1、语言朋友(68)阅读理解Traditional fairytales are being abandoned by parents because they are too scary for their young children, a study found.Research revealed one in five parents has ditched old classics such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Rapunzel in favour of more modern books.One third of parent
2、s said their children have been left in tears after hearing the horrible details of Little Red Riding Hood.And nearly half of mothers and fathers refuse to read Rumplestiltskin to their kids as the themes of the story are kidnapping and execution.Similarly, Goldilocks and The Three Bears was also a
3、tale likely to be left on the book shelf as parents felt it forgives stealing.The survey of 2，000 adults was conducted to mark the launch of the hit US drama GRIMM, which starts tonight at 9 pm on Watch, and sees six episodes based on traditional fairytales.The poll found a quarter of parents polled
4、 wouldnt consider reading a fairytale to their child until they had reached the age of five, as they prompt too many awkward questions from their offspring.Steve Hornsey, General Manager of Watch, said “Bedtime stories are supposed to soothe children and send them off to sleep soundly.But as we see
5、in GRIMM, fairytales can be dark and dramatic tales so its understandable that parents worry about reading them to young children.”“As adults we can see the innocence in fairytales, but a fiveyearold with an over active imagination could take things too seriously.Despite the dark nature of classic f
6、airytales, as we see in GRIMM, good will triumph over evil and there is always a moral to the story.”The study also found two thirds of mums and dads try to avoid stories which might give their children nightmares.However, half of parents said traditional tales are more likely to have a strong moral
7、 message than a lot of modern kids books, such as The Gruffalo, The Hungary Caterpillar and The Mr.Men books.解题导语：研究发现，一些父母不在睡前给孩子讲经典的童话故事，因为他们担心里面阴暗恐怖的情节会给孩子带来不好的影响。1Why dont some parents want to read Rumplestiltskin to their kids?ARumplestiltskin is too long.BRumplestiltskin is too difficult.CRump
8、lestiltskin forgives stealing.DRumplestiltskin may have bad influence on Children.解析：细节理解题。根据第二段“nearly half of mothers and fathers refuse to read Rumplestiltskin to their kids as the themes of the story are kidnapping and execution.”可知父母担心它们会给孩子带来不好的影响，故选D。答案：D2We can learn from paragraph 3 that GR
9、IMM is _.Aa fairytales bookBa movie for childrenCa play loved by childrenDa drama based on traditional fairytales解析：推理判断题。根据第四段“But as we see in GRIMM, fairytales can be dark and dramatic tales”可知选D。答案：D3The underlined word “soothe” in paragraph 4 can be replaced by_Aput down Bcalm downCtake down Dc
10、ome down解析：词义猜测题。根据后面的“send them off to sleep soundly”可以猜出是“使人安静”的意思，故选B。答案：B4Which of the following may Steve Hornsey agree to?AThere is a moral to a classic fairytale.BFairytales are dark.CAdults take fairytales too seriously.DFairytales are not good for childrens sleep.解析：推理判断题。根据第五段“as we see in
11、 GRIMM, good will triumph over evil and there is always a moral to the story”可以推出Steve Hornsey同意经典的童话故事要符合伦理道德。答案：A5Whats the authors attitude towards traditional fairytales?AOptimistic. BNot mentioned.CCasual. DDisapproving.解析：作者态度题。全文没有提及作者的观点，故选B。答案：B短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处
12、语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下划一条横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。2只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。The journey was long and tired.We left London at five oclock in the evening and spend eight hours in the train.We had been travelled for 3 hours afte
13、r someone appeared selling food and drinks.It was darkness all the time we were crossing Wales, but we could see nothing through the windows.When we finally arrived Holyhead nearly everyone was slept.As soon as the train stopped, everybody come to life, grab their suitcases and rushing onto the plat
14、form.The journey was long and . We left London at five oclock in the evening and eight hours in the train. We had been travelled for 3 hours someone appeared selling food and drinks. It was all the time we were crossing Wales, we could see nothing through the windows. When we finally arrived Holyhead nearly everyone was . As soon as the train stopped, everybody to life, their suitcases and rushing onto the platform.