第二节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1. 5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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 things 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