Question

Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story ____ their children. And they must know how difficult it is to write a ____ children’s book. If the meaning of the book is too difficult, children can’t ____ what is in the story, and the story ____ to talk to the writers themselves. The best children’s books are neither(既不)very difficult nor(也不)very ____, and they can interest the ____ who hears the story and the adult(成人)who reads it. ____, there are in fact ____ books like this, we can hardly choose a good one. The problem of finding the right bedtime story is not ____ to solve. This may be why many of the books thought to be children’s literature(文学)were in fact written for ____. Alice in Wonderland is perhaps one of this, adults enjoy it better than children.

Children sometimes show the ____ interest in literature. Just ____ a child in a bookshop or a library and he will be more willing to ____ the books which are full of the stories, pictures and jokes. Of course parents and teachers won’t like that. Maybe parents should stop ____ to brainwash(洗脑)children into accepting our taste in literature. After all, children and adults are so different that we parents should not ____ that they will enjoy the same books.

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

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

3.A. follow    B. keep    C. remember    D. mind

4.A. likes    B. enjoys    C. seems    D. plans

5.A. bored    B. simple    C. important    D. interested

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

7.A. Luckily    B. Unluckily    C. Unlucky    D. Lucky

8.A. few    B. a little    C. little    D. a few

9.A. easy    B. difficult    C. enough    D. impossible

10.A. children    B. writers    C. boys    D. grown-ups

11.A. worst    B. most    C. farthest    D. educational

12.A. bring    B. leave    C. take    D. organize

13.A. decide    B. choose    C. point    D. believe

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

15.A. expect    B. surprise    C. trust    D. common

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.C

15.A

【解析】文章大意：大多数家长都曾经有过给孩子们睡觉前讲故事的经历，并且都意识到选一本适合孩子的书是多么的不容易，儿童读物的作者要么立意过高，超过了孩子们的理解范围，要么只适合读者阅读。在本文中作者就儿童读物问题进行了详细的阐述。

1.考查介词辨析。A. to到、向；B. in在…里面；C. with用；D. around围绕。read to somebody意为“读给某人听”，to后接动作的对象，故答案选A。

2.考查形容词辨析。A. short短的；B. long长的；C. bad坏的；D. good好的。根据下文可知，存在的困难在于如何把孩子们的书写好，故答案选D。

3.考查动词辨析。A. follow跟随、领会；B. keep保持；C. remember记住；D. mind介意。根据句意可知是如果这本书的意思太难的话，孩子们就不能理解故事里的内容，结合选项，可知A符合题意，故答案选A。

4.考查动词辨析。A. likes喜欢；B. enjoys享受；C. seems好像；D. plans计划。根据句意“这个故事似乎是在和作家们交谈”可知C选项符合题意，故答案选C。

5.考查形容词辨析。A. bored无聊；B. simple简单；C. important重要；D. interested感兴趣的。根据下文让读故事的成年人产生兴趣，可知本句的句意应为“最好的儿童读物既不困难也不能太简单”，故答案选B。

6.考查名词辨析。A. child孩子；B. father爸爸；C. mother妈妈；D. teacher老师。interest的宾语除了读故事的成年人以外，当然就是听故事的孩子，故答案选A。

7.考查副词辨析。A. Luckily幸运地；B. Unluckily不幸地；C. Unlucky不幸的；D. Lucky幸运的。分析题干可知这里应填一个副词形式，由下文“事实上很少有这样的书，我们很难选一本好书”，可知B选项符合题意，故答案选B。

8.考查形容词辨析。A. few几乎没有；B. a little一点；C. little几乎没有；D. a few一些。根据上文内容可知作者认为找一本适合给孩子们讲的故事书不容易，再根据Unluckily可知此处用否定词，few修饰可数名词，little修饰不可数名词，故答案选A。

9.考查形容词辨析。A. easy容易的；B. difficult困难的；C. enough充足的；D. impossible不可能的。上文讲到好书很少，我们很难选择一本好书；说明找到合适的睡前故事的问题并不容易解决，故答案选A。

10.考查名词辨析。A. children孩子；B. writers作家；C. boys男孩；D. grown-ups成年人。根据后面所举的例子以及文意，可知现在被认为是孩子们读的作品，实际上是为成年人写的。故答案选D。

11.考查形容词的比较等级。A. worst最坏的；B. most最多的；C. farthest最远的；D. educational教育的。根据下文所举的例子以及本句的句意，可知孩子们有时表现出对文学最坏的兴趣，故答案选A。

12.考查动词辨析。A. bring带来；B. leave离开、留下；C. take拿走；D. organize组织。联系下文的语境可知是把孩子留在书店或图书馆，所以B选项符合题意，故答案选B。

13.考查动词辨析。A. decide决定；B. choose选择；C. point指向；D. believe相信。根据下文the books which are full of the stories, pictures and jokes.可知是孩子更愿意去“选择”那些充满故事、图片和笑话的书，故答案选B。

14.考查动词辨析。A. going去；B. liking喜欢；C. trying尝试；D. preferring宁愿。根据后面to get children into accepting our taste in books we read给孩子们洗脑，让他们接受我们在文学方面的品味，以及前面stop doing sth停止做某事，应该是停止尝试让孩子和我们的口味一样，故答案选C。

15.考查动词辨析。A. expect期待、期望；B. surprise惊奇；C. trust信任；D. common普通。根据前面children and adults are so different儿童和成人是如此不同，所以“父母不应该期望他们和家长一样喜欢同样的书”，故答案选A。