Acenturies-oldtr adition，illustr atedinamodemchildren'sbook.1inksthesweetnessofhoneywiththejoyoflearningtoread.
“Thegrandpaheldajarofhoneysothatallthefamilycouldsee.Hethendippedaspoonintoitandputsomehoneyonthecoverofasmallbook.
Thelittlegirlhadjustturnedfive.
‘Standup，littleone，’heaskedthegirlsoftly.‘Ididthisforyourmother，youruncles，yourolderbrother，andnowyou!’
Then，hehandedthebooktoher.‘Taste!’
Shetouchedthehoneywithherfingerandputitintohermouth.
‘What'sthattaste?’thegrandpaasked.
Thelittlegirlanswered，‘Sweet!’
Thenallofthefamilysaidinasinglevoice，‘Yes，andsoisknowledge，butknowledgeisfromthebeethatmadethatsweethoney，youhavetogoafteritthroughthepagesofabook!’
Thelittlegirlknewthatthepromisetoreadwasatlasthers.Soonshewasgoingtolearntoread.”
Thisisthebeginningofaprofoundlymovingchildren'sbookentitledThankYou，Mr.Falker.Inthisbook，Patr iciaPolaccowritesofherownpassiontoread，inspiredbythehoneyonthebook.Itwasn'tuntilfifthgradethatshemetherbelovedteacherwhoprovidedthehlepthatsheneededtofinallyunlockthemagicofthewrittenword.
Readingthisbook，weareinfactacquaintedwithsomeenduringtr aditionsofchildeducationthatstr esstheimportanceofverbalcapacityataveryearlyage.
Thechildlearningtoreadisadmittedintoacollectivememorybywayofbooks.Andwiththeprintedwordsthatareactivewithmeaning，thechildbecomesacquaintedwithacommonpastwhichheorsherenews，toagreaterorlesserdegree，ineveryreading.MuchastheauthorofthebookThankYou，Mr.Falkerputsit，“Almostasifitweremagic，orasiflightpouredintoherbrain，thewordsandsentencesstartedtotakeshapeonthepageastheyneverhadbefore…Andsheunderstoodthewholething…Thenshewentintothelivingroomandfoundthebookonashelf，theverybookthathergrandpahadshownhersomanyyearsago.Shespoonedhoneyonthecoverandtastedthesweetness…Thensheheldthebook，honeyandall，closetoherchest.Shecouldfeeltearsrolldownhercheeks，buttheyweren'ttearsofsadness-shewashappy，soveryhappy.”
Thegirlwhotastedthehoneyonthebookwas______.
A．nearlysixyearsold
B．lessthanfiveyearsold
C．morethansixyearsold
D．alittlemorethanfiveyearsold
正确答案：D解析：事实细节题。由第三段可知：那个女孩刚过5岁。因此，D项符合题意。
