【Traditionalfairytalesarebeingabandonedbyparentsbecausetheyaretooscaryfortheiryoungchildrenastudyfound.ResearchrevealedoneinfiveparentshasditchedoldclassicssuchasSnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarvesand】

　　Traditionalfairytalesarebeingabandonedbyparentsbecausetheyaretooscaryfortheiryoungchildrenastudyfound.

　　ResearchrevealedoneinfiveparentshasditchedoldclassicssuchasSnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarvesandRapunzelinfavourofmoremodernbooks.OnethirdofparentssaidtheirchildrenhavebeenleftintearsafterhearingthehorribledetailsofLittleRedRidingHood.AndnearlyhalfofmothersandfathersrefusetoreadRumplestiltskintotheirkidsasthethemesofthestoryarekidnappingandexecution.SimilarlyGoldilocksandtheThreeBearswasalsoatalelikelytobeleftonthebookshelfasparentsfeltitforgivesstealing.

　　Thesurveyof2000adultswasconductedtomarkthelaunchofthehitUSdramaGRIMMwhichstartstonightat9p.m.onWatchandseessixepisodes(片段)basedontraditionalfairytales.Thepollfoundaquarterofparentspolledwouldn’tconsiderreadingafairytaletotheirchilduntiltheyhadreachedtheageoffiveastheyprompttoomanyawkwardquestionsfromtheiroffspring(后代子孙).

　　SteveHornseyGeneralManagerof Watchsaid:“Bedtimestoriesaresupposedtosoothechildrenandsendthemofftosleepsoundly.ButasweseeinGRIMMfairytalescanbedarkanddramatictalessoit’sunderstandablethatparentsworryaboutreadingthemtoyoungchildren.”

　　“Asadultswecanseetheinnocenceinfairytalesbutafiveyearoldwithanoveractiveimaginationcouldtakethingstooseriously.DespitethedarknatureofclassicfairytalesasweseeinGRIMMgoodwilltriumphoverevilandthereisalwaysamoraltothestory.”

　　Thestudyalsofoundtwothirdsofmumsanddadstrytoavoidstorieswhichmightgivetheirchildrennightmares.

　　Howeverhalfofparentssaidtraditionaltalesaremorelikelytohaveastrongmoralmessagethanalotofmodernkids’bookssuchasTheGruffaloTheHungaryCaterpillarandtheMr.Menbooks.

　　1.Whydon’tsomeparentswanttoreadRumplestiltskintotheirkids?

　　A.Rumplestiltskinistoolong.

　　B.Rumplestiltskinistoodifficult.

　　C.Rumplestiltskinforgivesstealing.

　　D.RumplestiltskinmayinfluenceChildrenbadly.

　　2.Wecanlearnfromparagraph3thatGrimmis___________.

　　A.afairytalesbook

　　B.amovieforch