Question

Children find meanings in their old family tales. 

When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about bow his grandfather, a banker,    36   all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times   37   his strong-minded grandfather was nearly   38    , he loaded his family into the car and   39    them to see family members in Canada with a   40   ,“there are more important thins in life than money. ”

The  41   took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a   42    house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was  43     that his children ,a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t   44      , their reaction echoed （共鳴） their great-grandfather’s. What they   45    was how warm the people were in the house and how  46     of their heart was accessible. 

Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children   47    hard times. Storytelling expects say the phenomenon reflects a growing  48     in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals. 

A university   49    of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to 50   parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety. 

The  51    is telling the stories in a way children can  52     . We’re not talking here about the kind of story that   53    , “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  54    , and make eye contact （接觸） to create “a personal experience”,. We don’t have to tell children

55   they should take from the story and what the moral is . ”

36. A. missed       B. lost     C. forgot  D. ignored

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

44. A. Therefore    B. Besides      C. Instead      D. Otherwise

45. A. talked about     B. cared about      C. wrote about      D. heard about

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

47. A. beyond       B. over     C. behind  D. through

48. A. argument     B. skill   C. interest     D. anxiety

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

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

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

52. A. perform      B. write    C. hear     D. question

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

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

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

Answer 1

36-40 BACDD  41-45 ABDCB  46-50 ADCAB  51-55 DCCAB

解析:

文章通過Stephen Guyer給他的三個(gè)孩子講述他們祖父艱苦創(chuàng)業(yè)的故事而未引起孩子們的共鳴的例子說明了一個(gè)觀點(diǎn)：在給孩子們講故事時(shí)，要采用眼神的交流和孩子們易于接受的形式，不要只是一味的講道理。

36. 根據(jù)后一分句中的動(dòng)詞lose可知此處選B。

37. 引導(dǎo)定語從句，先行詞是times，指時(shí)間，也可指物，關(guān)系詞做從句的狀語，用when，選A。

38. 根據(jù)本句中的darkest times可知此處選C。

39. 由本句中的he loaded his family into the car可以推斷出此處選D。

40. 根據(jù)后文的直接引語可以推斷出所填詞意思是：信念，選D。

41. 由文章首句可知此處選A。

42. 根據(jù)downsize可知此處選B。

43. 句子意思是：他擔(dān)心他15歲的女兒和22歲的雙胞胎兒子會(huì)沮喪。選D。

44. 此處用副詞，表轉(zhuǎn)折，意思是：而是，選C。

45. talk about：談?wù)�，討論；care about：注意，關(guān)心；對(duì)……感興趣；write about：寫關(guān)于…的事；hear about：聽說。由句意可知此處選B。

46. how+ 形容詞修飾heart，由其修飾詞their可知此處heart是不可數(shù)名詞，故選A。

47. 所填介詞與hard times構(gòu)成搭配，意思是：度過艱難時(shí)期，選D。

48. 本句意思是：故事專家們說此現(xiàn)象反映了人們對(duì)講述家庭故事越來越大的興趣，……。選C。

49. 根據(jù)上下文意思可知此處所填詞意思是：研究，選A。

50. 句子意思是：一項(xiàng)大學(xué)對(duì)于65個(gè)有14到16歲孩子的家庭的研究表明：的孩子們復(fù)述父輩艱苦故事時(shí)，能體驗(yàn)到父輩困境的幾率很低。所填詞意思是：復(fù)述，選B。

51. 由句子意思可知所填詞意思是：技巧，計(jì)謀，選D。

52. 句子意思是：講這種故事的技巧是用一種孩子們能容忍的方式來講。選C。

53. 由后文的直接引語可知這是故事的開頭，故此處選C。

54. 由本句的謂語動(dòng)詞suit可以推斷出此處選A。

55. 所填詞引導(dǎo)賓語從句，引導(dǎo)詞在從句中做take的賓語，指物，選B。