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 has aimed (定目標) too __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, and satisfy(令人滿意的) the __6__ who hears the story and the adult(成年人) who __7__ it. Unfortunately(不幸的是), 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’s literature(文學) were in fact written for __11__ “Alice in Wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious(明顯)of 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 (并非想象的 ) way, or have a look at the most children’s comics(連環(huán)圖書), full of the stories and jokes which are the rejections of teachers and righting-thinking parents.Perhaps we parents should stop __14__ to brainwash(洗腦)children into accepting(接受)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 to compromise(妥協(xié))over the bedtime story.1. A. to B. in C. with D. around2. A. short B. long C. bad D. good3. A. easy B. short C. high D. difficult4. A. and B. but C. or D. so5. A. both B. neither C. either D. very6. A. child B. father C. mother D. teacher7. A. hears B. buys C. understands D. reads8. A. but B. however C. so D. because9. A. hard B. easy C. enough D. fast10.A. articles B. work C. arts D. works11. A. grown-ups B. girls C. boys D. children12. A. are B. show C. find D. add13. A. school B. home C. office D. library14. A. going B. liking C. trying D. preferring15. A. same B. friendly C. different D. common參考答案1. C。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. “either…or” 意義為“要么……要么……”。5. B。與下半句的nor 對應，這里應用neither。 “ neither…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. B。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. A。show interest in something 意為“對……感興趣”。13. B。孩子們選書的地點一般是書店或是圖書館。故選library。14. D。try to do something 意為“想法設法做某事”，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。