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
31. J 32. G 33. B 34. I 35. E
36. A 37. K 38. F 39. D 40. H
