Learning is a big part(15) ……….. life. We start learning right away. Babies learn how to walk and say words. They learn from their parents. They learn from their (16) ……….. brothers and sisters. They learn what to eat and to drink. They learn what to do (17) ……….. they are cold. They learn when to sleep. All of these things are learned by watching others. First, a young child watches others, and then, he or she (18) ……….. to do those things. Later, we learn to read. This is the main way we learn about the world when we are in school. We learn about other countries. We learn about animals and plants. We learn about history. Reading (19) ……….. the door to the world of books. Books can teach us about anything. Reading to learn is a very important skill we (20) ……….. at school. We learn how to teach ourselves with books.
But our learning does not stop with books. As we get older, our teachers in school show us another way to learn. This next type of learning is through writing. Did you know that you can learn by writing? We learn more from writing our ideas than from only reading. This is also another way we learn.
15.
A.
at
B.
in
C.
of
16.
A.
younger
B.
older
C.
little
17.
A.
when
B.
what
C.
who
18.
A.
has
B.
finds
C.
tries
19.
A.
closes
B.
opens
C.
brings
20
A.
do
B.
own
C.
Develop

The end

15. B

16. B

17. A

18. C

19. B

20. C

Explanation:

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen