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Traditional fairytales are being abandoned by parents because they are too scary for their young children, a study found. Research revealed one in five parents has    41    old classics such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Rapunzel （长发公主）in   42   of more modern books. One third of parents said their children have been left in          43   after hearing the horrible details of Little Red Riding Hood. And nearly half of mothers and fathers    44  to read Rumplestiltskin （纺织姑娘）to their kids as the    45    of the story are kidnapping and killing.   46  , Goldilocks and the Three Bears was also a tale likely to be   47    on the book shelf as parents felt   48   condones（宽恕）stealing. The   49   of 2,000 adults was commissioned（委任） to  50    the launch of the hit US drama GRIMM,        51   starts tonight at 9 p.m. on Watch, and sees six pieces   52   on traditional fairytales. The poll found a quarter of parents polled wouldn’t    53    reading a fairytale to their child until they had    54    the age of five. And 52 percent of the parents said Cinderella didn’t send a good     55   to their children as it describes a young woman     56   housework all day. Steve Hornsey, General Manager of Watch, said: “Bedtime stories are supposed to comfort children and send them off to      57   soundly. Fairytales can be dark and dramatic tales so it’s    58    that parents worry about reading them to young children. The study also found two thirds of mums and dads try to    59   stories which might give their children nightmares.    60   , 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.     41. A. taken up                 B. put up         C. brought up                    D. given up 42. A. favour                      B. memory           C. honor                            D. spite 43. A. need                        B. tears                C. debts                      D. surprise 44. A. agree                       B. intend                     C. refuse                            D. enjoy 45. A. problems                 B. questions               C. sentences                     D. themes 46. A. Similarly           B. Fortunately             C. Suddenly                D. Immediately 47. A. arranged                  B. left                   C. clarified                  D. sorted 48. A. he                           B. she                  C. it                            D. its 49. A. report                       B. suggestion              C. decision                  D. survey 50. A. draw                         B. mark                C. paint                       D. pull 51. A. that                          B. what                 C. when                      D. which 52. A. depended                B. stuck                C. based                            D. fixed 53. A. pretend                         B. consider          C. want                       D. imagine 54. A. arrived                            B. got                   C. reached                  D. increased 55. A. letter                        B. card                 C. email                      D. message 56. A. doing                       B. cleaning           C. making                   D. taking 57. A. play                          B. work                 C. sleep                      D. school 58. A. understandable              B. uncomfortable C. unbelievable           D. unchangeable 59. A. read                         B. avoid               C. recite                      D. repeat 60. A. Therefore                B. Besides           C. Otherwise               D. However 答案：41-45: DABCD    46-50: ABCDB     51-55: DCBCD   56-60: ACABD

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