Bedtime stories are one of the delights of early childhood. But according to
Dr Julie Spreadbury from Queensland University, parents should not __61  up reading to their children __62 they enter primary school. She says listening to, reading and discussing the stories help children's __63 .
“My __64 indicates that once children can read themselves, most parents stop reading__65 them，”Dr Spreadbury says.
“__66 may be at the end of Year 1, which is far too__67 .”
Dr Spreadbury says __68 reading not only gives children a good start at school, but brings parents and their children closer.
“This makes it __69 for them to open up and talk to parents about things that are worrying them, or things they are __70 in their everyday life.”
61. A. speed         B. keep           C. give         D. hold
62. A. after         B. until           C. if           D. unless
63. A. thinking      B. comprehension   C. relaxation    D. development
64. A. theory        B. research        C. story        D. decision
65. A. about         B. from          C. to           D. through
66. A. Some          B. Most          C. They         D. That
67. A. difficult       B. early          C. much         D. informal
68. A. daily         B. healthy         C. fast         D. bedtime
69. A. easier         B. funnier         C. rarer        D. clearer
70. A. reading       B. promising       C. celebrating   D. Receiving

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61.所給四個動詞都可以和up連用。A項speed up“加速”；B項keep up“保持”；C項give up“放棄”；D項hold up“舉起，抬起，使停頓”。根據(jù)全文大意，父母不應(yīng)放棄講(讀)故事，而不是父母不應(yīng)該保持講(讀)故事。答案為C。 
62.本空所給的選項都是連詞，把握語篇的行文邏輯。前面should后有not，若用not…after不合題意。not…if放在此空意思也不合適；unless本身就是“if not”，放在這里再與not搭配，含義也不對。而B項與句中的not構(gòu)成“not… until直到……才”符合大意。答案為B。
63.A項thinking“思想，思考”；B項comprehension“理解，理解為”；C項relaxation“放松、休息”；而D項development“發(fā)展，發(fā)育，成長，開發(fā)”，包含了A、B、C三項的內(nèi)容，全面地概括了A、B、C。答案為D。 
64.此句的后部分是一個結(jié)論，根據(jù)邏輯應(yīng)是調(diào)查研究后方能得出結(jié)論。A項theory“理論，學(xué)說，揣測”；C項story“故事，經(jīng)歷，報道”與D項decision“決定，決心，決議”均為不符合文意。答案為B。 
65.本題考查介詞。A項read about意為借助閱讀發(fā)現(xiàn)某人某事物的情況；B項read from接的是讀的內(nèi)容；C項read sth to sb go through(wrotten or printed words etc)silently or aloud to others給某人讀，默讀，朗誦(文字)等；D項read through“讀完，從開頭到結(jié)尾看完�！备鶕�(jù)語篇大意，此句表達的是講(讀)故事給孩子聽。答案為C。 
66.本題考查代詞。用that指上一段的“… once children can read themselves, most parents stop reading to them”。答案為D。 
67.此句中which引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，which指代主句表述的事情。對此事作者表達了自己的觀點。答案為B。 
68.本文的主題就是bedtime stories。答案為D。
69.把握住語篇大意。this應(yīng)指bedtime stories。it指代“for them to open up … life”。B項funnier“更可笑，更有趣”；C項rarer“更稀有，更罕見的，更不尋常的”；D項clearer“更清澈的，更潔凈的”。B、C、D三項都不符合行為的邏輯和作者要表達的內(nèi)容。答案為A。
70.句中“…things that are worrying them, or things they are…”的連詞or連接的兩個句子成分在意義上是相反的。前句表述了“worrying”的事，后句表述快樂的事。答案為C。
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