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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】________.
【C12】
选项 A、demanding
B、repeating
C、accepting
D、absorbing
答案D
解析 主语it指代句中的baby一词，故空格处动词应说明婴儿在学会说话之前，对information about language(语言信息)的反应。文章首段提到给孩子读睡前故事、跟孩子说话交流可让孩子理解词语的速度更快，故推断孩子在很小的时候就可受到语言的熏陶。D项absorbing“吸收”代入后，句子语义符合语篇要求。A项demanding“要求，需要”的主语是人时表示该人提出的强烈要求或命令，但本句的主语婴儿并不能发出此类要求。B项repeating“重复”代入后指早在孩子会说话，这不符常理。C项accepting“接受”指内心的同意和赞许，语义也不符合句子逻辑。
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