Questions 47 to 56 arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Infamilieswithtwoworkingparents, fathersmayhavemoreimpactonachild’slanguagedevelopmentthanmothers, anewstudysuggests.
Researchers 47 92 familiesform 11 childcarecentersbeforetheirchildrenwereayearold, interviewingeachtoestablishincome, levelofeducationandchildcarearrangements. Overall, itwasagroupofwell-classfamilies, withmarriedparentsbothlivinginthehome.
Whenthechildrenwere 2, researchersvideotapedthemathomeinfree-playsessionswithbothparents, 48 alloftheirspeech. ThestudywillappearintheNovemberissueofTheJournalofAppliedDevelopmentalPsychology.
Thescientistsmeasuredthe 49 numberofutterance (话语) oftheparents, thenumberofdifferentwordstheyused, thecomplexityoftheirsentencesandother 50 oftheirspeech. Onaverage, fathersspokelessthanmothersdid, buttheydidnotdifferinthelengthofutterancesorproportionofquestionsasked.
Finally, theresearchers 51 thechildren’sspeechatage 3, usingastandardizedlanguagetest. Theonlypredictorsofhighscoresonthetestwerethemother’slevelofeducation, the 52 ofchildcareandthenumberofdifferentwordsthefatherused.
Theresearchersare 53 whythefather’sspeech, andnotthemother’s, hadaneffect.
“It’swell 54 thatthemother’slanguagedoeshaveanimpact,” saidNadyaPancsofar, theleadauthorofthestudy. Itcouldbethatthehigh-functioningmothersinthestudyhad 55 hadastronginfluenceontheirchildren’sspeechdevelopment, Ms. Pancsofarsaid, “oritmaybethatmothersare 56 inawaywedidn’tmeasureinthestudy.”
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A) alreadyB) analyzedC) aspectsD) characters
E) contributingF) describingG) establishedH) quality
I) quotedJ) recordingK) recruitedL) total
M) unconsciousN) unsureO) yet
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