Young Readers, Tomorrow's Leaders?
A new study has good news for kids with strong reading skills. Such kids will have high intelligence as they get 31____. They will have a bright future.
The study included 1, 890 twins who did reading tests at 32____ of 7 and 12, and an intelligence test at 16. The twins had the same genes and home environment. Therefore, the 33____ between them had to be due to factors that they did not 34.____. For example, one had a better teacher than the other. Some kids did better on the reading 35____ than their twin brother or sister. They 36____ did better on the intelligence test. The reading skills 37____ to enhanced intelligence were evident by age 7. This shows that reading skills can 38____ a child's intellectual development.
The study also helps to 39____ the differences among kids in the same family. They share genes, 40____ conditions and parents. But they can be different in intelligence.
A. also
B. differences
C. only
D. explain
E. tests
F. affect
G. ages
H. living
I. share
J. older
K. related
L. interested
【正确答案】：31. J 32. G 33. B 34. I 35. E
36. A 37. K 38. F 39. D 40. H
【题目解析】：31. get older长大
32. at ages of 在...岁
33. the differences between ....之间的差异
34. 助动词did后面要接实义动词的原形，因此只有选项DFI符合，根据句意：他们之间的差异一定是由于他们没有共同的因素造成的。也可根据文章最后的“share genes"可知。
35. reading tests阅读测试
36. also意为“也”。
37. related to与...相关
38. 情态动词can后面接动词原形，根据语境只有选项F affect 影响符合。
39. help to do sth.帮助做某事，根据语境此处该表达的是帮助解释同一个家庭的孩子之间的差异，故选D explain 解释。
40. living conditions居住条件，生活环境
