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2009年浙江省某市教师公开招聘考试《中学英语》试卷 总分：100分 及格：60分 考试时间：120分 第一部分 英语专业基础知识 Ⅰ、完型填空/Close (20分) (1)根据下列材料请回答{TSE}题：From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans firstU1 /U, they were like newborn children, unable to use this U2/Utool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for humankind s future U3/Uand cultural growth increased. Many linguists believe that evolution isU4/Ufor our ability to produce and use language. They U5/Uthatour highly evolved brain provides usU 6/Uan innate language ability not found in lowerU 7 /U. Proponents of this innateness theory say that our U8 /Ufor language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually,U9 a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore, there are critical10 /Utimes for language development.CurrentU11 /Uof the innateness theory are mixed; however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable.U 12 /U, more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught inU13 /Ugrades. Young children often can learn several languages by being U14/Uto them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the U15/Uof their first language have become firmly fixed.U16 /Usome aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have beenU17 /Ufrom other human beings do not possess language. This demonstrates that U18/Uwith other human beings is necessary for proper language development. Some linguists believe that this is even more basic to human languageU19 /Uthan any innate capacities. These theorists view language as imitative, learned behavior. U20/U, children learn language from their parents by imitating them. Parents gradually shape their child s language skills by positively reinforcing precise imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones. A. generated B. evolved C. born D. origin