阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
Childrenfindmeaningsintheiroldfamilytales.
WhenStephenGuyer’sthreechildrenweregrowingup,hetoldthemstoriesaboutbowhisgrandfather,abanker,36allinthe1930s,butd idnotlosesightofwhathevaluedmost.Inoneofthedarkesttimes37hisstr ong-mindedgrandfatherwasnearly38,heloadedhisfamilyintothecarand39themtoseefamilymembersinCanadawitha40,“Therearemoreimportantthingsinlifethanmoney.”
The41tookonanewmeaningrecentlywhenMr.Guyerdownsizedtoa42housefromamoreexpensiveandcomfortable one.Hewas43thathischildren,adaughter,15,andtwins,22,wouldbeupset.Tohissurprise,theyweren’t44,theirreactionechoed(共鸣)theirgreat-grandfather’s.Whatthey45washowwarmthepeoplewereinthehouseandhow46oftheirheartwasaccessible.
Manyparentsarefindingfamilystorieshavesurprisingpowertohelpchildren47hardtimes.Storytellingexpectssaythephenomenonreflectsagrowing48intellingtales,evidencedbyariseinastorytellingeventsandfestivals.
Auniversity49of65familieswithchildrenagedfrom14to16foundkids’abilityto50parents’storieswaslinkedtoalowerrateofangerandanxiety.
The51istellingthestoriesinawaychildrencan52.We’renottalkinghereaboutthekindofstorythat53,“WhenIwasakid,Iwalkedtoschooleverydayuphillbothways,barefootinthesnow.”Instead,weshouldchooseastorysuitedtothechild’s54,andmakeeyecontact(接触)tocreate“apersonalexperience”,Wedon’thavetotellchildren55theyshouldtakefromthestoryandwhatthemoralis.”
36.A.missedB.lostC.forgotD.ignored
正确答案:B


