Question 23 is based on the passage you have just heard.

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        (22) [Parents often hear that reading to their children is critical for supporting development, and the message is getting through to them.] In fact, in the United States, a little over half of children between the ages of three and five were read to every day in 2007, and 83% of children in that age group in the same country were read to three or more times per week in 2012. This is good news, because reading to young children helps their language and brain development. In fact, (23) [recent research has found that both the quality and quantity of shared book reading in infancy predicted later childhood vocabulary and reading skills.] In other words, the more time parents spend reading, the greater the developmental benefits in their four-year-old children. This is an important finding, but does it matter what books parents read? A new study has investigated this question. It followed infants across the second six months of life, and found that (24) [when parents showed babies books that had faces or objects with specific labels, they learned more.] This is in contrast to books that did not name images or books that had the same label under each image. Books that named different characters also promoted greater learning. So, what does this mean for parents? Not all books are created equal, (25) [so parents need to choose the books they share with their children with great care.] 

23. What can predict children’s reading skills, according to recent research? （根据最近的研究，什么能预示孩子的阅读能力？）

解析：C。录音中间部分提到，最近有研究发现，在幼儿时期，亲子共读书籍的质量和数量都能预示孩子后期的词汇量和阅读能力。C项与此相符，其中的in infancy原词复现，The number and quality of books parents read to them是对录音中the quality and quantity of shared book reading的同义替换，故C项为正确答案。

错项排除：录音中虽然提到了four-year-old children，但这个细节与题目无关，故排除A项。B项中的The speed of their brain development在录音中未提及，故排除。录音中没有提到父母与孩子玩耍的信息，故排除D项。