A child, who has once got interested in a tale, likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to “tell” a story than just “read” it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce his own as an improvement on the printed text, according to his child’s actual situation, so much the better.
There is a charge made against some fairy tales, as they probably harm children by frightening them or leaving them sad feelings. To prove it, an experiment has been done to show that children who have heard terrible fairy stories often feel more uneasy than those who have not. As for fears, there are some cases where children get timid (膽怯的) by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition may weaken the pain of fear.
There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that the stories are not objectively true, and that those giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets etc. do not really exist, so children should be taught to learn the reality by studying history, instead of being got fond of the strange side in fairy tales. Those, who prefer to create such stories, are so peculiar (奇怪的) that it is hard to argue with them. If their creative exaggeration (夸張) were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl-friend.
Not once is a fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world, but not every child is clever enough to be aware of it. Parents should choose their children’s “bed-time” reading materials with much care. Only the fairy stories containing positive effect will make a clever and caring child with rich imagination.   
小題1:The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is ______.
A．repeated without any change
B．treated as no more than a joke
C．made some changes by parents
D．set in the present situation
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A．he will get more interested
B．great fear can take place in him
C．he will like it to be repeated
D．a(chǎn)n experiment is being done
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A．fashionable B．forgettableC．a(chǎn)vailableD．believable
小題4:The author mentions “sticks” and “telephones” to prove that ______.
A．fairy stories are all made up
B．fairy tales lead to misunderstanding
C．children are cheated by old stories
D．there is more concern for children
小題5:One of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales is that ______.
A．they are made up far from the truth
B．they are so full of imagination
C．they are not interesting at all
D．they make history difficult to teach
小題6:It makes sense that parents choose fairy stories with ______ as “bed-time” reading materials..
A．formal printingsB．creative scenesC．positive effectD．terrible characters

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:A
小題6:C

試題分析：本文講述的是人們會選擇一些不太現(xiàn)實的神話故事讓孩子讀，會給孩子帶來一些不好的影響，但是如果父母能夠選擇一些合適的讀物，作者還是持有積極的態(tài)度的。
小題1:C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù) It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better. 可推知此題答案為C。
小題2: B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù) this arises from the child having heard the story once. 可推知此題答案為B。
小題3:D 推理題。根據(jù)本句If their creative exaggeration (夸張) were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl-friend.說明這里的夸張手法如果可信，這個世界上久會充滿這樣的瘋狂的人。
小題4: B。推斷題。有些人認為神話不現(xiàn)實，都是教孩子一些不存在的東西，會對孩子有不好的影響。作者用虛擬語氣作了一個假設，如果這些觀點站得住腳的話，可能會出現(xiàn)這樣的情況：the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl-friend. 可見持這種觀點的人實際上是對神話的一種誤解。
小題5:A推斷題。根據(jù) …not objectively true, do not exist可知有些人不贊成神話故事的原因是這些故事是編出來的，遠離現(xiàn)實。
小題6:C 推理題。本文講述的是人們會選擇一些不太現(xiàn)實的神話故事讓孩子讀，會給孩子帶來一些不好的影響，但是如果父母能夠選擇一些合適的讀物，作者還是持有積極的態(tài)度的。故C正確。
點評：本文講述的父母給孩子尋找閱讀材料的話題。要求考生在閱讀理解整體語篇的基礎上，把握文章的真正內(nèi)涵。①要吃透文章的字面意思，從字里行間捕捉有用的提示和線索，這是推理的前提和基礎;②要對文字的表面信息進行挖掘加工，由表入里，由淺入深，從具體到抽象，從非凡到一般，通過分析、綜合、判定等，進行深層處理，符合邏輯地推理。不能就是論事，斷章取義，以偏概全。③要忠實于原文，以文章提供的事實和線索為依據(jù)。立足已知，推斷未知。立足現(xiàn)在，猜測未來。不能主觀臆想，憑空想象，隨意揣測，更不能以自己的觀點代替作者的觀點;④要把握句、段之間的邏輯關系，了解語篇的結(jié)構(gòu)。要體會文章的基調(diào)，揣摸作者的態(tài)度，摸準邏輯發(fā)展的方向，悟出作者的弦外之音。
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