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Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story 1 their children. And they must have realized how difficult it is to write a 2 children’s book. Either the author has1)aimedtoo 3 , so that children can’t follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, 4 the story seems to be talking to the readers.

The best children’s books are 5 very difficult nor very simple, and2)satisfythe

6 who hears the story and the adult who 7 it.3)Unfortunately, there are in fact few books like this, 8 the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not 9 to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as 10 of children’s4)literaturewere in fact written for 11 . “Alice in Wonderland” is perhaps the most5)obviousof this.

Children, left for themselves, often 12 the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a 13 and he will more willingly choose the books written in an unimaginative way, or have a look at the most children’s6)comics,full of the stories and jokes which are the7)rejectionsof teachers and righting-thinking parents.

Perhaps we parents should stop 14 to8)brainwashchildren into accepting our taste in literature. After all, children and adults are so 15 that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we'll just have to9)compromiseover the bedtime story.

1. A. to B. in C. with D. around

2. A. short B. long C. bad D. good

3. A. easy B. short C. high D. difficult

4. A. and B. but C. or D. so

5. A. both B. neither C. either D. very

6. A. child B. father C. mother D. teacher

7. A. hears B. buys C. understands D. reads

8. A. but B. however C. so D. because

9. A. hard B. easy C. enough D. fast

10.A. articles B. work C. arts D. works

11. A. grown-ups B. girls C. boys D. children

12. A. are B. show C. find D. add

13. A. school B. home C. office D. library

14. A. going B. liking C. trying D. preferring

15. A. same B. friendly C. different D. common

1) aim [eIm]

用作名詞 (n.) 目標

例句：What is your aim in life?

你的生活目標是什么？

用作動詞(v.) 旨在；瞄準

例句：He aims to be a successful writer.

他的目標是成為一個成功的作家。

2) satisfy [?s?tIsfaI] v. 使?jié)M意；滿足

例句: We always satisfy our customers with good service.

我們總是以良好的服務來滿足顧客。

3) unfortunately [?n?f??t??n?tli] adv. 不幸地；遺憾地

例句：Unfortunately, I missed the last train.

我不幸錯過了末班火車。

4) literature [?lItr?t??(r)] n. 文學；文獻

例句：She is fond of polite literature.

她喜愛風雅文學。

5. obvious[??bvi?s] adj. 明顯的；顯然的

例句：It is obvious that she is very clever.

很明顯，她挺聰明。

6. comic [?k?mIk] n. 連環(huán)圖畫

7. rejection [rI?d?ek?n] n. 拒絕；被棄

例句：Her proposal met with continual rejections.

她的建議一再遭到拒絕。

8. brainwash [?breInw??] v. 對(人)實行洗腦

9. compromise [?k?mpr?maIz]

用作名詞 (n.) 妥協(xié)；折衷

例句：He did it without compromise of his dignity.

他做這事而不損及他的尊嚴。

用作動詞 (v.) 妥協(xié)，和解；讓步

例句：They found it wiser to compromise with her.

他們覺得與她妥協(xié)更明智。

【語篇解讀角】

本文說明了寫一本供孩子讀的好書并非一件容易的事，并且告誡家長不要一味強迫孩子接受大人的觀點，因為孩子和大人在興趣方面不盡相同。本文具有一定的教育意義。

【答案詳析】

1. A。read to somebody 意為“讀給某人聽”，to后面接動作的對象。

2. D。根據(jù)下文可知，存在的困難在于如何把孩子們的書寫好。故選 good。

3. C。書中的內(nèi)容讓孩子們無法理解，說明作者的目標定得高。故選 high。

4. C。與前文either對應，這里應用or?！癳ither…or”意義為“要么……要么……”。

5. B。與下半句的nor 對應，這里應用neither?！皀either…nor…”意為“既不……也不……”。

6. A。satisfy的賓語除了讀故事的成年人以外，當然就是聽故事的孩子。故選child。

7. D。孩子聽的故事越來越少，家長把講故事當成讀故事。故選reads。

8. C。前后兩句形成因果關系，所以應用so引導結果狀語從句。

9. B。上文講好書越來越少，說明去發(fā)現(xiàn)好書并非是容易的事。故選easy。

10. D。名詞 works 意為“作品”。

11. A。根據(jù)后面所舉的例子以及文意，現(xiàn)在被認為是孩子們讀的作品，實際上是為成年人所寫的。故選grown-ups。

12. B。show interest in something 意為“對……感興趣”。

13. D。孩子們選書的地點一般是書店或圖書館。故選library。

14. C。try to do something 意為“設法做某事”，符合當今社會實際情況，為正確選項。

15. C。家長不要期望孩子門會接納他們的觀點，因為兩者大不相同。故選擇different。