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		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/1.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-01.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Language is a system that people use to communicate, or share information. Language includes speaking, writing and making gestures, or body movements. Early human ancestors initiated the use of spoken language several million years ago, and humans began writing about 5,000 years ago. Language made it possible for human societies to develop.]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Language is a system that people use to communicate, or share information. Language includes speaking, writing and making gestures, or body movements. Early human ancestors initiated the use of spoken language several million years ago, and humans began writing about 5,000 years ago. Language made it possible for human societies to develop.]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-01.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="AUDIO_REPOS/right.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/1.1.jpg" rationale="Right" value="1" choicesay="Language is a system that people use to communicate or share information Language includes speaking writing and making gestures or body movements Early human ancestors initiated the use of spoken language several million dollar years ago and humans began writing about 5000 years ago Language made it possible for human societies to develop"><![CDATA[Language is a system that people use to communicate, or share information. Language includes speaking, writing and making gestures, or body movements. Early human ancestors initiated the use of spoken language several million years ago, and humans began writing about 5,000 years ago. Language made it possible for human societies to develop.]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/2.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question2.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-02.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Humans are born with the ability to understand language. Without any formal training, children learn to speak by listening to other people's speech. Other forms of language, such as writing and sign language, must be taught.]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Humans are born with the ability to understand language. Without any formal training, children learn to speak by listening to other people's speech. Other forms of language, such as writing and sign language, must be taught.]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-02.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="AUDIO_REPOS/right.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/2.1.jpg" rationale="Right" value="1" choicesay="Humans are born with the ability to understand language Without any formal training children learn to speak by listening to other people's speech Other forms of language such as writing and sign language must be taught"><![CDATA[Humans are born with the ability to understand language. Without any formal training, children learn to speak by listening to other people's speech. Other forms of language, such as writing and sign language, must be taught.]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question3.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-03.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[The most basic part of language is a sound. Sounds are the foundation of language. Sounds can be combined into words, words can be combined into sentences, and so on.]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[The most basic part of language is a sound. Sounds are the foundation of language. Sounds can be combined into words, words can be combined into sentences, and so on.]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-03.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="AUDIO_REPOS/right.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/3.1.jpg" rationale="Right" value="1" choicesay="The most basic part of language is a sound Sounds are the foundation of language Sounds can be combined into words words can be combined into sentences and so on"><![CDATA[The most basic part of language is a sound. Sounds are the foundation of language. Sounds can be combined into words, words can be combined into sentences, and so on.]]></answer>
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		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/4.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question4.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-04.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Every language has several types of words, the most basic of which are nouns and verbs. Nouns represent people, places, things, and ideas, and verbs describe action.]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Every language has several types of words, the most basic of which are nouns and verbs. Nouns represent people, places, things, and ideas, and verbs describe action.]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-04.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="AUDIO_REPOS/right.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/4.1.jpg" rationale="Right" value="1" choicesay="Every language has several types of words the most basic of which are nouns and verbs Nouns represent people places things and ideas and verbs describe action"><![CDATA[Every language has several types of words, the most basic of which are nouns and verbs. Nouns represent people, places, things, and ideas, and verbs describe action.]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/5.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question5.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-05.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Every language has its own rules of grammar as well. These rules control the order of words in a sentence, which is what gives the sentence meaning.]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Every language has its own rules of grammar as well. These rules control the order of words in a sentence, which is what gives the sentence meaning.]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-05.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="AUDIO_REPOS/right.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/5.1.jpg" rationale="Right" value="1" choicesay="Every language has its own rules of grammar as well These rules control the order of words in a sentence which is what gives the sentence meaning"><![CDATA[Every language has its own rules of grammar as well. These rules control the order of words in a sentence, which is what gives the sentence meaning.]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/6.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question6.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-07.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Not all languages are spoken, of course. In sign language, hand movements represent letters, words and sentences. Many people who use spoken language also communicate through gestures. For example, in many countries, nodding the head up and down means "yes."]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Not all languages are spoken, of course. In sign language, hand movements represent letters, words and sentences. Many people who use spoken language also communicate through gestures. For example, in many countries, nodding the head up and down means "yes."]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-07.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="AUDIO_REPOS/right.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/6.1.jpg" rationale="Right" value="1" choicesay="Not all languages are spoken of course In sign language hand movements represent letters words and sentences Many people who use spoken language also communicate through gestures For example in many countries nodding the head up and down means "yes""><![CDATA[Not all languages are spoken, of course. In sign language, hand movements represent letters, words and sentences. Many people who use spoken language also communicate through gestures. For example, in many countries, nodding the head up and down means "yes."]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/7.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question7.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-08.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[There are thousands of languages throughout the world, and some are spoken by millions of people. Mandarin Chinese, English and Spanish are the most widely spoken languages in the world.]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[There are thousands of languages throughout the world, and some are spoken by millions of people. Mandarin Chinese, English and Spanish are the most widely spoken languages in the world.]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-08.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="AUDIO_REPOS/right.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/7.1.jpg" rationale="Right" value="1" choicesay="There are thousands of languages throughout the world and some are spoken by million dollars of people Mandarin Chinese English and Spanish are the most widely spoken languages in the world"><![CDATA[There are thousands of languages throughout the world, and some are spoken by millions of people. Mandarin Chinese, English and Spanish are the most widely spoken languages in the world.]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/8.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question8.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-09.