16．Sit-and-listen Game
Games are a good form of teaching or training children as they combine fun with knowledge．They make the teaching or training activities more interesting．They are useful in all fields of teaching and training．
Help your child discover just how much more is going on in the world around them with this listening game．It will also provide a few minutes of peace and quiet in what is probably a very noisy and busy day．A discussion of the sounds you each hear will also assist in language development and an ability to articulate that which was heard．The sit-and-listen game is especially helpful if your child is at the stage of developing language skills：listening，speaking and so on．
Method：This is a very relaxing activity in which you both need to sit still and silent for about 30seconds and just listen to the world around you．You are both trying to hear as many different things as you can，whether they are cars，people，airplanes，water running，the wind in the trees or any other kinds of daily sounds．
After the given time is up，have a chat about what you both could hear．It is a good idea to ask your little ones some open ended questions to promote their language development，such as：
"What were the loudest sounds you heard？"
"What were the closest sounds you heard？"
"How many cars did you hear？"
"How far away do you think that barking dog might live？"
"What sounds did you hear which you did not expect to hear？"
Note：As an extension activity，your child may draw a picture of all the things heard．
24．The sit-and-listen game is intended to developA．
A．your child's language ability
B．your child's imagination
C．your child's patience
D．your child's curiosity
25．During the game，the childC．
A．is given more time than the parent
B．can go and explore outdoors if necessary
C．tries to catch any sound that is going on
D．can ask the parent any question he/she has
26．After a discussion of the sounds，you can ask your childC．
A．to write a diary
B．to dictate the new words learnt
C．to draw a picture of the happenings
D．to imitate the sounds he/she has heard
27．The underlined word"articulate"in the 2nd paragraph probably meansD．
A．imagine
B．ignore
C．write
D．describe．
分析 本文介紹了一個親子互動游戲-sit-and-listen，通過這個游戲可以訓(xùn)練和培養(yǎng)孩子的語言表達(dá)能力．
解答 24．A．事實細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)第二段最后兩句The sit-and-listen game is especially helpful if your child is at the stage of developing language skills：listening，speaking and so on．可知游戲可以發(fā)展孩子的語言技巧，選A項．
25．C．推理判斷題．由第三段This is a very relaxing activity in which you both need to sit still and silent for about 30seconds and just listen to the world around you，你要做的就是坐下靜聽你周圍的聲音，故選C項．
26．C．事實細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)最后一段As an extension activity，your child may draw a picture of all the things heard，你的孩子可以畫出他聽到的事物，可知C項正確．
27．D．猜測詞義題．根據(jù)第四段可知：討論環(huán)節(jié)是父母提問，讓孩子說出或描述所聽到的聲音．該游戲主要是訓(xùn)練和培養(yǎng)孩子的語言表達(dá)能力，故D為正確答案．
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