Which of the following can be inferred about the findings described in paragraph 2?
Babies ignore facial expressions in comprehending natural language.
Mothers from different cultures speak to their babies in similar ways.
Babies who are exposed to more than one language can speak earlier than babies exposed to a single language.
The mothers observed by the researchers were consciously teaching their babies to speak.
According to the author, why do babies listen to songs and stories, even though they cannot understand them?
They can remember them easily.
They focus on the meaning of their parents' word.
They enjoy the sound.
They understand the rhythm.
The passage mentions all of the following as the ways adults modify their speech when talking to babies EXCEPT ____________.
Speaking with shorter sentences.
Giving all words equal emphasis.
Using meaningless sounds.
Speaking more loudly than normal.
The word "diverse" is closest in meaning to ____________.
Different
Divided
Surrounding
Stimulating
The word "They" refers to ____________.
Words.
Mothers.
Investigators.
Babies.
Why does the author mention "a bell and a rattle"?
To contrast the reactions of babies to human and non-human sounds.
To give examples of typical toys that babies do not like.
To explain how babies distinguish between different non-human sounds.
To give examples of sounds that will cause a baby to cry.
What does the passage mainly discuss?
The differences between a baby's and an adult's ability to comprehend language.
How babies perceive and respond to the human voice in their earliest stages of language development.
The response of babies to sounds other than the human voice.
How babies differentiate between the sound of the human voice and other sounds.
The word "emphasize" is closest in meaning to ____________.
Stress
Leave out
Explain
Repeat
What point does the author make to illustrate that babies are born with the ability to acquire language?
Babies exaggerate their own sounds and expressions.
Babies begin to understand words in songs.
Babies notice differences between speech even minor sounds.
Babies are more sensitive to sounds than are adults.
The word "noted" is closest in meaning to ____________.
Requested
Observed
Theorized
Disagreed
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