1. V Vocabulary. According to research, children whose parents display family photographs in the home grow up with greater confidence and sense of belonging,
1) Why does this happen? For questions 1-14, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
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Photography displayed in the home makes
children feel valued and gives them a rich un-
derstanding of their (1)L. A survey, ques-
tioning 1,000 parents, found that 78 per cent
of Britons (2) between one and fifteen
pictures of their family around the home.
Those who have been (3) - without photos
in the home do not usually display any of their
own children. Most of them had a favourite
photo and of those, 58 per cent said it was
with family members, and 45 per cent
said it (5) __them of a happy time. They say,
"When we look at photographs, we (6)
how we felt when that picture was taken.
Photographs do not let us forget about the
(7) moments in our life. When we look at the photos of a family (8) and see
the beloved house in the (9) —, we feel the atmosphere and seem to hear the (10)
of the people we love with all your heart." Professor Geoff Beattie, Head of School and
Dean of Psychological Sciences says, "We can't but (11) — the power of photographs to
us feeling linked to others. Looking at photographs is part of the socialising pro-
cess for children, learning their (13) — and where they fit into the family." Photographs
are a very important way of (14) a family together and connecting with our sense of
self and with times gone by.
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