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Children find meanings in their old family tales.

When Stephen Guyer's three children were growing up, he told them sto?ries about how his grandfather, a banker, 1 all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times 2 his strong-minded grandfather was nearly 3， he loaded his family into the car and 4  them to see family members in Canada with a 5 ， "There are more important things in life than money."

  The 6took on a new meaning recently when Mr Guyer downsized to a 7 house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was 8 that his children, a daughter, 15， and twins, 22， would be upset. To his surprise, they weren't 9  ； their reaction echoed(共鳴)their great grandfather's.

     What they 10 was how warm the people were in the house and how 11 of their heart was accessible.

Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children 12  hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing 13 in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in storytelling events and festivals.

A university 13of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids' ability to 15  parents' stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.

    The16is telling the stories in a way children can 17 . We're not talking here about the kind of story that 18 , "When I was a kid, I walked to school every day up hills both ways, barefoot in the snow. " Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child's 19 ， and make eye contact (接觸)to create "a personal experience". We don't have to tell children 20 they should take from the story and what the moral is.

1.    A. missed                          B. lost

C.  forgot                           D. ignored

2.   A. when                          B. while
C.  how                             D. why

3.   A. friendless                      B. worthless
C. penniless                           D. homeless

4.   A. fetched                     B. allowed
C.  expected                         D. took

5.   A. hope                        B. promise
C.   suggestion                      D. belief

6.   A. tale                       B. agreement
C.  arrangement                      D. report

7.   A. large                       B. small
C.  new                           D. grand

8.   A. surprised                     B. annoyed
C.  disappointed                      D. worried

9.   A. therefore                     B. besides
C.   instead                         D. otherwise

 10.   A. talked about                  B.  cared about

C.  wrote about                     D.  heard about

11.   A. much                         B. many
C.  little                           D. few

12.   A. beyond                       B. over

C.  behind                        D, through

13.   A. argument                        B. skill

C.  interest                      D. anxiety

14.   A. study                     B. design
C.  committee                      D. staff

15.   A. provide                     B. retell
C. support                      D. refuse

16.   A. trouble                      B. gift
     C.fact                            D. trick

     17. A. perform                      B. write

   C.  hear                            D. question

18.   A. means                     B.  ends
    C. begins                       D.  proves

19.   A. needs                    B.  activities
   C. judgments                      D.  habits

20.  A. that                    B.  what
   C.which                       D.  whom

Answer 1

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1. B根據(jù)下文中的動詞lose可知，答案為B。

2.A 引導(dǎo)定語從句，先行詞是times ，指時間，關(guān)系詞作從句的狀語，用when,故答案為A„

3. C

4. D 由本句中的"…h(huán)e loaded his family into the car..."可以推斷,答案為D。

5.D 根據(jù)后文的直接引語可以推斷出，所填詞意思為"信念"，故答案為0。

6.A 由文章首句可知，答案為A。

7.B

8.D 句意：他擔心他15歲的女兒和22歲的雙胞胎會沮喪。

9.C 此處用副詞，表示轉(zhuǎn)折，意思是"相反"。

10 B  talk about談?wù)�，討論；care about注意，關(guān)心，對.. 感興趣；write about寫關(guān)于. 的事；hear about
聽說。由語境可知答案為B。

11. A "how +形容詞"修飾heart，由其修飾詞their以及后面的謂語was可知，此處heart是不可數(shù)名詞，故答案為A。

12D 所填介詞與hard times構(gòu)成搭配，意為"度過艱難時期"，故答案為0。

13. C

14 A 根據(jù)上下文意思可知，此處意為"研究"，故答案為A。

15. B 句意：一項大學對于65個有14歲到16歲孩子的家庭的研究表明：能復(fù)述父母故事的孩子們不易發(fā)怒和

焦慮。

16.D 由下文可知，此處指使故事達到預(yù)期效果的"技巧， 計謀"，故答案為D。

17.C 句意:講這種故事的技巧是用一種孩子們能聽下去的方式來講。

18.C 由后文的直接引語可知，這是故事的開頭，故答案為C。

19. A

20. B 所填詞引導(dǎo)賓語從句，引導(dǎo)詞在從句中作take的賓語，故答案為3。