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* 本题备选项需点击原文空格处获取，在列表上点选即可。 In families with two working parents, fathers may have more impact on a child's language development than mothers, a new study suggests. Researchers (1)_____ 92 families from 11 child care centers before their children were a year old, interviewing each to establish income, level of education and child care arrangements. Overall, it was a group of well-educated middle-class families, with married parents both living in the home. When the children were 2, researchers videotaped them at home in free-play sessions with both parents, (2)_____ all of their speech. The study will appear in the November issue of The Journal of Applied Development of Psychology.The scientists measured the (3)_____ number of utterances (话语) of the parents, the number of different words they used, the complexity of their sentences and other (4)_____ of their speech. On average, fathers spoke less than mothers did, but they did not differ in the length of utterances or proportion of questions asked. Finally, the researchers (5)_____ the children's speech at age 3, using a standardized language test. The only predictors of high scores on the test were the mother's level of education, the (6)_____ of child care and the number of different words the father used. The researchers are (7)_____ why the father's speech, and not the mother's, had an effect. "It's well (8)_____ that the mother's language does have an impact," said Nadya Pancsofar, the lead author of the study. “It could be that the high-functioning mothers in the study had (9)_____ had a strong influence on their children's speech development,” Ms. Pancsofar said, "or it may be that mothers are (10)_____ in a way we didn't measure in the study."

* 本题备选项需点击原文空格处获取，在列表上点选即可。    In families with two working parents, fathers may have more impact on a child's language development than mothers, a new study suggests.    Researchers (1)_____ 92 families from 11 child care centers before their children were a year old, interviewing each to establish income, level of education and child care arrangements. Overall, it was a group of well-educated middle-class families, with married parents both living in the home.    When the children were 2, researchers videotaped them at home in free-play sessions with both parents, (2)_____ all of their speech. The study will appear in the November issue of The Journal of Applied Development of Psychology.The scientists measured the (3)_____ number of utterances (话语) of the parents, the number of different words they used, the complexity of their sentences and other (4)_____ of their speech. On average, fathers spoke less than mothers did, but they did not differ in the length of utterances or proportion of questions asked.    Finally, the researchers (5)_____ the children's speech at age 3, using a standardized language test. The only predictors of high scores on the test were the mother's level of education, the (6)_____ of child care and the number of different words the father used.    The researchers are (7)_____ why the father's speech, and not the mother's, had an effect.    "It's well (8)_____ that the mother's language does have an impact," said Nadya Pancsofar, the lead author of the study. “It could be that the high-functioning mothers in the study had (9)_____ had a strong influence on their children's speech development,” Ms. Pancsofar said, "or it may be that mothers are (10)_____ in a way we didn't measure in the study."

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recruited╎recording╎total╎aspects╎analyzed╎quality╎unsure╎established╎already╎contributing

解析

步骤 1：理解研究背景
研究人员从11个托儿中心招募了92个家庭，这些家庭的孩子在1岁之前。他们采访了每个家庭，以确定收入、教育水平和儿童保育安排。总体来说，这是一组受过良好教育的中产阶级家庭，父母都是已婚且同住的家庭。
步骤 2：研究方法
当孩子2岁时，研究人员在家中录制了他们与父母的自由玩耍时段，记录了他们的所有对话。科学家们测量了父母的总话语数量、他们使用的不同单词数量、句子的复杂性以及其他语言特征。
步骤 3：研究结果
在平均情况下，父亲比母亲说话少，但在话语长度或提问比例上没有差异。最后，研究人员使用标准化语言测试在孩子3岁时分析了他们的语言能力。测试中高分的唯一预测因素是母亲的教育水平、保育质量以及父亲使用的不同单词数量。
步骤 4：研究结论
研究人员不确定为什么父亲的语言，而不是母亲的语言，会产生影响。Nadya Pancsofar，该研究的主要作者说：“众所周知，母亲的语言确实有影响。”“可能是研究中的高功能母亲已经对孩子的语言发展产生了强烈影响，或者可能是母亲以我们研究中未测量的方式做出了贡献。”