Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Although most parents don’t like doing it after a long and exhausting workday, reading bedtime stories does make a positive influence on your child’s emotional and mental health. 1

It helps to develop children’s imagination.

Reading bedtime stories can develop your children’s ability to form pictures or ideas in their mind. A healthy imagination makes their minds work well and teaches them to think quickly yet effectively. 2

It improves children’s language.

Reading also improves your children’s language. 3 They’ll most likely use those words in the stories you read right after they hear them. Listening to many stories helps kids to express their opinions better.

4

Reading books makes people more learned. When children hear the stories you tell, they learn grammar and vocabulary, for example. It helps them be successful in school as they already know a lot from your stories. What’s more, every story has its moral aspect and tells them what’s good and what’s bad.

These reasons leave no chances of doubting whether to read bedtime stories to your children or not. 5 They will thank you in future, I promise.

A. It makes children knowledgeable.

B. It fosters children’s affection for reading.

C. Bedtime stories create just unforgettable moments.

D. They remember most words you say and enlarge their vocabulary.

E. Take a look at the best benefits of it and you’ll never be lazy to do that.

F. They’ll be successful in many aspects thanks to a wonderful imagination.

G. So however tired youare, find time to read bedtime stories to your children.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】F

【3】D

【4】A

【5】G

【解析】

【语篇解读】本文是说明文。给孩子读睡前故事对孩子的未来发展能起到助力作用。

【1】根据上下文可知,空处应填一个承上启下的句子,故选E项。

【2】根据本段的小标题"It helps to develop children’s imagination"可知,本段主要讲的是给孩子读睡 前故事有助于培养孩子的想象力,故选F项。 F项中的"imagination"是关键提示。

【3】根据本段的小标题及D项中的"most words"与空后的"those words"的对应关系可知,空处讲的应 是给孩子读睡前故事在扩大孩子的词汇量方面的作用,故选D项。

【4】根据本段的内容,尤其是第一句"Reading books makes people more learned"可知,本段主要讲的是 给孩子读睡前故事可以使孩子更为博学,故选A项。

【5】根据空后的内容可知,空处的内容旨在劝说父母抽出时间给孩子读睡前故事。故选G项。