| identification | [ai.dentifi'keiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 身份的證明，視為同一，證明同一，確認 |
聯想記憶 | |
| pedestrian | [pi'destriən] |
想一想再看 adj. 徒步的，缺乏想像的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| property | ['prɔpəti] |
想一想再看 n. 財產，所有物，性質，地產，道具 |
聯想記憶 |
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