Question

    Why do children need to read at least 20 minutes a day? Read it and you’ll know.

Reading is “brain food”

Reading will improve many of the areas of the brain. Your eyes look at the words on the page. Your memory connects the words with what you already know about the story. Reading provides one of the most complex(复杂的) brain activities in life.

Reading improves listening skills

The experience of being read to helps children develop good listening skills. Through reading they can know how to pronounce(发音) and learn new words to add to their vocabularies and connect written words to the things in their real world.

Reading prepares children for school

In this way children are expected to come into school with high scores. There is a strong relationship(关系) between a child’s ability to read and her scores, because the result of our studying depends on our abilities to read, children must have strong reading skills to get success in school.

Reading improves relationships in your family

Because we are busy, it is difficult to have enough time with our family. 20 minutes’ reading together each day provides this important time. There is nothing more wonderful than having the whole family together while reading wonderful books.

The 1. for Reading Books
Reading is the 2. of your brain	When you read, your brain will be improved by 3. the words you see with your knowledge about the 4.
Reading improves 5. skills	You can learn pronunciation and vocabulary.
Reading gets children 6. for school	Your score also 7. on your reading ability. Reading can make children 8. at school.
Reading improves relationships in your family	Family members are difficult to get 9. because we are busy. So, it’s important to 10. 20 minutes reading with family members every day.

Answer

1.Reasons

2.food

3.connecting

4.story

5.listening

6.ready

7.depends

8.successful

9.together

10.spend

【解析】

文章介绍的是为什么孩子每天至少要20分钟的阅读。介绍了读书的好处：阅读是补脑食品，读书可以改善听力，阅读可以为儿童入学打下基础，阅读可以改善家人之间的关系。

1.根据文中Why do children need to read at least 20 minutes a day? Read it and you’ll know. 为什么孩子们每天至少要读20分钟？读一读你就会知道。可知文章介绍的是孩子们每天至少要阅读20分钟的原因，英语中“原因”是reason，而文中指出的很多个原因，所以这里应该填复数形式，故答案为reasons。

2.根据文中列举的好处的第一条Reading is “brain food” 读书是“脑粮”可知读书时补脑食品，所以这里缺的是food，故答案为food。

3.根据文中Your eyes look at the words on the page. Your memory connects the words with what you already know about the story. 你的眼睛看着纸上的字。你的记忆把这些单词和你已经知道的故事联系起来。可知在你阅读的时候，大脑会把你看到的是文字和记忆中已经知道的事联系起来，英语中“联系”是connect，空格是放在介词by后面，所以这里应该用ing形式，故答案为connecting。

4.根据文中Your memory connects the words with what you already know about the story. 你的记忆把这些单词和你已经知道的故事联系起来。可知这里是会把和你已经知道的故事连起来，所以这里应该填“故事”，英语是story，故答案为story。

5.根据文中列举的好处二Reading improves listening skills阅读提高听力。可知读书可以改善听力，英语中“听力”是listening，故答案为listening。

6.根据文中Reading prepares children for school读书使孩子们为上学做好准备可知，读书可以为儿童入学打下基础，get ready for= prepare for表示“为……做好准备”，所以这里应该填的是ready，故答案为ready。

7.根据文中because the result of our studying depends on our abilities to read因为我们学习的结果取决于我们的阅读能力。可知学习在很大程度上取决于自己的阅读能力，所以说你的成绩取决于你的阅读能力，“依靠”是depend on，而句中主语是Your score单数名词，所以动词要用三单形式，故答案为depends。

8.根据文中children must have strong reading skills to get success in school. 孩子们必须有很强的阅读能力才能在学校取得成功。可知想要在学习上取得好成绩，孩子必须要有很强的阅读能力，也就是说阅读可以让孩子在学习方面很成功，英语中“成功的”是successful，这里是结构“使某人……”，英语结构是make sb+adj，所以这里直接用形容词，故答案为successful。

9.根据文中Because we are busy, it is difficult to have enough time with our family. 因为我们很忙，很难有足够的时间和家人在一起。可知因为忙碌，家人很难相聚，所以这里缺的是“在一起”，英语是get together，故答案为together。

10.根据文中20 minutes’ reading together each day provides this important time. 每天在一起读20分钟的书可以提供这个重要的时机。可知家人每天一起阅读20分钟是很重要的，空格前是to，所以这里直接用动词原形，故答案为spend。