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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 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 （共鳴） 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（接觸） 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
