2011年12月英语六级听力精练第5套：复合听写

　　Adults are getting smarter about how smart babies are. Not long ago, researchers learned that 4-day-olds could understand (36) ________ and subtraction. Now, British research (37) ________ Graham Schafer has discovered that infants can learn words for uncommon things long before they can speak. He found that 9-month-old infants could be taught through repeated show-and-tell, to (38) ________ the names of objects that were foreign to them, a result that (39) ________ in some ways the received (40) ________ that, apart from learning to (41) ________ things common to their daily lives, children don’t begin to build vocabulary until well into their second year. “It’s no (42) ________ that children learn words, but the words they tend to know are words linked to (43) ________ situations in the home,” explains Schafer.” (44)______________________________________________________________________________with an unfamiliar voice giving instructions in an unfamiliar setting.”
　　Figuring out how humans acquire language may shed light on why some children learn to read and write later than others, Schafer says, and could lead to better treatments for developmental problems. (45) _________________________________
　　________________________________________. “Language is a test case for human cognitive development,” says Schafer. But parents eager to teach their infants should take note: (46) _________________________________________________________
　　_____________________________________________. “This is not about advancing development,” he says. “It’s just about what children can do at an earlier age than what educators have often thought.”
　　答案：
　　36. addition
　　37. psychologist
　　38. recognize
　　39. challenges
　　40. wisdom
　　41. identify
　　42. secret
　　43. specific
　　44. This is the first demonstration that we can choose what words the children will learn and that they can respond to them
　　45. What’s more, the study of language acquisition offers direct insight into how humans learn
　　46. Even without being taught new words, a control group caught up with the other infants within a few moths
　　原文：
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　　Adults are getting smarter about how smart babies are. Not long ago, researches learned that four day olds could understand addition and subtraction. Now, British research psychologist Gram Shaffer has discovered that infants can learn words or uncommon things long before they can speak. He found that nine month old infants could be taught through repeated show and tell to recognize the names of objects that were foreign to them, a result that challenges in some ways, the received wisdom that apart from learning to identify things common to their daily lives, children don’t being to build vocabulary until well into their second year. “It’s no secret that children learn words, but the words they tend to know are linked to specific situations in the home,” explains Shaffer. This is the first demonstration that we can choose what words the children will learn and that they can respond to them with an unfamiliar voice giving instructions in an unfamiliar setting. “Figuring out how human acquire language may shed light on why some children learn to read and write later than others,” Shaffer says, “and could lead to better treatments for developed mental problems.” What’s more, the study of language acquisition offers direct insight into how humans learn. “Language is a test case for human cognitive development,” says Shaffer, “but parents eager to teach their infants should take note. Even without being taught new words a control group caught up with the other infants within a few months.” This is not about advancing development, he says, it’s just about what children can do at an earlier age than what educators have often thought.