From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans first 1.A.generated B.evolved C.born D.originated , they were like newborn children, unable to use this 2.A.valuable B.appropriate C.convenient D.favorite tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kinds future 3.A.attainments B.feasibility C.entertainments D.evolution and cultural growth increased.
Many linguists believe that evolution is 4.A.essential B.available C.reliable D.responsible for our ability to produce and use language. They 5.A.confirm B.inform C.claim D.convince that our highly evolved brain provides us 6.A.for B.from C.of D.with an innate language ability not found in lower 7.A.organizations B.organisms C.humans D.children . Proponents of this innateness theory say that our 8.A.potential B.performance C.preference D.passion for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, 9.A.as B.just as C.like D.unlike a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore there are critical 10.A.ideological B.biological C.social D.psychological times for language development.
Current 11.A.reviews B.reference C.reaction D.recommendation of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable. 12.A.In a word B.In a sense C.Indeed D.In other words , more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in 13.A.various B.different C.the higher D.the lower grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being 14.A.revealed B.exposed C.engaged D.involved to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the 15.A.regulations B.formations C.rules D.constitutions of their first language have become firmly fixed.
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