阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中

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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项）。
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,   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 things in life than money”.
The   6   took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to  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 that family stories have surprising power to help children
  12   hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing   13    in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in storytelling events and festivals.
A university   14    of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to 15   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.

A．missed B．lost C．forgot D．ignored

A．when B．while C．how D．why

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

A．fetched B．allowed C．expected D．took

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

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

A．large B．small C．new D．grand

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

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

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

A．much B．many C．little D．few

A．beyond B．over C．behind D．through

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

A．study B．design C．committee D．staff

A．provide B．retell C．support D．refuse

A．trouble B．gift C．fact D．trick

A．perform B．write C．bear D．question

A．means B．ends C．begins D．proves

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

A．that B．what C．which D．whom

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