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___ 7 and 12, and an intelligence test at 16. The twins had the same genes (基因) 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.