Studies show that, up to about 6 months of age, babies can recognize all the sounds that make up all the languages in the world. Starting at around 6 months old a baby’s brain focuses on (集中于) the most common sounds it hears. Then, children begin responding only to the sounds of the language they hear the most.

　　In a similar way older babies start recognizing the patterns that make up the rules of their native language. For example, English children who are about 18 months old start to figure out that words ending in “-ing” or “-ed” are usually verbs, and that verbs are action words. 

　　27. The new research in the second paragraph can be helpful in _____.

　　A. finding successful language learners

　　B. teaching kids with learning problems

　　C. designing human-shaped computers

　　D. improving babies’ language ability

　　28. The researchers found out that babies learn a language mainly by _____.

　　A. repeating the words of other people 

　　B. remembering the full sentences they hear

　　C. hearing and closely watching others speak

　　D. figuring out the meaning of different sounds

　　29. In the last two paragraphs, the author explains _____.

　　A. why babies pay more attention to sounds

　　B. how babies respond to what they hear most often

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