Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have 1 how difficult it is to write a 2 children's book. Either the author has aimed too 3, so that the 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 both the 6 who hears the story and the adult who 7 it. Unfortunately, there are in fact 8 books like this, 9 the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not 10 to solve.
This may be why many of books regarded as 11 of children's literature were in fact written for 12 . “Alice's Adventure in Wonderland” is perhaps the most 13 of this.
Children, left for themselves, often 14 the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in bookshop or 15 and he will more willingly choose the books 16 in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children's comics （连环画）, full of the stories and jokes to which both ___17__ and right-thinking parents object.
Perhaps we parents should stop trying to persuade children into 18 our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so 19 that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the 20 books. So I suppose we'll just have to compromise（妥协） over that bedtime story.
1．A．hoped B．realized C．told D．said
2．A．short B．long C．bad D．good
3．A．easy B．short C．high D．difficult
4．A．and B．but C．or D．so
5．A．both B．neither C．either D．very
6．A．child B．father C．mother D．teacher
7．A．hears B．buys C．understands D．reads
8．A．few B．many C．little D．much
9．A．but B．however C．so D．because
10．A．hard B．easy C．enough D．fast
11．A．articles B．work C．arts D．works
12．A．adults B．girls C．boys D．children
13．A．difficult B．hidden C．obvious D．easy
14．A．are B．show C．find D．add
15．A．library B．school C．home D．office
16．A．read B．designed C．printed D．written
17．A．children B．adults C．teachers D．readers
18．A．receiving B．accepting C．having D．refusing
19．A．same B．friendly C．different D．common
20．A．common B．average C．different D．same