Canyourememberthedaywhenyouspokeyourfirstword?Ifyoucan,youareunusual.Trytoimaginewhatfirstfewmonthsofyourlifewerelike.Iamsureyoujustspentmostofyourtimeeating,sleepingandcrying.Asyougrewolder,youwereawakemoreofthetime.Ittookyourparentsmoretimetoplaywithyouandtalktoyou.Youwatchedandlistenedcuriously.Youbegantoknowthatpeoplemadecertainsoundstogowithcertainthings.

Thenyoubegantotrymakingthesoundsyouheard.Andstep-by-stepyouwereabletomaketherightsoundforonething.

Onthatdayyoucametounderstandthesecretoflanguage.Thesecretisthatacertainsoundmeansacertainthing.Onesoundmightbeasgoodasanother.Butitisnogoodasawordunlesseverybodyagreesonitsmeaning.Onlywhenagroupofpeopleusethesamesetofsoundsofthings,cantheyunderstandeachother.ThenandonlythendothesepeoplehaveaLANGUAGE.

Afteryoufoundthesecretoflanguage,youlearnedwords.Someofthewordsmeantthings,suchasBOOKS,CHAIRSandSHOES.Somewordsmeantdoingthings,suchasGOandSWIM,andotherwordsdescribethings,suchasGOODandDIRTY.Soonyoulearnedtoputwordstogethertoexpressyouridea,suchas“Iwanttogooutandplaywithmyfriends.”Thisislanguage.Bymeansoflanguagepeoplecan-communicate.Sowesaylanguagesaremeansofcommunication.

（）1、________canrememberthedaywhen__________.

A.One,hespokehisfirstword

B.Noone,hespokehisfirstword

C.Mostpeople,theyspoketheirfirstwords

D.None,theyspoketheirfirstwords

（）2、Whenyouwerealittlebaby,you.

A.madesoundstoletpeopleknowthatyouwantedtoeat

B.spentmostofyourtimeplayingwithyourparents

C.couldnothearanysoundaroundyou

D.spentmostofyourtimeeating,playingandcrying

（）3、Thesecretoflanguageisthat.

A.onesoundmightbeasgoodasanother

B.peoplecanunderstandeachother

C.acertainsoundisforacertainthing

D.thereisaspecialsoundforeachperson

（）4、Youcouldlearnwords.

A.beforeyouknewwhatthelanguagewas

B.afteryouknewwhatthelanguagewas

C.beforeyouknewthesecretofthelan