高考英语阅读冲刺：阅读理解1_高考复习指南

高考英语阅读冲刺：阅读理解1

　　C. where to put the needle

　　D. how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle

　　3.Thomas Edison is spoken of because________.

　　A. he also tried to invent a sewing machine

　　B. he got some of his ideas from dreams

　　C. he was one of Howe’s best friends

　　D. he also had difficulty in falling asleep

　　4.Dreams are sometimes called“secret messages to ourselves” because ________.

　　A. strange images are used to communicate ideas

　　B. images which have no meaning are used

　　C. we can never understand the real meaning

　　D. only specially trained people can understand them

　　Language learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and later starters are often long listeners .Most children will“obey”spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word “obey” is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child .Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.

　　Any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. But since these can’t be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate ,they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new words to their store. This self-imitation（模仿）leads on to deliberate（有意的）imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.