2022 年 7 下冲刺期末江苏南通阅读理解 C 篇（偏难） 1 It is hard to know what babies want. They can’t talk， walk or even point at what they are thinking about. However, new-born babies begin to develop language skills long before they begin speaking. And compared to adults，they develop these skills more quickly. People have a hard time learning new languages as they grow older, but babies have the ability to learn any language easily. For a long time，scientists have tried to explain how such young children can learn difficult grammatical rules and sounds of a language. Now, researchers are getting a better idea of what is happening in the brains the young language learners.The new information might help kids with learning problems as well as adults who want to learn new languages. It might even help scientists who are trying to design computers that can communicate as humans do. Most babies say “goo goo” and “ma ma” by 6 months of age, and most children speak in full sentences by age 3. For years, scientists have wondered how the brains of young children find out how to communicate by using languages .With help from new technologies，scientists are now discovering that babies begin life with the ability to learn any language. They get into touch with other people，listen to what they say and watch their movements very closely. That is why they quickly master the languages they hear the most often. Studies show that ,up to about 6 months of age，babies can learn all the sounds that make up all the languages in the world. Starting at around 6 months, a baby’s brain focuses on the most common sounds it hears. Then，children begin to reply only to the sounds of the languages they hear the most. In a similar way older people recognize the patterns that make up the rules of their native language. In English，for example，children who are about 18 months old start that words which end up with “-ing” or“-ed” are usually verbs and that verbs are action words. 1.Scientists have been trying to find out why________________________. A．adults have great trouble learning new languages B．babies can master difficult grammatical rules of a language C．babies make different sounds of a language slowly D．newborns learn to communicate with adults without words 2.The researchers find that babies learn a language mainly by__________________. A．repeating the words of other people. B．remembering full sentences they hear， C．listening and closely watching others speak D．finding out the meanings of different sounds. 3.What can we learn from the last two paragraphs？ A．A 6-month-old baby can learn all the sounds of a language. B．Verbs in a language attract the most attention of a baby. C．Babies focuses more on the sentence patterns they often hear. D．Babies organize the patterns earlier than the sounds in a language. 2 Growing up, we are always taught to believe what’s inside a person is more important than what’s outside. But whether we like to admit(承认) it or not, most of us dislike at least one thing about our body. From the shape of our nose to our height, there is always something wrong with them. And for some people, the way they look can even worry their whole life. “I am 16 years old, and every time I look in the mirror, I have a battle(斗争) with myself,”Mckenna Rassch, a high school student, told Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Rassch isn’t alone according to a survey carried out by Psychology, 80% of US women are unhappy with their looks. And even more surprisingly, 15% said they would give up five years of their life if it could make them thinner. Body image(形象) is normally connected with females. Males, however, also suffer from this problem. Then, if you are one of them. what can you do? Reducing the time on social media could be a good start.“ If you get a lot of likes on a picture, it makes you feel happy, ”an unnamed teenager girl told BBC News. “But if you don’t get a huge amount,”she added, “you will feel down about yourself.” Meanwhile, thinking about the things we like about our body could help us feel better. “Spend time every day focusing on what you love about your body, ” a coach Kristin Misik wrote on Huff Post “You have a choice: feel better about your body or love and accept it fully.” In fact, learning to accept yourself is the best way to overcome (克服) body issues. And as we grow older, we naturally care less about our appearance and more about bigger issues. “By the time you hit your 20s, you should realize that there are more important things