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Traditional fairytales are being abandoned by parents because they are too scary for their young children, a study found.

Research revealed one in five parents has    41    old classics such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Rapunzel （長髮公主）in   42   of more modern books. One third of parents said their children have been left in      

   43   after hearing the horrible details of Little Red Riding Hood. And nearly half of mothers and fathers    44  to read Rumplestiltskin （紡織姑娘）to their kids as the    45    of the story are kidnapping and killing.   46  , Goldilocks and the Three Bears was also a tale likely to be   47    on the book shelf as parents felt   48   condones（寬恕）stealing.

The   49   of 2,000 adults was commissioned（委任） to  50    the launch of the hit US drama GRIMM,    

   51   starts tonight at 9 p.m. on Watch, and sees six pieces   52   on traditional fairytales. The poll found a quarter of parents polled wouldn’t    53    reading a fairytale to their child until they had    54    the age of five. And 52 percent of the parents said Cinderella didn’t send a good     55   to their children as it describes a young woman     56   housework all day.

Steve Hornsey, General Manager of Watch, said: “Bedtime stories are supposed to comfort children and send them off to      57   soundly.

Fairytales can be dark and dramatic tales so it’s    58    that parents worry about reading them to young children. The study also found two thirds of mums and dads try to    59   stories which might give their children nightmares.    60   , half of parents said traditional tales are more likely to have a strong moral message than a lot of modern kids’ books, such as The Gruffalo, The Hungary Caterpillar and the Mr. Men books.

    41. A. taken up                 B. put up         C. brought up                    D. given up

42. A. favour                      B. memory           C. honor                            D. spite

43. A. need                        B. tears                C. debts                      D. surprise

44. A. agree                       B. intend                     C. refuse                            D. enjoy

45. A. problems                 B. questions               C. sentences                     D. themes

46. A. Similarly           B. Fortunately             C. Suddenly                D. Immediately

47. A. arranged                  B. left                   C. clarified                  D. sorted

48. A. he                           B. she                  C. it                            D. its

49. A. report                       B. suggestion              C. decision                  D. survey

50. A. draw                         B. mark                C. paint                       D. pull

51. A. that                          B. what                 C. when                      D. which

52. A. depended                B. stuck                C. based                            D. fixed

53. A. pretend                         B. consider          C. want                       D. imagine

54. A. arrived                            B. got                   C. reached                  D. increased

55. A. letter                        B. card                 C. email                      D. message

56. A. doing                       B. cleaning           C. making                   D. taking

57. A. play                          B. work                 C. sleep                      D. school

58. A. understandable              B. uncomfortable C. unbelievable           D. unchangeable

59. A. read                         B. avoid               C. recite                      D. repeat

60. A. Therefore                B. Besides           C. Otherwise               D. However

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