A folk tale is a very old story that has been passed down from one family to (16) , from one generation to another. These old stories are often called fairy stories because so many of them are about (17) . Every country has its own folk tales and its own (18) of telling fairy stories.
In Germany, there lived two brothers, the Grimm brothers. They (19) folk tales. These stories are known (20) “Grimm’s Fairy Tales”.
Many of the tales told about the countries near Germany (21) they lived. Some of them were partly (22) .
The Grimm brothers did not (23) write the stories for boys and girls. They planned them only for older people living in Germany. (24) when the children heard the stories, they wanted to hear them again and again.
Although all of this happened long long ago, boys and girls everywhere still read and
(25) Grimm's tales.
1. A. other B. the other C. others D. another
2. A. children B. girls C. fairies D. Grimm
3. A. way B. place C. custom D. time
4. A. wrote B. collected C. read D. invented
5. A. in B. like C. as D. for
6. A. where B. when C. as D. because
7. A. wrong B. true C. interesting D. good
8. A. quickly B. easily C. really D. regularly
9. A. So B. But C. and D. Generally
10. A. enjoy B. write C. tell D. keep