Ans 4

1 is incorrect because the speaker says we only tend to think of people who speak more than one language as being "bright", not that they actually are brighter. 2 is incorrect because the speaker says they often find one language more suitable than another for expressing certain kinds of thoughts and feelings, not that they have difficulty expressing emotions. 3 is incorrect because the writer refers to mental exercise, not physical exercise.

4 is correct because the speaker says: And it's true that we tend to think of people who can speak two or more languages as being bright.

Scripts

It is claimed, by neuroscientists among others, that speaking two or more languages increases cognitive abilities and in some way re-wires the brain, as it were, in a way that positively affects how the brain works. And it's true that we tend to think of people who can speak two or more languages as being bright. Learning a language is, anyway, good mental exercise, not to mention its benefits in introducing you to other peoples and cultures. This is why all school curricula should include at least one compulsory language. Anyone who knows two languages will find thai, in certain circumstances, they compete for position, the vocabulary of one getting in the way of the other. Often bi· or multilingual people find one language more suitable for expressing certain kinds of thoughts or feelings. There is another view on being bilingual, not from a neuroscientist, but from someone whose business involves words and language. Brought up in a bilingual home, speaking Greek and French , and also fluent in English , she is old enough to remember when her native language, Greek, was also in effect two languages. There was the formal, correct form, katharevousa, which was taught and spoken in schools, written in newspapers and books, and so on, and the everyday demotic language you used with your friends. As for her view on bilingualism, she says that you end up with a split personality.