Part Ⅳ Cloze (15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 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__71__, they were like newborn children, unable to use this__72__tool.Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kind’s future__73__and cultural growth increased. Many linguists believe that evolution is __74__ for our ability to produce and use language. They__75__ that our highly evolved brain provides us__76__an innate language ability not found in lower__77__. Proponents of this innateness theory say that our __78__for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually,__79__a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore there are critical__80__ times for language development.Current __81__of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities isundeniable.__82__, more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in __83__grades. Young children often can learn several languages bybeing__84__to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the__85__of their first language have become firmly fixed. __86__some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum.Children who have been__87__from other human beings do not possess language. This demonstrates that _88__with other human beings isnecessary for proper language development. Some linguists believe that this is even more basic to humanlanguage__89__than any innate capacities.These theorists view language as imitative, learned behavior.__90__, 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. 71. A) generated B) evolved C) born D) originated
72. A) valuable B) appropriate C) convenient D) favorite
73. A) attainments B) feasibility C) entertainments D) evolution
74. A) essential B) available C) reliable D) responsible
75. A) confirm B) inform C) claim D) convince
76. A) for B) from C) of D) with
77. A) organizations B) organisms C) humans D) children
78. A) potential B) performance C) preference D) passion
79. A) as B) just as C) like D) unlike
80. A) ideological B) biological C) social D) psychological
