1、 http:/老托福阅读真题 PASSAGE 66托福阅读的思维方式就是托福阅读的出题方式，只有掌握了这种思维方式，才有可能在做题之前，预测到新托福阅读题的出题形式和特点，为找答案节省时间。老托福阅读试题的核心价值，在于其最贴近真题的阅读思维方式。此外老托福阅读真题比新托福IBT阅读文章要短，比较容易适应。这也是大家在备考托福的时候非常重要的一点。因为前期的入手如果能从容易的开始，就会形成一个循序渐进的过程方式，让大家的练习有一个提高的过程。既然老托福阅读试题有这样的效果，那我们如何利用那有限的真题来达到锻炼自己的目的呢？事实上这就一个办法，就是坚持。本期为大家推荐老托福阅读的真题PASSAG
2、E 66，附有原文及答案，希望对托福考生备考有所帮助。Long before they can actually speak, babies pay special attention to the speech they hear around them. Within the first month of their lives, babies responses to the sound of the human voice will be different from their responses to other sorts of auditory stimuli. They wi
3、ll stop crying when they hear a person talking, but not if they hear a bell or the sound of a rattle. At first, the sounds that an infant notices might be only those words that receive the heaviest emphasis and that often occur at the ends of utterances. By the time they are six or seven weeks old,
4、babies can detect the difference between syllables pronounced with rising and falling http:/inflections. Very soon, these differences in adult stress and intonation can influence babies emotional states and behavior. Long before they develop actual language comprehension, babies can sense when an ad
5、ult is playful or angry, attempting to initiate or terminate new behavior, and so on, merely on the basis of cues such as the rate, volume, and melody of adult speech.Adults make it as easy as they can for babies to pick up a language by exaggerating such cues. One researcher observed babies and the
6、ir mothers in six diverse cultures and found that, in all six languages, the mothers used simplified syntax, short utterances and nonsense sounds, and transformed certain sounds into baby talk. Other investigators have noted that when mothers talk to babies who are only a few months old, they exagge
7、rate the pitch, loudness, and intensity of their words. They also exaggerate their facial expressions, hold vowels longer, and emphasize certain words.More significant for language development than their response to general intonation is observation that tiny babies can make relatively fine distinct
8、ions between speech sounds. In other words, babies enter the world with the ability to make precisely those perceptual discriminations that are necessary if they are to acquire aural language.http:/Babies obviously derive pleasure from sound input, too: even as young as nine months they will listen
9、to songs or stories, although the words themselves are beyond their understanding. For babies, language is a sensory-motor delight rather than the route to prosaic meaning that it often is for adults.1. What does the passage mainly discuss?(A) How babies differentiate between the sound of the human
10、voice and other sounds(B) The differences between a babys and an adults ability to comprehend language(C) How babies perceive and respond to the human voice in their earliest stages of language development(D) The response of babies to sounds other than the human voice2. Why does the author mention a
11、 bell and a rattle in lines 4-5?http:/(A) To contrast the reactions of babies to human and nonhuman sounds(B) To give examples of sounds that will cause a baby to cry(C) To explain how babies distinguish between different nonhuman sounds(D) To give examples of typical toys that babies do not like3.
12、Why does the author mention syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections in lines 7-8?(A) To demonstrate how difficult it is for babies to interpret emotions(B) To illustrate that a six-week-old baby can already distinguish some language differences(C) To provide an example of ways adult
13、s speak to babies(D) To give a reason for babies difficulty in distinguishing one adult from anotherhttp:/4. The word diverse in line 14 is closest in meaning to(A) surrounding(B) divided(C) different(D) stimulating5. The word noted in line 17 is closest in meaning to(A) theorized(B) requested(C) di
14、sagreed(D) observedhttp:/6. The word They in line 18 refers to(A) mothers(B) investigators(C) babies(D) words7. The passage mentions all of the following as ways adults modify their speech when talking to babies EXCEPT(A) giving all words equal emphasis(B) speaking with shorter sentences(C) speaking
15、 more loudly than normal(D) using meaningless soundshttp:/8. The word emphasize in line 19 is closest in meaning to(A) stress(B) repeat(C) explain(D) leave out9. Which of the following can be inferred about the findings described in paragraph 2?(A) Babies who are exposed to more than one language ca
16、n speak earlier than babies exposed to a single language.(B) Mothers from different cultures speak to their babies in similar ways.(C) Babies ignore facial expressions in comprehending aural language.http:/(D) The mothers observed by the researchers were consciously teaching their babies to speak.10
17、. What point does the author make to illustrate that babies are born with the ability to acquire language?(A) Babies begin to understand words in songs.(B) Babies exaggerate their own sounds and expressions.(C) Babies are more sensitive to sounds than are adults.(D) Babies notice even minor differen
18、ces between speech sounds.11. According to the author, why do babies listen to songs and stories, even though they cannot understand them?(A) They understand the rhythm.(B) They enjoy the sound.http:/(C) They can remember them easily.(D) They focus on the meaning of their parents words.参考答案：CABCD AAABD B以上就是前程百利为大家整理的老托福阅读真题，考生可进行参考训练以提高自己的考试水平。若您想了解托福考试更多相关信息请关注前程百利。
