“It’s a pretty interesting finding,” says University of Iowa psychology professor Bob McMurray,who also studies speech development.The research offers more evidence that quality face-time with the baby is very important for speech development—more than,say,playing the latest baby DVD.

　　Studying how babies learn to speak isn’t a curiosity.Scientists want to know how to encourage that process,especially if it doesn’t seem to be happening on time.And,it helps them understand how the brain wires itself early in life for learning all kinds of things.

　　【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。研究表明,婴儿不仅通过听音来学习说话,他们还通过看别人的嘴唇来学习说话。

　　17.From the test,we can know that 　. 

　　A.the 6-month-old babies learn to talk only by hearing

　　B.the 10-month-old babies study mainly by lip-reading

　　C.the 4-month-old babies begin watching the mouth to learn to talk

　　D.the 12-month-old babies pay more attention to the mouth when studying

　　答案:B

　　解析:细节理解题。根据第三段对此次测试的描述可知,8到10个月的孩子主要通过观察说话人的嘴唇来学习说话。

　　18.The underlined word “shift” in the third paragraph means 　. 

　　A.mistake B.goal

　　C.space D.change

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