Test 1 passage 1

A to give reasons why adopted children were used in the study B to reject the view that adopted children need two languages C to argue that culture affects the way children learn a language D to justify a particular approach to language learning

36. 
    Snedeker, Geren and Shafto based their study on children who
    

1. 
   were finding it difficult to learn English.
   
2. 
   had come from a number of language backgrounds. C were learning English at a later age than US children. D had taken English lessons in China.
   

36. 
    What aspect of the adopted children's language development differed from that of US-born children?
    

1. 
   their first words
   
2. 
   the way they learnt English
   
3. 
   the rate at which they acquired language
   
4. 
   the point at which they started producing sentences
   

36. 
    What did the Harvard find show?
    

1. 
   Not all toddlers use babytalk.
   
2. 
   Language learning takes place in ordered steps.
   
3. 
   Some children need more conversation than others.
   
4. 
   Not all brains work in the same way.
   

36. 
    When the writer says 'critical period', he means a period when
    

1. 
   studies produce useful results.
   
2. 
   adults need to be taught like children.
   
3. 
   immigrants want to learn another language.
   
4. 
   language learning takes place effectively.