Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear apassage three times. When the passage is read forthe first time，you should listen carefully for itsgeneral idea.When the passage is read for thesecond time，you are required to fill in the blankswith the exact words you have just heard. Finally，when the passage is read for the thirdtime，you should check what you have written.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
Adults aregetting smarter about how smart babies are. Not long ago. Researcherlearnedthat 4-day-old could understand (26)______ and subtraction. Now, Britishresearchpsychologist Graham Schafer has discovered that infants can learn words foruncommonthings long before they can speak. He found that 9-month-old infants couldbetaught, through repeated show-and-tell, to (27) ______ the names of objects thatwereforeign to them, a result that (28)______ in some ways the received wisdomthat apart fromlearning to (29)______ things common to their daily lives,children don' begin to buildvocabulary until well into their second year."It's no (30)______ that children learn words, butthe words they tend toknow arc words linked to (31)_____ situations in the home."explainsSchafer. "This is the first demonstration that we can choose what wordsthe childrenwill learn and that they can respond to them with an unfamiliarvoice (32)______ in anunfamiliar setting Figuring out how humans acquirelanguage may (33)______ why somechildren learn to read and write later thanothers. Schafer says, and could lead to bettertreatment for developmentalproblems. What's more, the study of language (34)______ offerdirect insightinto how humans learn. "Language is a test case for human cognitivedevelopment."says Schafer. But parents eager to teach their infants should take note:evenwithout being taught new words, a control group (35)______ the other infantswithin afew months. "This is not about advancing development." hesays "It's just about what childrencan do at an earlier age than whateducators have often thought.
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