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广西师范大学函授学士学位英语真题The mostfamous collectionsof fairy tales arethe onesby andWilhelmGrimm Thepublished their first fairytale andcollection in1812Theyo O(版本)disappearing Germanfolk cultureTheir firstedition wasascholarly bookthat carefullyrecorded theoral talesThey weresurprisedowhen someof theirearly readerssuggested thatthe storiesmight beinterestingto childrenBut theneeded moneyThey hadmade abad dealoowith theirpublisher andreceived littlepayment fortheirfirstbookoAt onepoint Wilhelmcomplained therewasnt a chair inhis houseonecould siton withoutworrying itwould breakSo hetook thehint andsetoto workto makea bookthat wouldbe suitablefor childrenHe selectedoa few of the tales,made themmuch longer,and polishedup the languageoHe didntadd morals,but hedid slipin characterjudgments andmoralizingcomments whereverhe couldoThe fairytales alsohave onecharacteristicthat wouldseem tomake themunsuitable for childreno Manyof them includeviolent incidentsIn Hanseland Greteleaten bya wolfoWhenhe revisedthe talesforchildren,Wilhelm Grimmretained theoviolenceIn fact,he sometimeseven ram it upFor example,in thefirsto(啄)edition,the oneintended forchildren,that herbirds peckouttheir eyesWhy,then,have the fairytalesbecome classicof childrensoandliterature,so muchso thatit ishard toimagine achild whodoesntknow Cinderellasstory orSnow WhitesOneanswer is that onlyafewofthe tales survivedinto moderntimesThe firstedition ofthe fairytales had210tales By1825it wasdownoto50And taday onlya dozenor soofthe tales areoften reprintedinochildrens collections76But thedeeper answeristhatthe talesthatohave lastedare magicaladventures thathelp childrendeal with thestruggles andfears oftheir everydayliveso
1.Why didWilhelm Grimmset outto adapthis bookfor childrenA.To dealwith readerscomplaintsoB.To improvehis financialsituationC.At therequest ofhis publisherD.To preserve the ancientstories inprinto
2.When revisingthe fairytales,Wilhelm didall ofthe followingEXCEPTA.adding characterjudgmentsoB.making thetales muchlongerC.deleting theviolent scenesD.polishing upthelanguage
3.What doesthe expressionramitup inParagraph3probably meanA.StartedB.AllowedC.ClassifiedD.Increased
4.Which ofthe followingstatements aboutthefairytales isTRUEaccording to the passageA.They wereoriginally intendedto bechildrens storiesoB.Generally speaking,thetalesthat haveendured canhelp childrendealwiththechallenges lifebring tothemC.A largenumber ofthetalesmade ittothemodern age5D.They areless violentthan thechildren sstories beingwrittentodayo
5.What isthe passagemainly concernedwithA.History offairy talesoB.Ways topreservetheoral traditionC.The fairy talesoD.Violence infairytaleso、、cio:acb c。