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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】________.
【C15】
选项 A、imagine
B、plunge
C、conceive
D、plot
答案A
解析 句中a mind是具有“思考下一个词和思考世界”这一能力的心智。that从句则应表明 mind所能执行的动作。A项imagine“想象”与conceptualize“概念化”是mind具备的功能之一，也与空格后think about有密切的逻辑关系。符合要求。B项plunge“全心投入，跳入”逻辑上的主语不应是mind。C项conceive“构想”指在头脑中形成一种想法并使之发展成可加以实行的概念，但并不是每个人都具备这种思考能力。D项plot作动词时意为“密谋，暗中策划”，语义也不符合句子逻辑要求。
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