Talking Counts!Most words in a child's vocabulary come from ever

Talking Counts!

Most words in a child's vocabulary come from everyday encounters with language. Children 31____ up language from books, media, and conversations.

You can increase your child's vocabulary and 32____ knowledge by having conversations with them. With babies, you can talk to them about what you're doing so they can begin to 33____ words with concepts. As your baby begins to speak, start asking, "What's that?" , when 34____ to objects or pictures. Elaborate on their 35____ answers as a way to have them listening to more words. "Yes, that is a banana! It's 36____ and smooth."

With young children, you can talk about the things you see in your 37____ on trips around town, or on television. These conversations help build a child's 38____ of his world. When reading, pause to ask questions on the story. Ask, "Why do you think he did that?" or "What do you think is going to happen 39____?" Tell your children stories from your own life, or about the day they were 40____. This helps develop their personal and cultural identity.

A. link
B. simple
C. secondly
D. neighborhood
E. yellow
F. build
G. understanding
H. pointing
I. pick
J. born
K. background
L. next
【正确答案】：31-35: I F A H B
36-40: E D G L J
【题目解析】：31、【I】“Children ____ up language from books, media, and conversations.（儿童从书本、媒体和对话中____语言。）”，“pick up”有“（无意中）学会（语言）”的意思，因此选择“pick”。
32、【F】“You can increase your child's vocabulary and ____ knowledge by having conversations with them.（你可以通过与孩子的对话来增加他们的词汇量和____知识。）”，“and”两边对应的词性相同，“increase your child's vocabulary”和“____ knowledge”对应，则空格填动词，根据意思判断选择“build（发展，建立）”。
33、【A】“With babies, you can talk to them about what you're doing so they can begin to ____ words with concepts.（对于婴儿，你可以告诉他们你在做什么，这样他们就可以开始____带概念的单词。）”，该空填动词原形，判断选择“link”，“link with”意思是“与……有关；与……相连接”。
34、【H】“As your baby begins to speak, start asking, "What's that?" ,when ____ to objects or pictures. （当你的宝宝开始说话时，当____物体或图片时，开始问:“那是什么？”）”，该空填入动词，根据意思判断选择“pointing（指向）”。
35、【B】“Elaborate on their ____ answers as a way to have them listening to more words. （详细说明他们的____答案，让他们听更多的单词。）”，该空填形容词，表达的意思是大人要对这种简单的答案进行详细的回答，选择“simple（简单的）”。
36、【E】“"Yes, that is a banana! It's ____ and smooth.”（“是的，那是香蕉！它是____并且很平滑。”）”，“and”两边对应的词性相同，根据“smooth”判断该空填形容词，根据意思选择“yellow（黄色的）”。
37、【D】“With young children, you can talk about the things you see in your ____ on trips around town, or on television.（和年幼的孩子们在一起，你可以谈论你在镇上旅行或电视上看到的____事情。）”，该空填名词，根据句子意思判断选择“neighborhood（附近）”，“in your neighborhood”意思是“在你附近”。
38、【G】“These conversations help build a child's ____ of his world.（这些对话有助于建立孩子对这个世界的 ____ 。）”，该空填名词，根据意思判断选择“understanding（了解，认识）”。
39、【L】“Ask, "Why do you think he did that?" or "What do you think is going to happen ____?" （问:“你认为他为什么那样做？”或者“你认为会发生什么事____？”）”，该空填副词，根据意思判断选择“next（紧接着，随后）”。
40、【J】“Tell your children stories from your own life, or about the day they were ____.（给你的孩子讲你自己的故事，或者他们____那天的故事。）”，“be born”意思是“出生”，则填入“born”。