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Language learning begins with listening. Individual children varygreatly in the amount of listening they do after they start speaking, 1.________and the late starters are often long listeners. Most children will obey spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly accurate like a discrption of the eager and 2._____delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will ask questions in gesture and by making 3._____ questioning noises. Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words lead to considerable 4._____ difficulties. It is agree that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noise sort themselves out as 5.____ particular indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so on. But since 6.___ these can be said to show the baby抯 intention to communicate, they can 7._____ hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, from 8.______ about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire. This self-imitation leads on to deliberate imitation of sounds making or words spoken to 9.______ them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point which one 10._____ can say that these imitation can be considered as speech. 　　1. after - before 　　根据上下文逻辑，此处显然指孩子学会说话之前的听力，而非之后。 　　2.like - as 　　like和as都有“像”的意思，但是此处要求填入一个具有“作为”之意的词，故将like改为as 　　3.in - by 　　4. lead - leads 　　此处句子的主语是上一行的attempt，所以要用动词的第三人称形式。 　　5.noise - noises 　　One or two 后修饰的名词按复数对待。 　　6. particular - particularly 　　修饰形容词indicative应该使用副词particularly。 　　7. can be said - can not be said 　　8. from前加that 　　it是句子 的形式主语，而后面的from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment才是真正的主语，too是插入语，由于是主语从句，故引导词that不能省略。 　　9. making - made 　　此处指“发出的声音和说的话”，sound与make之间是被动关系。 　　10. which前加at 　　定语从句的关系代词指代先行词point，可知从句中缺少的时状语，因此在which前加at。 A “typical” British family used