Question

完形填空  先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

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 good children’s book. Either the author 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 are ________ very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy the child who hears the story and the adult who reads it. Unfortunately, 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 works of children’s literature were in fact written for ________ . “Alice in Wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious（明显）of this.

Children, left for themselves, often ________  the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a library 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 over the bedtime story.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：大多数父母都有给孩子读床头故事的经历。所以我们肯定已经意识到写一本好的儿童读物有多难。或许是作者写得太深，孩子们听不懂，或者是故事本身好像是在和读者谈话。毕竟孩子和成年人是不同的，我们的父母不应该期望他们会喜欢相同的书籍。

1.A考查介词及语境理解。句意：大多数父母都有过给孩子读睡前故事的经历。 to到；in在……里；with和；around在周围。read a story to sb给某人读故事，所以选A。

2.C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：要么是作者的目标定得太高。easy容易的；short短的； high高的；difficult困难的。此处是说目标定得太高，应选high，所以选C。。

3.C考查连词及语境理解。句意：要么是作者的目标定得太高，要么故事似乎是与读者交谈。and和；but但是；or或者；so所以。根据前面的either可推知该选C，either…or或者……或者，要么……要么。

4.B考查连词及语境理解。句意：最好的孩子的书是既不非常困难也不很简单。both两者都； neither两者都不；either；两者中的任何一者；very很。Neither…nor既不……也不，是一个固定搭配，所以选B。。

5.C考查连词及语境理解。句意：所以找到合适的睡前故事的问题不是容易解决的。but但是； however然而；so所以；because因为。得出结论所以找一本合适的睡前故事这个难题不易解决，所以选C。

6.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：所以找到合适的睡前故事的问题不是容易解决的。hard困难的；easy容易的；enough足够的；fast快的。根据句意结合语境可知该用easy，所以选B。

7.A考查名词及语境理解。句意：这些作品实际上是给成年人看的。grown-ups成年人；girls女孩；boys男孩； children孩子们。根据下文“许多孩子不愿看这一类的儿童文学作品”，可知这些作品实际上是给成年人看的，因此选A。

8.B考查动词及语境理解。句意：孩子们往往表现出对文学作品的最糟的兴趣。are是；show展示，展现；find找到，发现；add增加。依据后文interest可知该用show，所以选B。

9.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：也许我们的父母应该停止尝试给儿童洗脑。going去；liking喜欢；trying尝试； preferring更喜欢。根据句意结合语境可知该选C。

10.毕竟孩子与成人有区别或不同。same同样的；friendly友好的；different不同的；common普通的。根据句意结合语境可知该选C。

考点：日常生活类短文。