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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】________.
【C2】
选项 A、swift
B、rough
C、short
D、tense
答案A
解析 基于前后句子间的语义逻辑和空格前This的用法，可知主语中心词processing指代understanding words。因此可从faster的语义来判断空格所需形容词的语义，故选A项swift“快速的，敏捷的”。B项rough“粗糙的，未经加工的”不修饰语言处理(processing)。C项short“短暂的”指processing这一行为持续的时间很短。D项tense指身体或神经上的紧张或绷紧。三者的语义均不能对应上句中faster一词，上下文也缺少相关的语义依据。
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