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Question 1
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Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
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Question 2
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Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
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Question 3
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Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
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We often think of language as a skill developed and inculcated by humans, akin to punctuality and discipline. However, language is ingrained within the biological makeup of our brains. It is a highly complex, organized, and specialized skill that instinctively develops in a child. In other words, the skill to utilize language for communication does not require a deliberate effort or formal schooling. It is utilized without the user being conscious of its underlying logic. Hence, some behavioural scientists perceive language to be a “mental organ” or a complete “neural system” in itself and that language is a psychological phenomenon akin to instinct, indicating that people know how to talk the way bees know how to collect nectar. The process of nectar collection was not formulated by some super intelligent bee and does not rely on formal instruction or on the particular aptitude for organization. Rather, bees collect nectar because they have “bee” brains that instinctively tell them to collect nectar from ~owers and how to do so. In the animal kingdom, we are the only species that has a skill for communicating information by sound modulations made while exhaling and this skill comes instinctively to us.
The same way nectar collection cannot be “explained” to bees, parents cannot “teach” their children the complexity of language. Neither is it something that can be explained at school. Considering studies that indicate that a pre-schooler’s intuitive knowledge of grammar is more advanced than the most sophisticated grammar manual, and given that language is the outcome of a well-engineered biological faculty, it is clear that language is an instinctive skill that exists in every human being.
The same way nectar collection cannot be “explained” to bees, parents cannot “teach” their children the complexity of language. Neither is it something that can be explained at school. Considering studies that indicate that a pre-schooler’s intuitive knowledge of grammar is more advanced than the most sophisticated grammar manual, and given that language is the outcome of a well-engineered biological faculty, it is clear that language is an instinctive skill that exists in every human being.
1. Based on the information in the passage, which of the following can be said of language?
A. It is a cultural invention made by homo sapiens for the purpose of communicating with each other.
B. It is something that children can be taught by their parents at home.
C. It is taught through formal instructions at school.
D. It is a psychological instinct that we are born with.
E. It is not present in the same capacity in all human beings.
A. It is a cultural invention made by homo sapiens for the purpose of communicating with each other.
B. It is something that children can be taught by their parents at home.
C. It is taught through formal instructions at school.
D. It is a psychological instinct that we are born with.
E. It is not present in the same capacity in all human beings.
2. The main point of the passage says that language is
A. An instinctive ability of humans.
B. Not an innovation of humans.
C. A skill that can sometimes be learnt or taught.
D. An ability that is unique in humans.
E. A skill that is not what it is thought to be.
A. An instinctive ability of humans.
B. Not an innovation of humans.
C. A skill that can sometimes be learnt or taught.
D. An ability that is unique in humans.
E. A skill that is not what it is thought to be.
3. Which of the following can be used as an example to describe language as understood by the author?
A. A spider spinning a web.
B. A dog providing assistance to disabled people.
C. A horse getting trained to participate in a race.
D. A cat being taught to ring a bell when hungry.
E. An ox ploughing the fields.
A. A spider spinning a web.
B. A dog providing assistance to disabled people.
C. A horse getting trained to participate in a race.
D. A cat being taught to ring a bell when hungry.
E. An ox ploughing the fields.
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I will try my thought process to solve question 2.
The question requirement is " main point" for Language.
B&C- Rejected since Author clearly mentioned "Language is instinctive".
D&E- Points have been discussed in passage but it is not main point. AS Language is not what it is thought to be. This was initially discussed at start of passage.
E - This is also partial rather incorrect since Passage says that Humans are capable of modulation. It does not mean other animal can not have their own language.
