Unit 1 A land of diversity课时作业

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　　"A serious attack on the fantasy story for children comes from those who do not wish children to be frightened." C．S. Lewis writes in an essay named Three Ways of Writing for Children. Those who say that children must not be frightened mean two things. Firstly, they mean that we mustn't do anything likely to give children fears, and secondly, they want to keep out of their minds that they are born into a world of death, violence (暴力), wounds and evil (邪恶). C．S. Lewis says he agrees with the first reason, but not the second.

　　He goes on to comment, "Since it is so likely that they will meet cruel (残酷的) enemies, let them at least hear of brave fighters and heroic courage. By limiting your child to perfect and nice stories of child life in which nothing alarming ever happens, they would fail to face fears and hardships." "It would be nice，" he continues, "if no little boy in bed ever hears a frightening sound. But if he is to be frightened, I think St. George, or any bright champion in armor (盔甲), is a better comfort than the idea of the police."

　　Bruno Bettelheim, a well­known child psychologist, also points out that fantasy stories provide children with a valuable education about good and evil. He believes that all children have many personal fantasies filled with fears and fantasy stories comfort them and offer solutions. Happy endings tell them that solutions and hope are real and model the kind of happy life children want to find.

　　A good fantasy suggests rather than teaches possible answers to life. It's believed that reading fantasies quickens the ability to get and put ideas from books to reality. It's what good literature does - it makes life larger.

语篇解读：本文作者反驳了一些反对儿童阅读奇幻文学的错误观点，并强调了阅读奇幻文学的必要性。

　　1．According to the first paragraph, C．S. Lewis thinks that ________.

　　A．children shouldn't read any fantasy story because it is bad

　　B．adults shouldn't do things that may frighten their children

　　C．death and badness should be kept out of children's minds

　　D．writing a fantasy story is the best way of writing for children

解析：选B　推理判断题。根据第一段的"C.S. Lewis says he agrees with the first reason, but