Day reading Passage (Australian culture and culture shock)



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30 DAY READING CHALLENGE

N O T GIVEN 
if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
27
People are extremely amused when they see a baby talk like an adult.
28
Behaviourists of the early 20th century argued that children learn to speak by copying 
adults.
29
Children have more conversations with adults than with other children.
30
Scientists have found it easy to work out why babies use one-word sentences.
Questions 31-35
Complete the summary using the list of words and phrases, 
A -H , 
below.
Write your answers in boxes 31-35 on your answer sheet.
Two theories about babytalk
According to the writer, there are two main theories related to babytalk. One states that a
young child’s brain needs 
31 
.............. to master language, in the same way that it does to
master other abilities such as 
3 2
.................The second theory states that a child’s
3 3
.............. is the key factor. According to this theory, some key steps have to occur in a
logical sequence before 
3 4
.............. occurs. Children’s 
3 5
................ develops in the same
YES
NO
if the statement agrees with the views o f the writer
if the statement contradicts the views o f the writer
way.
A
vocabulary level
В 
physical movement
С 
time

attention

mathematical knowledge

sentence formation

learning

teaching


Reading Passage 3
Write the correct letter in boxes 36-40 on your answer sheet.
36 
What is the w riter’s main purpose in the seventh paragraph?
A
to give reasons why adopted children were used in the study
В 
to reject the view that adopted children need two languages
С 
to argue that culture affects the way children learn a language

to justify a particular approach to language learning
37 
Snedeker, Geren and Shafto based their study on children who
A
were finding it difficult to learn English.
В 
had come from a number of language backgrounds.
С 
were learning English at a later age than US children.

had taken English lessons in China.
38 
What aspect of the adopted children’s language development differed from that of 
US-born children?
A
their first words
В 
the way they learnt English
С 
the rate at which they acquired language

the point at which they started producing sentences
39 
What did the Harvard finding show?
A
Not all toddlers use babytalk.
В 
Language learning takes place in ordered steps.
С 
Some children need more conversation than others.

Not all brains work in the same way.
40
When the writer says ‘critical period’, he means a period when
A
studies produce useful results.
В 
adults need to be taught like children.
С 
immigrants want to learn another language.

language learning takes place effectively.
Questions 36 -40
Choose the correct letter, А, В, С or D.



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