Reading Review Skills 1-6

According to paragraph 1, children over the age of three

• learn little language from those around them

• are no longer influenced by the language of their parents

• are influenced more and more by those closer to their own age

• first begin to respond to caretaker speech

The word "modeling" in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by

• demonstrating

• mimicking

• building

• designing

Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in paragraph 2?

• Most people are quite aware of the use of caretaker speech because of thorough study and research about it.

• The unconscious use of caretaker speech involves a reduction in complexity of language, while the conscious use of caretaker speech involves an increase in complexity.

• Young children tend to use a caretaker speech quite unconsciously in order to reduce the complexity of their thoughts to language that they can express.

• People generally seem to be able to adapt their language to the level of a child's language without thinking consciously about it.

The word "It" in paragraph 2 refers to

• caretaker speech

• a higher-pitched voice

• essential information

• baby talk

Where would the sentence best fit? Examples of these are expressions such as "Say bye-bye" or "Where's da-da?"

• 5a

• 5b

• 5c

• 5d

All of the following are mentioned in paragraph 3 as characteristics of caretaker speech EXCEPT

• overemphasized inflections

• the use of rhyming sounds

• the tendency to repeat oneself

• the use of easier words and structures

It is indicated in paragraph 3 that parents tend to

• speak in basically the same way to a one-year-old and a three-year-old

• use language that is far above the language level of a child

• speak in a progressively less complex way as a child matures

• modify their speech according to the language development of a child

The word "processed" in paragraph 4 could best be replaced by

• advanced

• developed

• figured out

• proceeded

Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in paragraph 4?

• The caretaker uses his own gaze to adjust the level of speech in order to help the infant understand better.

• Infants communicate through exaggerated facial expressions, which are understood and adjusted to by the speaker to communicate more clearly.

• Even though the infant looks intently at the speaker, the infant cannot usually understand that a message is being shared between the speaker and infant.

• By interpreting the way an infant is looking at the person speaking, caretaker speech can be modified to make it clearer to the infant.

The word "that" in paragraph 5 refers to

• an important point

• the function

• caretaker speech

• a child's reading skills