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Achildwhohasoncebeenpleasedwithatalelikes,asarule,tohaveitr etoldinidenticallythesamewords,butthisshouldnotleadparentstotr eatprintedfairystoriesassacredtexts.Itisalwaysmuchbettertotellastorythanreaditoutofabook,and,ifaparentcanproducewhat,intheactualcircumstancesofthetimeandtheindividualchild,isanimprovementontheprintedtext,somuchthebetter.
Achargemadeagainstfairytalesisthattheyharmthechildbyfrighteninghimorarousinghissadisticimpulses.Toprovethelatter,onewouldhavetoshowinacontr olledexperimentthatchildrenwhohavereadfairystoriesweremoreoftenguiltyofcrueltythanthosewhohadnot.
Aggressive,destr uctive,sadisticimpulseseverychildhasand,onthewhole,theirsymbolicverbaldischargeseenistoberatherasafetyvalvethananincitementtoovertaction.Astofears,thereare,Ithink,well-authenticatedcasesofchildrenbeingdangerouslyterrifiedbysomefairystories.
Often,however,thisarisesfromthechildhavingheardthestoryonce.Familiarity.withthestorybyrepetitionturnsthepainoffearintothepleasureofthefearfacedandmastered.Therearealsopeoplewhoobjecttofairystoriesonthegroundsthattheyarenotobjectivelytr ue,thatgiants,witches,two-headeddragons,magiccarpets,etc.,donotexist;andthat,insteadofindulginghisfantasiesinfairytales,thechildshouldbetaughthowtoadapttorealitybystudyinghistoryandmechanics.Ifindsuchpeople,Imustconfess,sounsympatheticandpeculiarthatIdonotknowhowtoarguewiththem.Iftheircaseweresound,theworldshouldbefullofmadmenattemptingtoflyfromNewYorktoPhiladelphiaonabroomstickorcoveringatelephonewithkissesinthebeliefthatitwastheirenchantedgirl-friend.
Nofairystoryeverclaimedtobeadescriptionoftheexternalworldandnosanechildhaseverbelievedthatitwas.
26.Theauthorconsidersthatafairystoryismoreeffectivewhenitis______.
A)repeatedwithoutvariation
B)tr eatedwithreverence
C)adaptedbytheparent
D)setinthepresent
正确答案：C答案：C
[试题分析]细节题。
[详细解答]第一段最后一句话，作者指出：…ifaparentcanproducewhat，intheactualcircumstancesofthetimeandtheindividualchild，isanimprovementontheprintedtext，somuchthebetter．由此可判断，答案C正确。
