广西壮族河池市凤山县2023年考研《英语一》预测密卷含解析.docVIP

广西壮族河池市凤山县2023年考研《英语一》预测密卷 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Learning a second language fuels children’s intelligence and makes their job prospects brighter. 1 the fact is, in U.S.A, as in many other English speaking countries, speakers of two or more languages are in the 2 . Eighty-four percent of US people are monolingual (speakers of only one language). This leaves a small number who 3 to speak two or more languages. No matter how proud people are of their cultural roots, to speak anything 4 English is a marker of difference here. That’s why fourteen-year-old Umar is 5 when people comment on the fact that he is able to speak Arabic. Umar’s mother points out: ―In U.S.A, it’s not 6 for kids to be bilingual. But, if you speak another language to your children in U.S.A, it is thought that you are not helping them to 7 society. But in fact, the general 8 among experts is that learning a second language is good for children. Experts believe that bilinguals – people who speak 9 languages – have a clear learning advantage 10 their monolingual schoolmates. This 11 on how much of each language they can speak, not on which language is used, 12 they are learning Arabic, French, Chinese or any other language. Vinss Millon, a professor of Foreign Language Training, says: ―A lot of studies have 13 that children who speak more than one language sometimes learn one language more 14 , but in the end they do as well as their monolingual schoolmates, and often better, in other subjects. The view is that there is a(n) 15 from the effort of learning another language. A few other 16 agree that “Bilinguals tend to use language better as a whole. They also 17 greater creativity and problem-solving ability, and they learn further languages more easily”. With a