Question

    Now at some level, all moms and dads know they shouldn't yell at kids. But if you don't _______or talk angrily, how do you discipline（管教）？

For thousands of years, the Inuit have _______ an ancient tool： storytelling. Designed to improve kids’ behaviors and sometimes _______ save their lives, oral stories are passed down from one _______ to the next. For example, how do you teach kids to _______ the ocean? Instead of _______, “Don't go near the water!” Inuit parents take a unique _______ and tell kids a special story about what's inside the water. _______, those stories seemed to me too scary for little children. And my initial reaction was to _______ them. But my opinion changed after I watched my own daughter's response to ________ tales——and after I learned more about humanity’s complex relationship with storytelling.

Oral storytelling is what's known as a human ________. For tens of thousands of years, it has been a key way that parents teach children about values and how to ________. Modern hunter-gatherer groups use ________ to teach sharing, respect for others and conflict avoidance. With the Agta, a hunter-gatherer population of the Philippines’ good storytelling skills are ________ more than hunting skills or medicinal knowledge.

Today many parents outsource their oral storytelling to screens, which also ________ . We learn best through things that are ________ to us. And stories, by their ________ , can have lots of things in them that are much more interesting in a way that bare ________ don't. Stories with a dash of danger ________ kids like magnets （磁石）. And they turn a tension-ridden activity like disciplining into a ________ interaction. So don't discount the playfulness of storytelling.

1.A.answer B.defend C.scold D.stare

2.A.run into B.relied on C.dealt with D.applied for

3.A.still B.only C.never D.even

4.A.generation B.season C.destination D.point

5.A.stay away from B.look forward to C.face up to D.put up with

6.A.recommending B.begging C.yelling D.questioning

7.A.contribution B.introduction C.opportunity D.approach

8.A.At least B.At first C.In addition D.For example

9.A.dismiss B.subscribe C.remember D.prove

10.A.familiar B.personal C.similar D.humorous

11.A.universal B.right C.form D.feeling

12.A.differ B.calculate C.change D.behave

13.A.toys B.stories C.videos D.experiments

14.A.affected B.blamed C.distributed D.prized

15.A.declines B.works C.exists D.ends

16.A.important B.available C.interesting D.obvious

17.A.purpose B.size C.nature D.side

18.A.prediction B.imagination C.performances D.statements

19.A.consist of B.pull in C.pay off D.turn down

20.A.playful B.careful C.doubtful D.painful

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.D

15.B

16.C

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了因纽特人管教孩子的独特方式——讲故事。

1.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是如果你不责骂或者生气地说话，你如何管教？A. answer回答；B. defend防御，辩护；C. scold责骂；D. stare凝视。根据上一句中“they shouldn't yell at kids”可知，管教孩子时父母会责骂孩子，对他们大吼。故选C项。

2.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：几千年以来，因纽特人一直依靠一种古老的方法：讲故事。A. run into撞上；B. relied on依靠，依赖；C. dealt with处理；D. applied for申请。根据“For thousands of years”可知，几千年以来，因纽特人“依靠”讲故事这种方法。故选B项。

3.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：为改善孩子的行为而设计，有时甚至能挽救他们的生命，口头故事从一代传给下一代。A. still仍然；B. only仅仅；C. never从不；D. even甚至。“improve kids’ behaviors”与“save their lives”是递进关系，所以此处指“甚至”。故选D项。

4.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：为改善孩子的行为而设计，有时甚至能挽救他们的生命，口头故事从一代传给下一代。A. generation一代人；B. season季节；C. destination目的地；D. point点，观点。根据上文“For thousands of years”及“passed down from one ___4___ to the next”可知，口头故事被一代代地传递下去。故选A项。

5.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：例如，你如何教孩子远离海洋？A. stay away from远离；B. look forward to期望；C. face up to面对；D. put up with忍受。根据下文“Don't go near the water!”可知，此处是指“远离”海洋。故选A项。

6.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：不是大喊：“不要靠近水！”，因纽特人的父母采用一种独特的方法，给孩子讲一个故事，关于水里面有什么。A. recommending推荐；B. begging乞求，乞讨；C. yelling吼叫；D. questioning质问。根据文章第一段第一句“all moms and dads know they shouldn't yell at kids”及空后“Don't go near the water!”可知，因纽特人的父母不会像其他父母那样对孩子大吼“不要靠近水”，而是给孩子讲故事。故选C项。

7.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：不是大喊：“不要靠近水！”，因纽特人的父母采用一种独特的方法，给孩子讲一个故事，关于水里面有什么。A. contribution贡献；B. introduction介绍；C. opportunity机会；D. approach方法，方式。根据空后“tell kids a special story about what's inside the water”可知，因纽特人的父母采用一种独特的“方法”，与上文中“tool”同义。故选D项。

8.

