Passage 3  (09·福建) 完形填空

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 （共鸣） 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 （接触） 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 

答案  36.B  37.A  38.C  39.D  40.D  41.A   42.B  43.D  44.C  45.B  46.A  47.D  48.C  49.A  50.B  51.D   52.C  53.C  54.A  55.B