Traditional fairytales are being abandoned by parents because they are too horrible for their young children, a study found.
Research revealed one in five parents dislike old classics such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Rapunzel and are in favor of more modern books. One third of parents 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 about kidnapping and crimes. Similarly, Goldilocks and the Three Bears was also a 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 9pm on Watch, and sees six episodes based on traditional fairytales. The survey found a quarter of parents questioned wouldn’t consider reading a fairytale to their child until they had reached the age of five, as they prompt too many awkward questions from their children.
Steve Hornsey, General Manager of Watch, said: “Bedtime stories are supposed to calm down children and send them off to sleep soundly. But as we see in GRIMM, fairytales can be dark and dramatic tales so it’s understandable that parents worry about reading them to young children.”
“As adults we can see the innocence in fairytales, but a five-year-old child with an over active imagination could take things too seriously. Despite the dark nature of classic fairytales, 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 message than a lot of modern kids’ books, such as The Gruffalo, The Hungary Caterpillar and the Mr. Men books.
【小題1】Why don’t some parents want to read Rumplestiltskin to their kids?

A．Rumplestiltskin forgives stealing
B．Rumplestiltskin is too difficult
C．Rumplestiltskin is too long
D．Rumplestiltskin may have bad influence on Children
【小題2】We can learn from paragraph 3 that Grimm is _____.
A．a(chǎn) fairytales book
B．a(chǎn) movie for children
C．a(chǎn) play loved by children
D．a(chǎn) drama based on traditional fairytales
【小題3】Which of the following may Steve Hornsey agree to?
A．There is a moral to a classic fairytale.
B．Fairytales are dark.
C．Adults take fairytales too seriously.
D．Fairytales are not good for children's sleep.
【小題4】What’s the author’s attitude towards traditional fairytales?
A．OptimisticB．Not mentionedC．CasualD．Disapproving


【小題1】D
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：本文講述了一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，父母們開始摒棄傳統(tǒng)的童話故事，因?yàn)樗鼈儗δ暧椎暮⒆觼碚f太嚇人。這一調(diào)查涵蓋了2000名成人。開展該調(diào)查是為了紀(jì)念美國熱門電視劇《格林》今晚9點(diǎn)在Watch首播，人們將看到6集根據(jù)傳統(tǒng)童話故事改編的情節(jié)大膽的電視劇。文中闡述了傳統(tǒng)童話的利于弊。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“And nearly half of mothers and fathers refuse to read Rumplestiltskin to their kids as the themes of the story are kidnapping and execution.”父母們不愿給孩子念童話故事《紡線姑娘》，因?yàn)楣适碌闹黝}是綁架和處決。這些都會極壞地影響孩子。故選D。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“The survey of 2,000 adults was conducted to mark the launch of the hit US drama GRIMM, which starts tonight at 9 p.m. on Watch, and sees six episodes(片段) based on traditional fairytales.”可知Grimm是以傳統(tǒng)童話故事為基礎(chǔ)的戲劇，故選D。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題。從倒數(shù)第三段的句子：Despite the dark nature of classic fairytales, as we see in GRIMM, good will triumph over evil and there is always a moral to the story.” 可知Steve Hornsey認(rèn)為傳統(tǒng)的童話應(yīng)該有道德觀，故選A。
【小題4】推理判斷題。本文只是客觀闡述了這項(xiàng)調(diào)查的結(jié)果，介紹了父母對于童話的看法，并沒有提及自己對傳統(tǒng)童話的態(tài)度。故選B。
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