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  3. From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our

From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our

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问题     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【C1】______, they were like newborn children, unable to use this【C2】______tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kind’s future【C3】______and cultural growth increased. Many linguists believe that evolution is【C4】______for our ability to produce and use language. They【C5】______that our highly evolved brain provides us【C6】______an innate language ability not found in lower【C7】______. Proponents of this innateness theory say that our【C8】______for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually,【C9】______a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore there are critical【C10】______times for language development. Current【C11】______of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable.【C12】______, more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in【C13】______grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being【C14】______to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the【C15】______of their first language have become firmly fixed.【C16】______some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have been【C17】______from other human beings do not possess language. This demonstrates that【C18】______with other human beings is necessary for proper language development. Some linguists believe that this is even more basic to human language【C19】______than any innate capacities. These theorists view language as imitative, learned behavior.【C20】______, children learn language from their parents by imitating them. Parents gradually shape their child’s language skills by positively reinforcing precise imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones. [br] 【C5】
选项 A、confirm
B、inform
C、claim
D、convince
答案 C
解析 词汇辨析。该题不仅考查词汇辨析，还考查了语法知识。根据语法分析，空格后应是一个宾语从句，而A、B、D三项后都不能接从句作直接宾语。claim意为“声称”，符合该句语法结构。confirm意为“确认”，后面直接跟名词，如：confirm a contract(签合同，批准合同)。inform意为“通知，告知”，常用搭配为inform sb．of sth．／inform sb．that…，意为“通知某人某事”。convince意为“使信任”，常用搭配为convince sb．of sth．，意为“使某人确信”。
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