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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 40
In the exploration of the linguistic life cycle, it is apparent that it is much more difficult to learn a second language in adulthood than a first language in childhood. Most adults never completely master a foreign language, especially in phonology – hence the ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often “fossilizes” into permanent error patterns that no teaching or correction can undo. Of course, there are great individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes, amount of exposure, quality of teaching, and plain talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best circumstances. Many explanations have been advanced for children’s superiority: they exploit Motherese (the simplified, repetitive conversation between parents and children), make errors unselfconsciously, are more motivated to communicate, like to conform, are not set in their ways, and have no first language to interfere. But some of these accounts are unlikely, based on what is known about how language acquisition works. Recent evidence is calling these social and motivation explanations into doubt. Holding every other factor constant, a key factor stands out: sheer age.Systematic evidence comes from the psychologist Elissa Newport and her colleagues. They tested Korean and Chinese-born students at the University of Illinois who had spent at least ten years in the United States. The immigrants were given a list of 276 simple English sentences, half of them containing some grammatical errors. The immigrants who came to the United States between the ages of 3 and 7 performed identically to American-born students. Those who arrived between the ages of 8 and 15 did worse the later they arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the worst of all, and showed huge variability unrelated to the age of arrival.
The passage mainly discusses _______.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 40
In the exploration of the linguistic life cycle, it is apparent that it is much more difficult to learn a second language in adulthood than a first language in childhood. Most adults never completely master a foreign language, especially in phonology – hence the ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often “fossilizes” into permanent error patterns that no teaching or correction can undo. Of course, there are great individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes, amount of exposure, quality of teaching, and plain talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best circumstances. Many explanations have been advanced for children’s superiority: they exploit Motherese (the simplified, repetitive conversation between parents and children), make errors unselfconsciously, are more motivated to communicate, like to conform, are not set in their ways, and have no first language to interfere. But some of these accounts are unlikely, based on what is known about how language acquisition works. Recent evidence is calling these social and motivation explanations into doubt. Holding every other factor constant, a key factor stands out: sheer age.Systematic evidence comes from the psychologist Elissa Newport and her colleagues. They tested Korean and Chinese-born students at the University of Illinois who had spent at least ten years in the United States. The immigrants were given a list of 276 simple English sentences, half of them containing some grammatical errors. The immigrants who came to the United States between the ages of 3 and 7 performed identically to American-born students. Those who arrived between the ages of 8 and 15 did worse the later they arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the worst of all, and showed huge variability unrelated to the age of arrival.
The passage mainly discusses _______.
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Giải bởi Vietjack
Đáp án đúng: C
Giải thích: Dựa vào các ý được đưa ra trong bài đọc
Dịch: Yếu tố tuổi để học ngôn ngữ nhanh
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Câu 2:
From the passage, it can be inferred that “phonology” is the study of _______.
From the passage, it can be inferred that “phonology” is the study of _______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án đúng: D
Giải thích: Dựa vào câu “. Most adults never completely master a foreign language, especially in phonology – hence the ubiquitous foreign accent”
Dịch: Hầu hết người lớn không bao giờ hoàn toàn thông thạo một ngoại ngữ, đặc biệt là về âm vị học - do đó, giọng nước ngoài phổ biến
Câu 3:
The word “cap” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
The word “cap” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án đúng: D
Giải thích: Dựa vào câu “Of course, there are great individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes, amount of exposure, quality of teaching, and plain talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best circumstances.”
Dịch: Tất nhiên, có sự khác biệt lớn giữa các cá nhân, phụ thuộc vào nỗ lực, thái độ, thời lượng tiếp xúc, chất lượng giảng dạy và tài năng rõ ràng, nhưng dường như có một mức độ cho những người trưởng thành tốt nhất trong hoàn cảnh tốt nhất.
Câu 4:
According to the passage, young children learn language quickly for all of the following reasons EXCEPT _______.
According to the passage, young children learn language quickly for all of the following reasons EXCEPT _______.
Đáp án chính xác
Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án đúng: A
Giải thích: Dựa vào các ý được đưa ra trong bài.
Dịch: chúng mắc nhiều sai lầm
Câu 5:
In the experiment in the passage, the psychologists discovered that _______.
In the experiment in the passage, the psychologists discovered that _______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án đúng: C
Giải thích: Dựa vào đoạn văn “The immigrants who came to the United States between the ages of 3 and 7 performed identically to American-born students. Those who arrived between the ages of 8 and 15 did worse the later they arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the worst of all, and showed huge variability unrelated to the age of arrival.”
Dịch: Những người nhập cư đến Hoa Kỳ trong độ tuổi từ 3 đến 7 có kết quả giống hệt các học sinh sinh ra ở Mỹ. Những người đến trong độ tuổi từ 8 đến 15 kém hơn do họ đến muộn hơn, và những người đến từ 17 đến 39 thì càng tệ nhất, và cho thấy khác biệt rất lớn nhưng điều này hoàn toàn không liên quan đến tuổi đến.
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