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   In the exploration of the linguistic life cycle, it is apparent that it is much more difficult to learn a second language in adulthood than a first language in childhood. Most adults never completely master foreign language, especially in phonology - hence the ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often "fossilizes" into permanent error patterns that no teaching or correction can do. Of course, there are great individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes, amount of exposure, quality of teaching and plain talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best circumstances.

   Many explanations have been advanced for children's superiority: they exploit Motherless (the simplified, repetitive conversation between parents and children), make errors oneself- consciously, are more motivated to communicate, like to conform, are not set in their ways, and have no first language to interfere. But some of these accounts are unlikely, based on what is known about how language acquisition works. Recent evidence is calling these social and motivation explanations into doubt. Holding every other factor constant, a key factor stands out: sheer age.

   Systematic evidence comes from the psychologist Elisa Newport and her colleagues. They tested Korean and Chinese-born students at the University of Illinois who had spent at least ten years in the United States. The immigrants were given a list of 276 simple English sentences, half of them containing some grammatical errors. The immigrants who came to the United States between the ages of 3 and 7 performed identically to American bom students. Those who arrived between the ages of 8 and 15 did worse the later they arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the worst of all, and showed huge variability unrelated to their age of arrival.

It can be inferred from the passage that "phonology" is the study of the.................. of a language.

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Students also have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of .................. courses in the university.

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He was the only .................. that was offered the job.

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A .................. is an official document that you receive when you have completed a course of study or training.

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The hag was heavy, so we could not take it with us.

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I would like to invite you to participate in the .................. ceremony.

Higher education is very importance (A) to national economies (B), and it is also a source source of trained and educated (C) personnel for the whole country (D).

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We offer a speedy and secure service of transferring money in less than 24 hours.

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The A-level (short for Advanced Level) is a General Certificate of Education set of exams in the UK.

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He had been expected to cope well with examinations and good results.

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Higher vocational (A) education and training that combines (B) teaching of both practical (C) skills and theoretical (D) expertise.

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Sue lives in a house. The house is opposite my house.

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Taking part in the Advanced Engineering Project gave me a chance to use my .................. to help society.

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She said, “I’ll call the police if you don’t leave immediately!”

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- Peter: “Thanks a lot for your wonderful gift.” - Mary: “ .................. ”

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Economics (A) have been developed (B) rapidly (C) since (D) the last few years.