(09·福建)

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