Question

Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story _____their children. And they must have realized how difficult it is to write a _____children’s book. Either the writer has aimed too _____, so that children can’t follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, ____ the story seems to be talking to the readers.

The best children’s books should be _____very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy the _____who hears the story and the adult who_____ it. Unfortunately(不幸的是), there are in fact few books like this,_____ the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not _____ to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as _____of children’s literature were in fact written for ________ ― “Alice in Wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious of this.

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

Perhaps we parents should stop _____ to brainwash(洗脑)children into accepting our taste in literature. After all, children and adults are so _____that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise(妥协)over 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

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.B

11.A

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.C

【解析】

短文大意：本文关注的是儿童读物问题。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，要么只适合成人阅读，反映出儿童和成人世界的不同，提出应该在睡前故事中妥协的观点。

1.句意：我想，大多数父母都有和孩子一起阅读睡前故事的经历。考查介词辨析题。with their children做后置定语，with表伴随；根据句意语境，可知选C。

2.句意：他们一定意识到写一本好的儿童读物是多么困难。考查形容词辨析题。A. short短的；B. long长的；C. bad坏的；D. good好的。根据how difficult it is，结合句意语境，可知good合乎句意，故选D。

3.句意：要么作者的目标太高，以至于孩子们听不懂他的故事，要么这个故事似乎在和读者交谈。考查形容词辨析题。A. easy容易的；B. short矮的；C. high高的；D. difficult困难的。aim瞄准，根据下文so that children can’t follow what is in his story,，可知high符合句意，故选C。

4.句意：要么作者的目标太高，以至于孩子们听不懂他的故事，要么这个故事似乎在和读者交谈。考查连词辨析题。either…or表示两者择一的，固定表达；根据句意语境，可知选C。

5.句意：最好的儿童读物既不难也不简单，能使听故事的孩子和读故事的成年人满意。考查连词辨析题。neither…nor，既不……也不，固定结构；根据句意语境，可知选B。

6.句意：最好的儿童读物既不难也不简单，能使听故事的孩子和读故事的成年人满意。考查名词辨析题。and连接并列结构，根据下文and the adult who reads it.，可知前面叙述的是儿童的情况，故选A。

7.句意：最好的儿童读物既不难也不简单，能使听故事的孩子和读故事的成年人满意。考查动词辨析题。根据上文the child who hears the story，结合句意语境，可知read符合句意，故选D。

8.句意：不幸的是，事实上很少有这样的书，所以找到正确的睡前故事的问题是不容易解决的。考查连词辨析题。A. but但是，表转折；B. however然而，用于转折；C. so所以，表因果（前因后果式）；D. because因为，表原因，前果后因式。本句是结果状语从句，需用so连接；根据句意语境，可知选C。

9.句意：不幸的是，事实上很少有这样的书，所以找到正确的睡前故事的问题是不容易解决的。考查形容词辨析题。A. hard难的；B. easy简单的；C. enough足够的 ；D. fast快的。not表否定，根据句意语境，可知easy符合句意，故选B。

10.句意：这也许就是为什么许多被认为是儿童文学作品的书实际上是为成年人写的。考查名词辨析题。work of children’s literature儿童文学作品，work需用单数，固定词组；根据句意语境，可知选B。

11.句意：这也许就是为什么许多被认为是儿童文学作品的书实际上是为成年人写的。考查名词辨析题。根据句意语境，可知girls、 boys和 children都和句意重复，grown-ups成年人，故选A。

12.句意：为自己留下的儿童往往是对文学最不感兴趣的人。考查动词辨析题。be interest in对…有兴趣；主语Children是复数人称，系词需用are；根据句意语境，可知选A。

13.句意：只是把孩子留在书店或家中，他会更乐意选择那些缺乏想象力的书。考查名词辨析题。A. school学校；B. home家；C. office办公室；D. library图书馆。and连接并列结构，根据in a bookshop，可知in a home符合句意，故选B。

14.句意：也许我们的父母应该停止洗脑，让孩子接受我们对文学的喜爱。考查动词辨析题。go/like/try to do，意为“去/喜欢/努力做某事”；prefer to更喜欢；根据句意语境，可知prefer to brainwash children更符合父母的做法，故选D。

15.句意：毕竟，儿童和成人是如此不同，我们父母不应该期望他们会喜欢相同的书籍。考查形容词辨析题。A. same相同的；B. friendly友好的；C. different不同的；D. common普通的。根据短文内容，结合句意语境，可知成人和儿童的想法大不一样，故选C。