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A newborn baby can see, hear and feel. By the age of five, a child can talk, ride a bike and invent imaginary friends. How does this development happen? We don’t understand the way language, thinking and planning develop very well. Now scientists are using new technology to ‘see’ into children’s brains. And they are discovering new information about the way a baby’s brain develops.
A study in 2010 showed that the experiences a child has in their first few years affect the development of the brain. It showed that children who received more attention often had higher IQs. The brain of a newborn baby has nearly a hundred billion neurons. This is the same number as an adult‟s brain. As they grow, a baby receives information through the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. This information creates connections between different parts of the brain. At the age of three, there are a hundred trillion connections.
One experiment looked at images of babies’ brains while they were listening to different sounds. The sounds were in different sequences. For example, one sequence was mu-ba-ba. This is the pattern ‘A- B-B’. Another sequence was mu-ba-ge. This is the pattern ‘A-B-C’. The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during ‘A-B-B’ patterns. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different patterns. This experiment is interesting because sequences of words are important to grammar and meaning. Compare two sentences with the same words in a different order: “John killed the bear” is very different from ‘The bear killed John’. So babies are starting to learn grammatical rules from the beginning of life.
Researchers also know that babies need to hear a lot of language in order to understand grammar rules. But there is a big difference between listening to television, audio books or the internet, and interacting with people. One study compared two groups of nine-month-old American babies. One group watched videos of Mandarin Chinese sounds. In the other group, people spoke the same sounds to the babies. The test results showed that the second group could recognise different sounds, however the first group learned nothing.
The scientist, Patricia Kuhl, said this result was very surprising. It suggests that social experience is essential to successful brain development in babies.
According to the article, which statement is true?
A. Experiments focusing on language have given researchers new information.
B. Children who hear different languages develop differently
C. The development of language is the easiest thing to study in babies
D. Babies are able to understand grammar rules of a language only in specific period
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Đáp án A
Theo bài đọc, câu nào đúng?
A. Những thí nghiệm tập trung vào ngôn ngữ đã cung cấp cho các nhà nghiên cứu thông tin mới.
B. Trẻ em nghe những ngôn ngữ khác nhau thì phát triển theo những cách khác nhau.
C. Sự phát triển ngôn ngữ là điều dễ học nhất khi còn bé.
D. Trẻ nhỏ chỉ có thể hiểu các nguyên tắc ngữ pháp của ngôn ngữ ở một giai đoạn nhất định.
Dẫn chứng: Researchers also know that babies need to hear a lot of language in order to understand grammar rules. But there is a big difference between listening to television, audio books or the internet, and interacting with people. One study compared two groups of nine-month-old American babies. One group watched videos of Mandarin Chinese sounds. In the other group, people spoke the same sounds to the babies. The test results showed that the second group could recognise different sounds, however the first group learned nothing. The scientist, Patricia Kuhl, said this result was very surprising. It suggests that social experience is essential to successful brain development in babies.
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“ _________________________”
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To get the best deal on a new car, you need to know what a car is really worth.
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If you live or work in Jakarta, we’d love to hear from you. From traffic and urban development to community and culture, what are the best and worst things about life in the city? What would make Jakarta better, and what changes are most (35)___________ needed?
Điền vào ô số 32
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The manager charged her ___________ irresponsibility and dishonesty
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I _____________ the newspaper now. You can take it
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The growth of two-income families in the United States _______ of people moving to a new social class
