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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．

阅读理解

Look at this picture．The girl with a toy in her hand is my little sister Susan．She is only four years old．Look!She is playing with her toy happily．She likes her toy very much and she calls it Kelly．The woman near Susan is my mother．She is reading a book carefully on the sofa．She always likes reading and watching TV．Can you see a man on the sofa?He is my father．He is reading a newspaper now．It is his favorite．The boy between my father and mother is me．I am Tony．I am playing the piano carefully．