题型：阅读选择 题类：真题 难易度：普通
浙江省杭州市2021年中考英语真题试卷
When do children start to talk? If you ask a group of parents when this happened, most will say "around twelve months of age". They will probably even remember what the children said. Many parents keep a diary of their child's "first words"
We can never predict what a first word is going to be. Often it's the name for "mummy" or "daddy", but it could just as easily be the word for an animal or a favorite toy. Everything depends on what has most caught the child's attention. But one thing is certain: after the first word, others come quickly. By 18 months, most children have learned about 50 words. By two, the total has risen to around 200.
Early words are actually one-word sentences. One of the first features（特征）of language a child learns well is to control the rise and fall of the voice to make the difference between stating and questioning. In English, daddy with a high rising tone（声调）means "is that daddy?" Daddy with a high falling tone means "There's daddy". Of course, only very basic meanings can be communicated using tones alone. So it soon becomes necessary to learn some grammar.
In English, grammar means learning to put words in different orders. Children have to see that mummy push is different from push mummy. They start practising such changes at around 18 months. By two, they have learned the basic patterns of word order, and we hear them saying such things as man kick ball and where daddy go.
What are the parents doing all his time? They're acting as teachers and they always have an active role to play in their child's language learning.
Have you read non-fiction (非故事类) books? They tell us facts about nature or science. They are important to read for your personal development, so let's spend some time learning how to read a non-fiction book in a quick and interesting way!
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试题篮
Table of contents shows a list of big ideas and where to find them. Readers can find the topic they want quickly by looking at it. It also offers readers a clear summary and organization of the contents in a book. It will be useful to check it before reading. 
A glossary includes some difficult and special words that have to do with the topic and their explanations. Looking at these explanations may help you to understand the words and contents better. 
Captions are the extra information right under pictures, maps, and charts. They are usually read after you know the words and contents well. They help you to build a deeper understanding of the information. 