B
Tell a story and tell it well，and you may open wide the eyes of a child，open up lines of communication in a business，or even open people's mind to another culture or race.
People in many places are digging up the old folk stories and the messages in them.For example，most American storytellers get their tales from a wide variety of sources，cultures and times.They regard storytelling not only as a useful tool in child education，but also as a meaningful activity that helps adults understand themselves as well as those whose culture may be very different from their own.
“Most local stories are based on a larger theme，” American storyteller Opalanga Pugh says，“Cinderella (灰姑娘)，or the central idea of a good child protected by her goodness，appears in various forms in almost every culture of the world.”
Working with students in schools，Pugh helps them understand their own cultures and the general messages of the stories.She works with prisoners too，helping them know who they are by telling stories that her listeners can write，direct and act in their own lives.If they don't like the story they are living，they can rewrite the story.Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers.“For every advance in business，”she says，“there is a greater need for communication.” Storytelling can have a great effect on either side of the managerworker relationship，she says.
Pugh spent several years in Nigeria，where she learned how closely storytelling was linked to the everyday life of the people there.The benefits of storytelling are found everywhere，she says.
“I learned how people used stories to spread their culture，” she says，“What I do is to focus on the value of the stories that people can translate into their own daily world of affairs.We are all storytellers.We all have a story to tell.We tell everybody's story.”
[语篇解读] 本文主要讲了讲故事在我们的生活中的作用，不仅有助于人们了解自己也有助于了解他人。
25．What do we learn about American storytellers from Paragraph 2?
A．They share the same way of storytelling.
B．They prefer to tell the stories from other cultures.
C．They learn their stories from the American natives.
D．They find storytelling useful for both children and adults.
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的内容可知，他们不仅把讲故事看作教育孩子的工具，也把它看作帮助成年人的一种有意义的活动。故选D。
答案：D
26．The underlined sentence (Paragraph 4 ) suggests that prisoners can .
A．start a new life B．settle down in another place
C．direct films D．become good actors
解析：句意理解题。根据这一段中的画线句子的前面一句可知，此句表明了人生就是一个故事，当我们重写这个故事时，就是重塑人生。故选A。
答案：A
27．Pugh has practised storytelling with groups of people.
A．2 B．3 C．4 D．5
解析：细节理解题。根据第四段的内容可知。她和“students”，“prisoners”，“managers and workers”这三个群体的人们练习讲故事。她开通了“managers and workers”交流热线帮助他们建立良好的关系，把他们看作一个整体。故选B。
答案：B
28．Pugh thinks that .
A．storytelling is connected with politics
B．storytelling is connected with people's daily life
C．everyone should write his own story
D．everyone should be open to new things
解析：推理判断题。根据最后两段可知，Pugh认为讲故事是和我们的日常生活有关的，我们都是讲故事的人。由此可知选B。
答案：B
