Question

Children find meanings in their old family tales．

When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories 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   6  took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to  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 (共鸣) 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 that 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   14   of 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.

The  16  is 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 uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow.” Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s 19 , and make eye contact (接触) 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．bear  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.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章通过Stephen Guyer给他的三个孩子讲述他们祖父艰苦创业的故事而未引起孩子们的共鸣的例子说明了一个观点：在给孩子们讲故事时，要采用眼神的交流和孩子们易于接受的形式，不要只是一味的讲道理。

1.B 根据后一分句中的动词lose可知此处选B。

2. A 引导定语从句，先行词是times，指时间，也可指物，关系词做从句的状语，用when，选A。

3. C 根据本句中的darkest times可知此处选C。

4. D 由本句中的he loaded his family into the car可以推断出此处选D。

5. D 根据后文的直接引语可以推断出所填词意思是：信念，选D。

6. A 由文章首句可知此处选A。

7. B 根据downsize可知此处选B。

8.D 句子意思是：他担心他15岁的女儿和22岁的双胞胎儿子会沮丧。选D。

9. C 此处用副词，表转折，意思是：而是，选C。

10. B talk about：谈论，讨论；care about：注意，关心；对……感兴趣；write about：写关于…的事；hear about：听说。由句意可知此处选B。

11.A how+ 形容词修饰heart，由其修饰词their可知此处heart是不可数名词，故选A。

12.D 所填介词与hard times构成搭配，意思是：度过艰难时期，选D。

13.C 本句意思是：故事专家们说此现象反映了人们对讲述家庭故事越来越大的兴趣，……。选C。

14.A 根据上下文意思可知此处所填词意思是：研究，选A。

15. B句子意思是：一项大学对于65个有14到16岁孩子的家庭的研究表明：的孩子们复述父辈艰苦故事时，能体验到父辈困境的几率很低。所填词意思是：复述，选B。

16.D 由句子意思可知所填词意思是：技巧，计谋，选D。

17.C 句子意思是：讲这种故事的技巧是用一种孩子们能容忍的方式来讲。选C。

18.C 由后文的直接引语可知这是故事的开头，故此处选C。

19.A 由本句的谓语动词suit可以推断出此处选A。

20.B 所填词引导宾语从句，引导词在从句中做take的宾语，指物，选B。

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