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,   21  all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times   22  his strong-minded grandfather was nearly   23  , he loaded his family into the car and   24  them to see family members in Canada with a   25  , 'There are more important things in life than money.'
    The   26  took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a   27  house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was   28  that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren't   29  , their reaction echoed (共鸣) their great-grandfather's. What they   30  was how warm the people were in the house and how   31  of their heart was accessible.
    Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children   32  hard times. Storytelling expects say the phenomenon reflects a growing   33  in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.
    A university   34  of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids'ability to   35  parents'stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
    The   36  is telling the stories in a way children can   37  . We're not talking here about the kind of story that   38  , '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   39  , and make eye contact (接触) to create 'a personal experience', We don't have to tell children   40  they should take from the story and what the moral is.”
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 依据文章可知,Stephen Guyer的祖父当时破产了,也就是说失去了所有的一切,而且下文的“but did not lose sight of what he valued most”也给出了暗示。
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 此处描述的是Stephen Guyer的祖父当时的境况,故用when,相当于at that time。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 既然是破产了,也就变得身无分文,所以用penniless“身无分文的”。
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 下文提及加拿大的家人,所以用took,带着他们去。
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 下文的“There are more important things in life than money”是一种信念一种想法,所以用belief。
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 根据下文的“echoed (共鸣) their great grandfather's”可知,Stephen Guver给孩子们讲的他祖父的故事产生了新的意义。
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 由下文的“from a more expensive and comfortable one”可知,现在没钱了,理应住的是小房子,形成对比。
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 由富人变成穷人,住房条件发生了天翻地覆的变化,家里面的孩子是否会不适应,这是“父母们所担心的”,所以用worried。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 上文讲的是“让他吃惊的是:孩子们并没有(不适应这种落差)”。下文给出的是孩子们的反应,前后为转折关系,所以选C。
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 从这一段可以看出,孩子们关心的不是住房条件的好坏,而是房子里面的人的温暖程度和大家是否心心相印。故此处用care about“在乎,在意”。
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 how much of their heart was accessible.他们在意的是家人心灵相通的程度。
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 through hard times渡过难关。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 人们对讲家庭故事的兴趣逐渐增强。
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 依据后面的found一词,可以得出这里说的是调查。故用study。
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 上文提及父母给孩子讲故事,这里又说孩子讲故事,所以可以判断出这里是孩子复述父母给他们讲的故事。
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 这里说的是讲故事的技巧:用孩子可以听的方式。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 既然是讲故事,所以孩子就要听,所以用hear。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 下文的“When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow.”这是通常讲故事的开头语,所以这里需用begins。
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 这里说的是讲故事的技巧,讲的故事应该与孩子们的需要相一致。
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 take后缺少宾语,take后面的从句也缺少宾语,故用what。我们不必告诉孩子他们应该从故事中得到什么以及教育意义是什么。