Part III Cloze Directions: There are twenty blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices. Choose the one that best fits into the passage and then marks your answer on the Answer Sheet. What makes a child speak a language has long been a puzzle to linguists. 61 speaking, there are two schools of linguists, both of whom try to explain 62 a child picks up a language so easily. The fact that a child picks a language 63 is 64 : At one year old, a child is able to say “bye-bye”; at two, he is able to use fifty; by there he begins to 65 tenses. The famous American linguist Noam Chomsky 66 that human being have a sort of built-in system for language use, and that the 67 is 68 . Children are not taught language 69 they are taught arithmetic. Other linguists, 70 , hold the view that a child learns 71 of his language from the hints in the environment. 72 , theorists of both schools 73 that there is a biological basis for language use. The 74 is which is more important, the inner ability or the environment. This is certainly a field 75 to be explored. Researchers from both schools are busy finding evidence to 76 their own theory, but 77 side is persuading the other. It seems that in order to 78 why a child learns a language so easily, we have to 79 the joint efforts of both schools. Some linguist, like De Villiers, has recognized the value of cooperation, and 80 linguists of both sides to work together. 61. A. Surprisingly B. Personally C. Properly D. Roughly 62. A. that B. when C. why D. how 63. A. independently B. naturally C. without help D. with ease 64. A. confusing B. surprising C. questioned D. suspected 65. A. master B. study C. have D. get 66. A. doubts B. believes C. realizes D. criticizes 67. A. help B. teacher C. environment D. hint 68. A. quite essential B. very important C. not necessary D. only secondary 69. A. as B. for C. when D. though 70. A. in particular B. as a result C. however D. therefore 71. A. a little B. some C. nothing D. most 72. A. Before B. From now on C. Just now D. By now 73. A. suspect B. disagree C. agree D. realize 74. A. case B. argument C. problem D. question 75. A. waiting B. planning C. never D. unlikely 76. A. provide B. create C. supply D. support 77. A. not a B. one C. neither D. either 78. A. find out B. rule out C. search for D. look for 79. A. get rid of B. trust in C. rely on D. persist in 80. A. ordered B. criticized C. challenged D. urged