题目内容
15.A child who has once been pleased with 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 read it out of a book,and,if a parent can produce what,in the actual circumstances of the time and the individual child,is an improvement on the printed text,that's much better.A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking.To prove the latter,one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often guilty of cruelty than those who had not.As to fears,there are,I think,some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story.Often,however,this arises from the child who has heard the story once.Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.
There are also people who are opposed to fairy stories in that they are not true,that giants,witches,two-headed dragons,magic carpets,etc.do not exist; and that,instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales,the child should be taught how to adapt to reality by studying history and mechanics.I find such people,I must say so strange that I do not know how to argue with them.If their cases 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 girlfriend.
No fairy story has ever claimed to be description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.
32.The author considered that a fairy story is more effectiveD.
A.when a story is repeated without any change
B.when we treat a story as a joke
C.when the story is set in the present time
D.when the parent makes some changes about a story
33.According to the passage,when can great fear take place in a child?A
A.When a story is heard for the first time.
B.When a story is in a realistic setting.
C.When a story is repeated too often.
D.When a story is told in a different way.
34.What is the advantage claimed for repeating fairy stories to young children?C
A.Encouraging them not to have strange beliefs.
B.Developing their power of memory.
C.Making them less fearful
D.Making them believe there is nothing to be afraid of.
35.The author's mention of sticks and telephones is meant to suggest thatD.
A.fairy stories are still being made up
B.there is more concern for children's fears nowadays
C.people try to update old fairy stories
D.there is some misunderstanding about fairy tales.
分析 有些人认为神话不现实,都是教孩子一些不存在的东西,会对孩子有不好的影响.作者驳斥了对神话故事的种种指责和误解.
解答 32.D 细节理解题.根据第一段的if a parent can produce what,in theactual situation of the time and the child,is an improvement on the printed text,so muchthe better.可知,如果父母能够创设一种真实的语境展示给孩子,是对文字故事的改进,那就更好了.所以父母对故事做些改动会更有效,故选D.
33.A 细节理解题.根据第二段的this arises(出现) from the child having heard the story once.可知,这是因为这些孩子曾经听过这个故事,所以孩子第一次听故事时孩子会产生极大的恐惧,故选A.
34.C 细节理解题.根据第二段的Familiarity with the story by repetition turns thepain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.可知,通过重复熟悉故事,把恐惧的痛苦转化为面对恐惧和掌握的快感.所以对小孩重复讲神话故事的好处是使他们不那么害怕,故选C.
35.D 推理判断题.有些人认为神话不现实,都是教孩子一些不存在的东西,会对孩子有不好的影响.作者用虚拟语气作了一个假设,如果这些观点站得住脚的话,可能会出现这样的情况:the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York toPhiladelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief thatit was their beloved girl-friend.世界上到处都是疯狂的男人,他们试图用棍子从纽约飞到费城,或者用电话亲吻对方,以为那是他们心爱的女朋友.可见持这种观点的人实际上是对神话的一种误解.
点评 本文是社会文化类阅读,主要考查细节理解题和推理判断题.在做细节理解题时,首先根据题目要求迅速在文章里找出相应的段落、句子或短语.认真比较选项和文中细节的区别,在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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