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It’s the bedtime ritual every parent dreads—being asked to read the same boo

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问题     It’s the bedtime ritual every parent dreads—being asked to read the same book for the umpteenth(无数次的)time. But while the constant repetition might be mind-numbing for mum or dad, it is the best way for toddlers to learn new words, according to research.     The findings suggest parents are wasting money by spending a【C1】______on huge book collections in the hope they will【C2】______their little ones. Instead, a small selection of favorites such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar or The Gruffalo will achieve far more.
    Dr. Jessica Horst, of the University of Sussex’s Word Lab【C3】______an experiment to check how【C4】______three-year-olds could recognize and recall six new words. The children were visited three times in a week at their homes. One group heard the same story three times in a row each time and another was read three different stories. All had the same amount of new words which appeared the same number of times. When researchers returned a week later, they found the children who heard the same story over and over had【C5】______learned 3.6 of the new words. Those that were exposed to a【C6】______of stories remembered only 2.6.
    They also noted the "repetition" group learned at a【C7】______rate than those in the "diversity" group. Dr. Horst said:"We are showing that less is more, to a point. Obviously, the more times you read to a child and the more books you have will help them. But you don’t need to go【C8】______and buy every single Thomas the Tank Engine book. Reading the same books over and over again helps. "
    Previous studies have found parents spend just 49 minutes doing things with their children each day. One in three don’t read to their children before【C9】______them to bed at night. Yet 30 minutes of one-on-one【C10】______sessions can improve reading age by nearly two years in less than five months.
A)competence F)faster K)obliged
B)crazy G)fortune L)putting
C)declining H)inspire M)quickly
D)definitely I)literacy N)typically
E)devised J)lower O)variety [br] 【C1】
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答案 G
解析 名词辨析题。空格位于及物动词spending后，且前 面有a，因此空格处应填一个可数名词作spending的宾语。结合句意 和by一词可知，spending a——为wasting money的方式，因此 空格所填词和money意思相近，故G)fortune“巨款”符合题意，故为 答案。
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