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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, 1 all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times 2 his strong-minded grandfather was nearly 3 , he loaded his family into the car and 4 them to see family members in Canada with a 5 ,“there are more important thins in life than money. ”
The 6 took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a 7 house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was 8 that his children ,a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t 9 , their reaction echoed （共鸣） their great-grandfather’s. What they 10 was how warm the people were in the house and how 11 of their heart was accessible.
Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children 12 hard times. Storytelling expects say the phenomenon reflects a growing 13 in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.
A university 14 of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to Ks15 parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
The 16 is telling the stories in a way children can 17 . We’re not talking here about the kind of story that 18 , “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 19 , and make eye contact （接触） to create “a personal experience”,. We don’t have to tell children
20 they should take from the story and what the moral is . ”
1. A. missed B. lost C. forgot D. ignored
2. A. when B. while C. how D. why
3. A. friendless B. worthless C. penniless D. homeless
4. A fetched B. allowed C. expected D. took
5. A. hope B. promise C. suggestion D. belief
6. A. tale B. agreement C. arrangement D. report
7. A. large B. small C. new D. grand
8. A. surprised B. annoyed C. disappointed D. worried
9. A. Therefore B. Besides C. Instead D. Otherwise
10. A. talked about B. cared about C. wrote about D. heard about
11. A. much B. many C. little D. few
12. A. beyond B. over C. behind D. through
13. A. argument B. skill C. interest D. anxiety
14. A. study B. design C. committee D. staff
15. A. provide B. retell C. support D. refuse
16. A. trouble B. gift C. fact D. trick
17. A. perform B. write C. hear D. question
18. A. means B. ends C. begins D. proves
19. A. needs B. activities C. judgments D. habits
20. A. that B. what C. which D. whom
语法填空
Little boys 1 play truant(逃学)from school are unimaginative．A quiet day's fishing or eight hours in a cinema 2 (see)the same film over and over again is usually as far as they get．They have all been put to shame by a boy 3 (name)Tomas, who travelled 1600 miles while playing truant．
He hitchhiked(搭便车)to Dover and went into a boat to find somewhere 4 (sleep)in the evening． 5 he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat 6 (travel)to Calais in the meantime．No one noticed the boy as he jumped off．From there he hitch-hiked to Paris in a lorry． 7 driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city．The next car that the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris 8 he hoped, but to Perpignan 9 the French-Spanish border．There he 10 (pick)up by a policeman and sent back to England．He has surely set up a record for the thousands of boys who dream of evading school．
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[1] Imagine walking up to a world where China is the world's leading superpower, astronauts are busy walking on Mars and a brand new political party is ruling the UK? Well, this could be the reality in 13 years if some of the predictions of 100, 000 Britons are correct．
[2] The survey asked the people of the UK how they pictured the world in 2025．
[3] Nearly half believe Prince William will be crowned King of England instead of Prince Charles although one in six think the monarchy(君主制度)will have been abolished．A quarter of those surveyed believe a new party will form the government in 2025, although the same number of people think that Labour will be back in power．
[4] On the world stage 60 per cent think China is set to become the world's leading superpower, while a third think Great Britain will be made up of four self-governed countries．
[5] Meanwhile technology will have come on in leaps and bounds．Four percent are optimistic that there will be a permanent human base on Mars while one in ten expect a colony of humans to be living in space．More than half questioned in the MSN study predict people will watch all their favorite shows via TV sets hooked up to the Internet．Two-thirds believe cosmetic surgery(整容手术)will have become common and one in six think we will look after our own health using computers rather than ________．
[6] But at least we can amuse ourselves with the daily comings and goings of pop singers and reality stars, as more than half think that "celebrity"(明星)will be a registered profession．
1．What is the main idea of the text?(no more than 10 words)
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2．Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?
The British people were questioned about their predictions of the world in 13 years．
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3．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words．(no more than 5 words)
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4．Many people think cosmetic surgery will have become common by 2025．What's your opinion? Please give at least two reasons．(no more than 25 words)
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5．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph three into Chinese．
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语法填空
Each story is different．Some are detailed; others are unclear．Some have a beginning, middle and end; 1 wander without a clear conclusion．Yet all those things do not really matter． 2 matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard-without 3 (interrupt), statement or judgment．Listening to someone's story costs 4 (little)than expensive diagnostic testing but is key to healing and analysis．
I often thought of what a woman once taught me, and I reminded 5 of the importance of stopping, sitting down and 6 (true)listening．
I am a doctor．And, not long after, in 7 unexpected twist(扭伤), I became the patient, with a judgment of numerous sclerosis(细胞壁硬化)at age 31．Now, 20 years later, I sit all the time-in a wheelchair．For as long as I could, I continued to see patients from my chair, 8 I had to quit when my hands 9 (affect)．I still teach medical students and other health care professionals, but now 10 the viewpoint of a physician and patient, I tell them I believe in the power of listening and tell them I know that vast healing takes place within me when someone stops, sits down and listens to my story．
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