15. C。老师让罗莎对过去的事情进行回忆并讲述，故选remember。

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Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story __1__ their children. And they must have realized how difficult it is to write a __2__ children’s book. Either the author has aimed (定目标) too __3__, so that 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(令人满意的) the __6__ who hears the story and the adult(成年人) who __7__ it. Unfortunately(不幸的是), there are in fact few books like this, __8__ the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not __9__ to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as __10__ of children’s literature(文学) were in fact written for __11__ “Alice in Wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious(明显)of this.

Children, left for themselves, often __12__ the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a __13__ and he will more willingly choose the books written in an unimaginative (并非想象的 ) way, or have a look at the most children’s comics(连环图书), full of the stories and jokes which are the rejections of teachers and righting-thinking parents.

Perhaps we parents should stop __14__ to brainwash(洗脑)children into accepting(接受)our taste in literature. After all, children and adults are so __15__ that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise(妥协)over the bedtime story.

14. A。下文老师让她讲在英国旅行的情况，说明她骗大家去了英国，故选England。

13. B。别人问起她夏天的旅游情况时，她只有编织一些不真实的事情骗大家，故选true。

12. D。下文的例子既不是城市也不是人或语言而是两个国家，只有选places。

11. B。假期结束了，新学期又开始了，且下文讲到了学校里的事情，故选school。

10. A。与上文相对应，她的朋友都在谈假期与家人的旅游，罗莎因此希望拥有一个完整的家庭。

9. D。根据文意暑假结束了，罗莎要返回到妈妈身边。故选　returned.

8. B。在农场度假结束后，罗莎应返回城里，故选city.

7. C。这里meet表示爸爸去机场接她。

6. C。爸爸没时间陪她去其它地方游玩，说明爸爸很忙，故选busy。