Test 1 passage 1

NOT GIVEN
if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

27. 
    People are extremely amused when they see a baby talk like an adult.
    
28. 
    Behaviourists of the early 20th century argued that children learn to speak by copying adults.
    
29. 
    Children have more conversations with adults than with other children.
    
30. 
    Scientists have found it easy to work out why babies use one-word sentences.
    

Questions 31–35

Complete the summary using the list of words and phrases, A–H, below. Write your answers in boxes 31–35 on your answer sheet.
Two theories about babytalk
According to the writer, there are two main theories related to babytalk. One states that a young child's brain needs 31 to master language, in the same way that it does to master other
abilities such as 32 ………… . The second theory states that a child's 33 is the key
factor. According to this theory, some key steps have to occur in a logical sequence before 34
………… occurs. Children's 35 develops in the same way.

1. 
   vocabulary level
   
2. 
   physical movement
   
3. 
   time
   
4. 
   attention
   
5. 
   mathematical knowledge
   
6. 
   sentence formation
   
7. 
   learning
   
8. 
   teaching
   

Questions 36–40

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.


Write the correct letter in boxes 36–40 on your answer sheet.

36. 
    What is the writer's main purpose in the seventh paragraph?