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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.
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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Đáp án đúng: C
Giải thích: Dẫn chứng: 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.
Dịch: Trong quá trình khám phá vòng đời ngôn ngữ, rõ ràng là học ngôn ngữ thứ hai ở tuổi trưởng thành khó hơn nhiều so với ngôn ngữ thứ nhất ở thời thơ ấu.
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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: phonology (n): âm vị học = D. the sound system of a language: hệ thống âm thanh của ngôn ngữ
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: B
Giải thích:
cap (n) = limit (n): giới hạn
A. prize (n): giải thưởng
C. covering (n): lớp phủ
D. level (n): mức độ
Dịch: …nhưng dường như có một giới hạn cho những người trưởng thành giỏi nhất trong những hoàn cảnh tốt nhất.
Câu 4:
According to the passage, young children learn language quickly for all of the following reasons EXCEPT _______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án đúng: A
Giải thích: Dẫn chứng: 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.
Dịch: Nhiều lời giải thích đã được nâng cao cho tính ưu việt của trẻ em: chúng khai thác Motherese (cuộc trò chuyện đơn giản, lặp đi lặp lại giữa cha mẹ và con cái), tự mắc lỗi một cách vô thức, có động lực giao tiếp nhiều hơn, thích học theo, không theo cách của chúng và không có ngôn ngữ đầu tiên can thiệp vào.
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: Dẫn chứng: 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,
Dịch: Những người nhập cư đến Hoa Kỳ trong độ tuổi từ 3 đến 7 có biểu hiện giống hệt các học sinh sinh ra ở Mỹ. Những người đến trong độ tuổi từ 8 đến 15 làm tệ hơn, và những người đến từ 17 đến 39 tuổi là tệ nhất
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