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Most countries have a standard language so that citizens can understand each other. Some countries have more than one standard language. Canada, for example, has two standard languages: English and French.]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Most countries have a standard language so that citizens can understand each other. Some countries have more than one standard language. Canada, for example, has two standard languages: English and French.]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-09.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="AUDIO_REPOS/right.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/8.1.jpg" rationale="Right" value="1" choicesay="Most countries have a standard language so that citizens can understand each other Some countries have more than one standard language Canada for example has two standard languages: English and French"><![CDATA[Most countries have a standard language so that citizens can understand each other. Some countries have more than one standard language. Canada, for example, has two standard languages: English and French.]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/9.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question9.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-10.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Many languages are related. People who study languages group related languages together. English, German and Swedish belong to the Germanic group, while French, Spanish and Italian are called Romance languages. The Slavic language family of eastern Europe includes Russian and Polish. Chinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family of Asia.]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Many languages are related. People who study languages group related languages together. English, German and Swedish belong to the Germanic group, while French, Spanish and Italian are called Romance languages. The Slavic language family of eastern Europe includes Russian and Polish. Chinese belongs to the Sino Tibetan language family of Asia.]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-10.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="AUDIO_REPOS/right.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/9.1.jpg" rationale="Right" value="1" choicesay="Many languages are related People who study languages group related languages together English German and Swedish belong to the Germanic group while French Spanish and Italian are called Romance languages The Slavic language family of eastern Europe includes Russian and Polish Chinese belongs to the Sino Tibetan language family of Asia"><![CDATA[Many languages are related. People who study languages group related languages together. English, German and Swedish belong to the Germanic group, while French, Spanish and Italian are called Romance languages. The Slavic language family of eastern Europe includes Russian and Polish. Chinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family of Asia.]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/10.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question10.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-12.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[At times people need to speak with others who do not know their language. For example, Europeans who came to the Americas hundreds of years ago needed a way to speak with Native Americans. They spoke using a simplified mixture of their languages. These mixtures are called pidgin languages. When a pidgin language replaces the original language of the group, it is called a creole language.]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[At times people need to speak with others who do not know their language. For example, Europeans who came to the Americas hundreds of years ago needed a way to speak with Native Americans. They spoke using a simplified mixture of their languages. These mixtures are called pidgin languages. When a pidgin language replaces the original language of the group, it is called a creole language.]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-12.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="AUDIO_REPOS/right.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/10.1.jpg" rationale="Right" value="1" choicesay="At times people need to speak with others who do not know their language For example Europeans who came to the Americas hundreds of years ago needed a way to speak with Native Americans They spoke using a simplified mixture of their languages These mixtures are called pidgin languages When a pidgin language replaces the original language of the group it is called a creole language"><![CDATA[At times people need to speak with others who do not know their language. For example, Europeans who came to the Americas hundreds of years ago needed a way to speak with Native Americans. They spoke using a simplified mixture of their languages. These mixtures are called pidgin languages. When a pidgin language replaces the original language of the group, it is called a creole language.]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/11.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question11.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-13.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Even people who share the same language may develop different ways of speaking. People in different parts of a country may pronounce words differently or use local expressions. These varieties of the same language are called dialects.]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Even people who share the same language may develop different ways of speaking. People in different parts of a country may pronounce words differently or use local expressions. These varieties of the same language are called dialects.]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-13.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="AUDIO_REPOS/right.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/11.1.jpg" rationale="Right" value="1" choicesay="Even people who share the same language may develop different ways of speaking People in different parts of a country may pronounce words differently or use local expressions These varieties of the same language are called dialects"><![CDATA[Even people who share the same language may develop different ways of speaking. People in different parts of a country may pronounce words differently or use local expressions. These varieties of the same language are called dialects.]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/12.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question12.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-14.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Languages often blur together. Countries have borders, but languages and dialects do not. One language may borrow words from another language. Many English speakers use such words as pajamas (from Hindi), pasta (from Italian), karate (from Japanese) and fiesta (from Spanish).]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Languages often blur together. Countries have borders, but languages and dialects do not. One language may borrow words from another language. Many English speakers use such words as pajamas (from Hindi), pasta (from Italian), karate (from Japanese) and fiesta (from Spanish).]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-14.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="AUDIO_REPOS/right.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/12.1.jpg" rationale="Right" value="1" choicesay="Languages often blur together Countries have borders but languages and dialects do not One language may borrow words from another language Many English speakers use such words as pajamas from Hindi pasta from Italian karate from Japanese and fiesta from Spanish"><![CDATA[Languages often blur together. Countries have borders, but languages and dialects do not. One language may borrow words from another language. Many English speakers use such words as pajamas (from Hindi), pasta (from Italian), karate (from Japanese) and fiesta (from Spanish).]]></answer>
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	<question>
		<phrase isaudiomp3="1" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/13.0.mp3"></phrase>
		<question isaudiomp3="1" rationale="0" picture="images/question13.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-15.mp3" exercise_type="" questionmode="" choicemode="" answerbankid="" answerbankmode="" rationalemode="" playonload="" mp3speed="" ttsspeed="" passage="1" show_passage="" show_passage_audioplayer="" passage_audio_type="" showvideo="" video="" enable_audio_recorder="" recorder_mode=""><![CDATA[Languages grow and change as people use them. People create new words all the time, and they often shorten existing words, too. For example, "cellular phone" was shortened to "cell phone."]]></question>
		<saythis><![CDATA[Languages grow and change as people use them. People create new words all the time, and they often shorten existing words, too. For example, "cellular phone" was shortened to "cell phone."]]></saythis>
		<answer isaudiomp3="1" picture="images/c1.jpg" mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/3307-15.mp3" isrationalemp3="1" rationalemp3="AUDIO_REPOS/right.mp3" rationaleimage="images/rationale/13.1.jpg" rationale="Right" value="1" choicesay="Languages grow and change as people use them People create new words all the time and they often shorten existing words too For example "cellular phone" was shortened to "cell phone""><![CDATA[Languages grow and change as people use them. People create new words all the time, and they often shorten existing words, too. For example, "cellular phone" was shortened to "cell phone."]]></answer>
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