第23题: [单项选择]Language, like food, is a basic human need without which a child at a critical period of life might be ______ and damaged. A. starved B. stunned C. shocked D. segregated 参考答案:A 答案解析:starve使挨饿。句意:语言像食品,是人的基本需要。没有它,孩子在关键时期就会挨饿,身心会受到损害。B.stun使……大吃一惊;C. shock使震惊;D.segregate使分离,使隔离。