Explanation
Comprehensive paragraph: For an infant just beginning to interact with the surrounding world, it is imperative that he quickly become proficient in his native language. while developing a vocabulary and the ability to communicate using it is obviously an important step in this process, an infant must first be able to learn from the various streams of audible communication around him. To that end, during the course f even the first few months of development, an infant will begin to "absorb" the rhythmic patterns and sequences of sounds that characterize his language and will begin to differentiate between the meanings of various pitch and stress changes. however, it is important to recognize that such learning does not take place in a vacuum. infants must confront these language acquisition challenges in an environment where, quite frequently, several streams of communication or noise are occurring simultaneously. Consider, for example, an infant being spoken to by his mother, Before he can learn from the nuances of his mother's speech, he must first separate that speech from the sounds of the dishwasher, the family dog, the bus stopping on the street outside, and quite possibly background noise in the form of speech: a newscaster on the television down the hall or siblings playing in an adjacent room. How exactly do infants wade through such a murky accumulation of audible stimuli? While most infants are capable of separating out two different voices despite the presence of additional, competing streams of sound, this capability is predicated upon several specific conditions, first, Infants are better able to learn from a particular speech stream when that voice is louder than any of the competing streams of background speech when voices are of equal amplitude, infants typically demonstrated little preference towards one stream or the other. Most likely, equally loud competing voice streams, for the intent, become combined into a single stream that necessarily contains unfamiliar patterns and sounds that can quite easily induce confusion. Secondly, an infant is more likely to a particular voice stream if it is perceived as more familiar than another stream. When an infant, for example, is presented with a voice stream delivered by an unfamiliar voice, usually he can easily separate out her voice from the distraction of the background stream. By using these simple yet important cues an infant can become quite adept at concentrating on a single single stream of communication and, therefore, capable of more quickly learning the invaluable characteristics and rules of his native language.
Question:
The word 'absorb' most nearly refers to:
A) environmental awareness
B) language aptitude
C) Acquisition of Knowledge
D) Intent perception
Question:
The phrase 'predicated upon several specific conditions' is used by the author to suggest that:
A) most infants have trouble separating out stimulant simultaneous streams of speech
B) only in rare instances do these required conditions occur
C) an infant's language acquisition ability is entirely dependent upon his environmental
D) infants are not always able to learn from their surrounding environment
Question:
The author uses the word "necessarily order to suggest that:
A) it is inevitable that two streams of speech are more confusing than one
B) even adults can have trouble distinguishing between streams of equal volume
C) infants always combine separate streams into a single sound
D) an individual stream understandably changes character when mixed with another
Question:
The example in the last paragraph is used to illustrate how:
A) an Infant who spends little time with his parents would probably have trouble with language at which Language acquisition
B) An infant in constant vocal interaction with his parent could experience accelerated language acquisition
C) Eliminating familiar voices from an infants environment can facilitate language acquisition
D) NONE
Question:
Then a meteor collides with the Earth's environment the resulting friction causes the meteor to heat up and partially vaporize. its Luminous vapor trail that lasts for a few seconds. A meteor that reaches the Earth's surface is called Meteorite. Meteorites are Extremely valuable to scientists because they are samples of the actual cosmetic material The main topic of the passage A) Vaporization of the Meteor
B) The Earth's atmosphere
C) Meteor and meteorite
D) Scientist concern: the cosmetic material
ND5-07-2023
