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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 how his grandfather, a banker,   __21  all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times  22  his strong-minded grandfather was nearly   23  , he loaded his family into the car and   24    them to see family members in Canada with a   25   ,“there are more important things in life than money. ”

The  26  took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a   27   house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was   28   that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t.    29     ,their reaction echoed （共鸣） their great-grandfather’s. What they   30   was how warm the people were in the house and how  31    of their heart was accessible.  

Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children   32   hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing    33     in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.

A university  34   of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to   35   parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.

The    36   is telling the stories in a way children can    37   . We’re not talking here about the kind of story that    38   , “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   39    , and make eye contact to create “a personal experience”, We don’t have to tell children   40  they should take from the story and what the moral is. ”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. A. perform                      B. write                        C. hear                         D. question Ks5

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

39. A. needs                       B. activities                   C. judgments                D. habits Ks5u

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

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