外刊改编语法百日填空题Day 9-Day 10 -2025届高三英语上学期一轮复习专项.docx

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Children’sreading:agiftthatshouldbeforall

From:TheGuardian

Anxietiesaboutchildrenandreading?arenotunusual,butnewsthatfewerthanhalfofthoseagedbetweeneightand18admittoactuallyenjoyingit–the_____1_____(low)levelsince2005–shouldraisea?redflag.?Thesurvey,conductedbytheNationalLiteracyTrustaheadofWorldBookDaylastThursday,alsorevealedaworryingpictureofgrowinginequality.

Onein10of3,000parentsandcarersinterviewedacrosstheUKsaidtheywere?toostressedtoreadtotheirchildbecauseofeconomicpressures,doublingtonearlyoneinfiveamongthosewhodescribedthemselvesas?struggling?financially.Meanwhile,20%saidtheywerespendinglessonbooksfortheirchildrenasaresultofthecostoflivingcrisis,risingto36%amongthoseinfinancialdifficulty.

Thisgap_____2______(throw)into?sharprelief?bysalesdataforthelastyear,releasedbymarketanalystsNielsenBookScan,whichrevealeda15%increaseintheoverallnumberofchildren’sbookssoldcomparedwith2019,thoughthatnumberhasfallenbackby1.2%inthefirstmonthsofthisyear.Ifpoorerfamiliesarespendinglessofthe￡445minvestedinchildren’sreading,itfollowsthatricheronesmustbeinvestingmore.

TheWorldBookDaysurveywasnotalldoomandgloom:itquotedgovernmentdatashowingthatreadinglevelsroseslightlyinprimaryschoolsbetween2019and2022.Butsuccessingettingachildto?jumpthroughhoops?at10or11isonlyasmallpartof?_____3______(equip)?thatchildtobecomeahappyandwillingreader,withallthebenefitsthatreadinghabitsareknowntobring.

Sowhatistobedone?Atatimeoffinancialstress,librarieshaveakeyroletoplay.Awelcomesignthattheyaredoingsocamewithborrowingfiguresforlastyear.Forthefirsttimein14years,achildren’sauthor–JuliaDonaldson,_____4______(create)ofTheGruffalo–toppedthelendingch