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It only takes ten minutes, but reading your baby a bedtime story could yield benefits for years to come, scientists said today.

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问题     It only takes ten minutes, but reading your baby a bedtime story could yield benefits for years to come, scientists said today. Research shows that children who are【C1】________to a lot are faster at understanding words. This【C2】________processing helps them do better at school— and could【C3】________help them get a good job, have a happy【C4】________and keep on the right side of the law. Psychologist Anne Fernald said that the effects are so【C5】________that talking to children should be【C6】________as importantly as feeding them. And it is never too【C7】________to start.
    Dr Fernald said: "【C8】________you want your kid to do well in school, talk to them【C9】________a baby. If you bring a child into the world, we【C10】________the responsibility for feeding them, keeping them clean and keeping them safe. I think we now have enough scientific evidence to add something else to that list—and that is【C11】________ learning from infancy on. Long before your baby is speaking, it is【C12】________information about language."
    In a series of studies on babies, Dr Fernald showed that there are big differences in how quickly children process words. Speedy processing is important【C13】________ it frees up the brain to think about the next word—or the world【C14】________. Dr Fernald said: "You are building a mind that can conceptualize and【C15】________and think about the past and think about the future." She also showed that children who are【C16】________at understanding words tend to hear more words at home. In her studies, some【C17】________had as few as 600 words a day directly talked to them. To put this in【C18】________, the average adult speaks around 200 words a minute. Other children heard more than 12,000 words.
    Dr Fernald has also shown that children who can quickly process words at the age of two do better at school at the age of eight. Other research has shown that children who do well in【C19】________school are more likely to go onto higher education, get a good job, remain married and stay out of【C20】________.
【C1】
选项 A、listened
B、spoken
C、replied
D、responded
答案B
解析 上句提到，读睡前故事会对婴儿今后的生活带来好处(benefices)。B项spoken代入后，表明多对孩子说话，孩子理解话语的速度就更快，能与上句给婴儿读故事(即说话)相呼应，也能对应本段中的reading、talking等词。A项listened“听”和C项replied“回答”代入后隐含children会说话，但根据上下文语义可知此句中的children是还不会说话的婴儿。D项responded虽可指回应孩子话语之外的行为或动作，但代入后句子语义与文章主题无关。
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