m阅读理解A[2015•福建省晋江市平山中学高一下学期期中考试]TheBrothersGrimm(格林兄弟)，JacobandWilhelmaresynonymousC同义的)withfairytales.Thestoriestheygatheredhavebeenreadbymillionsofchildrenina

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A [2015 •福建省晋江市平山中学高一下学期期中考试]

The Brothers Grimm (格林兄弟)，Jacob and Wilhelm are synonymousC同义的)with fairy tales. The stories they gathered have been read by millions of children in all countries over the last two hundred years. It's difficult to think that any children could not be attrac?ted by a tale like Little Red Riding //oorf (《小红帽》） which never seems to grow old.

Dec. 20 2012 marked the 200th anniversary of publication of the tales. The (irimms collected the stories and gave them to the world because they wanted to show what German culture was about. In their time Germany was not yet a nation; it was a collection of little states. Like many patriotic intellectuals(爱国知识分子)* they thought they could help people in German territories(领土) to under?stand their own traditions.

Quite a few adults were shocked by Brothers Grimms work. They wrote about a wolf who eats a little girl's grandmother and an awful old woman who wants to put Hansel and Gretel in a stove. In fact the original Grimm fairy tales are often far more unpleasant and more adult in theme (主题).There is a lot of cruelty too. In the wedding scene of Snoxv White the stepmother dances in red-hot iron shoes that kills her.

However other people came along and made these stories'more "suitable" for children. The modern children's writer Philip Pullman recently published a book of his versions of some Grimm tales. He points out thai the Grimms themselves changed the stories but for the better. They knew how to hold the attention of readers. "A Grimm tale，，， he says "moves with a dreamlike speed from event to event pausing only to say as much as is needed and no more. ，， So when we read a story from Grimms' collection we're getting something from old Germany but our enjoyment is also thanks to the brothers' great storytelling skills.

1. According to Paragraph 1， Little Red Riding Hood________ .

A. is popular with children all the time

B. is too old for children to read

C. is a poorly organized story

D. is too stupid to be believed

2. What is the Grimms' purpose in publishing the fairy tales?

A. 丁o improved children's reading skills.

B. To develop the educational system.

C. To introduce their country's culture.

D， To make a living by selling books.

:3. By mentioning Philip Pullman the author intends to_____ .

A. describe the achievement of the Brothers Grimm