Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children.And they must have__1__ how difficult it is to write a __2__ children's book.Either the author has aimed too __3__ , so that the 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 both the __6__ who hears the story and the adult who __7__ it.Unfortunately, there are in fact __8__ books like this, __9__ the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not __10__ to solve.

　　This may be why many of books regarded as __11__ of children's literature were in fact written for __12__ .“Alice's Adventure in Wonderland”is perhaps the most __13__ of this.

　　Children, left for themselves, often __14__ the worst possible interest in literature.Just leave a child in bookshop o __15__ and he will __16__ willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children's comics, full of the stories and jokes which are the __17__ of teachers and right-thinking parents.

　　Perhaps we parents should stop trying to brainwash childrensintos __18__ our taste in literature.After all children and adults are so __19__ that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the __20__ books.So I suppose we'll just have to compromise over that bedtime story.

　　1.A.hoped B.realized C.told D.said

　　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.few B.many C.a great deal of D.a great number of

　　9.A.but B.however C.so D.because

　　10A.hard B.easy C.enough D.fast

　　11.A.articles B.work C.arts D.works

　　12.A.grown ups B.girls C.boys D.children

　　13.A.difficult B.hidden C.obvious D.easy

　　14.A.are B.show C.find D.add

　　15.A.school B.home C.office D.library

　　16.A.more B.less C.able D.be

　　17.A.lovingness B.interests C.objections D.readings

　　18.A.receiving B.accepting C.having D.refusing

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

　　20.A.common B.avarage C.different D.Same

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