题目

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Bedtime stories are one of the delights of early childhood. But according to
Dr Julie Spreadbury from Queensland University, parents should not __61  up reading to their children __62 they enter primary school. She says listening to, reading and discussing the stories help children"s __63 .
“My __64 indicates that once children can read themselves, most parents stop reading__65 them，”Dr Spreadbury says.
“__66 may be at the end of Year 1, which is far too__67 .”
Dr Spreadbury says __68 reading not only gives children a good start at school, but brings parents and their children closer.
“This makes it __69 for them to open up and talk to parents about things that are worrying them, or things they are __70 in their everyday life.”
61. A. speed         B. keep           C. give         D. hold
62. A. after         B. until           C. if           D. unless
63. A. thinking      B. comprehension   C. relaxation    D. development
64. A. theory        B. research        C. story        D. decision
65. A. about         B. from          C. to           D. through
66. A. Some          B. Most          C. They         D. That
67. A. difficult       B. early          C. much         D. informal
68. A. daily         B. healthy         C. fast         D. bedtime
69. A. easier         B. funnier         C. rarer        D. clearer
70. A. reading       B. promising       C. celebrating   D. Receiving

答案

60---70   CBDBC   DBDAC  

解析

61.所给四个动词都可以和up连用。A项speed up“加速”；B项keep up“保持”；C项give up“放弃”；D项hold up“举起，抬起，使停顿”。根据全文大意，父母不应放弃讲(读)故事，而不是父母不应该保持讲(读)故事。答案为C。 
62.本空所给的选项都是连词，把握语篇的行文逻辑。前面should后有not，若用not…after不合题意。not…if放在此空意思也不合适；unless本身就是“if not”，放在这里再与not搭配，含义也不对。而B项与句中的not构成“not… until直到……才”符合大意。答案为B。
63.A项thinking“思想，思考”；B项comprehension“理解，理解为”；C项relaxation“放松、休息”；而D项development“发展，发育，成长，开发”，包含了A、B、C三项的内容，全面地概括了A、B、C。答案为D。 
64.此句的后部分是一个结论，根据逻辑应是调查研究后方能得出结论。A项theory“理论，学说，揣测”；C项story“故事，经历，报道”与D项decision“决定，决心，决议”均为不符合文意。答案为B。 
65.本题考查介词。A项read about意为借助阅读发现某人某事物的情况；B项read from接的是读的内容；C项read sth to sb go through(wrotten or printed words etc)silently or aloud to others给某人读，默读，朗诵(文字)等；D项read through“读完，从开头到结尾看完。”根据语篇大意，此句表达的是讲(读)故事给孩子听。答案为C。 
66.本题考查代词。用that指上一段的“… once children can read themselves, most parents stop reading to them”。答案为D。 
67.此句中which引导非限制性定语从句，which指代主句表述的事情。对此事作者表达了自己的观点。答案为B。 
68.本文的主题就是bedtime stories。答案为D。
69.把握住语篇大意。this应指bedtime stories。it指代“for them to open up … life”。B项funnier“更可笑，更有趣”；C项rarer“更稀有，更罕见的，更不寻常的”；D项clearer“更清澈的，更洁净的”。B、C、D三项都不符合行为的逻辑和作者要表达的内容。答案为A。
70.句中“…things that are worrying them, or things they are…”的连词or连接的两个句子成分在意义上是相反的。前句表述了“worrying”的事，后句表述快乐的事。答案为C。