children."可知，不论是孩子还是中老年人都觉得童话很有趣，由此可推知，奇幻作品对各个年龄段的人都具有吸引力。

　　2．Which of the following fantasy books showed the rebirth of fantasies?

　　A．The Sword of Shannara.

　　B．The Lord of the Rings.

　　C．The Once and Future King.

　　D．The Mezentian Gate.

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第二段中的第二、三、四、五句可知，《沙娜拉之剑》的出版标志着奇幻文学的重生。

　　3．The underlined phrase "climbed aboard the bandwagon" probably means "________"．

　　A．faced challenges　 　　 B．gave up hope

　　C．made an announcement D．followed the trend

　　解析：选D　词义猜测题。根据第三段中的第一句可知，奇幻文学越来越受欢迎；由第三段中的倒数第一、二句可知，由于电脑技术的发展，随着奇幻文学的流行，电影业和电视业也加入到这个大潮中来，由此可判断本短语的含义为"顺应潮流"。

　　4．What attitude does the writer have towards the future of fantasies?

　　A．Uncertain. B．Optimistic.

　　C．Uninterested. D．Worried.

　　解析：选B　推理判断题。根据最后一段中的"The future of fantasies has never looked so assured."可推知，作者对奇幻文学的未来持乐观态度。

　　B

　　"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, 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 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