考查固定短语辨析。句意：起初，我认为这些故事对孩子来说太吓人了。A. At least至少；B. At first起初，首先；C. In addition另外；D. For example例如。根据下文“my initial reaction”及“But my opinion changed after…”可知，“起初”作者认为这些故事对孩子来说太吓人，后来改变了看法。故选B项。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我初始的反应是不理会它们。A. dismiss解散，不理会；B. subscribe订阅，捐款；C. remember记得；D. prove证明。根据“those stories seemed to me too scary for little children”可知，作者认为故事不适合孩子，初始反应是“不理会”它们。故选A项。

10.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但是在我看了自己的女儿对类似故事的反应后，我的看法改变了。A. familiar熟悉的；B. personal个人的；C. similar类似的；D. humorous幽默的。此处指与上文提到的“类似的”故事。故选C项。

11.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：口头讲故事是人类共有的特质。A. universal一般性，共有的特质；B. right权利；C. form形式；D. feeling感觉。根据下文“For tens of thousands of years, it has been a key way…Modern hunter-gatherer groups use…”可知，口头讲故事是人类几千年来共有的特质。故选A项。

12.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：几千年以来，它是父母教导孩子价值观和行为举止的关键方法。A. differ使不同；B. calculate计算；C. change改变；D. behave表现，举止。根据“parents teach children about values”可知，此处指父母教导孩子的行为举止，故选D项。

13.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：现代的以狩猎为生的群体使用故事来教授分享，尊重别人和避免冲突。A. toys玩具；B. stories故事；C. videos录像，视频；D. experiments实验。本段第一句提到“Oral storytelling is what's known as a human ___11___.”此处是描述讲故事在现代以狩猎为生的群体中的运用。故选B项。

14.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：菲律宾以狩猎为生的人口的讲故事技能比狩猎技能和医疗知识更受重视。A. affected影响；B. blamed责备；C. distributed分配；D. prized重视。根据上文“Modern hunter-gatherer groups use ___13___ to teach sharing, respect for others and conflict avoidance.”可知，他们更“重视”讲故事的技能。故选D项。

15.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：如今很多父母把口头讲故事外包给大荧幕，这也起作用。A. declines下降；B. works起作用；C. exists存在；D. ends结束。此处表示“起作用”。故选B项。

16.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：通过对我们来说有趣的事情，我们能学的最好。A. important重要的的；B. available可得到的；C. interesting有趣的；D. obvious明显的。根据下一句中“much more interesting”可知，此处指“有趣的”。故选C项。

17.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：故事，通过它们的本质，可以有很多更有趣的事情，是直白的叙述所没有的。A. purpose目的；B. size尺寸；C. nature天性，本质；D. side边，侧面。此处指故事“本质上”包含了很多事情。故选C项。

18.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：故事，通过它们的本质，可以有很多更有趣的事情，是直白的叙述所没有的。A. prediction预测；B. imagination想象；C. performances表演；D. statements叙述。此处与“stories”形成对比，表示直白的“叙述”。故选D项。

19.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：有一点危险的故事像磁石一样吸引孩子。A. consist of由……组成；B. pull in吸引，（车）进站；C. pay off还清；D. turn down拒绝，调低。根据“like magnets”可知，此处指“吸引”孩子。故选B项。

20.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：它们把像管教之类的紧张的活动变得轻松好玩。A. playful嬉戏的，好玩的；B. careful仔细的，小心的；C. doubtful怀疑的；D. painful痛苦的。根据下一句中“playfulness of storytelling”可知，讲故事寓教于乐，将管教变得轻松好玩。故选A项。