2 . Time for girls to shine
Most of us grew up reading fairy tales that start with “Once upon a time” and end with “the princess and prince lived happily ever after”. They seem to be harmless- even _________, perhaps. But in the eyes of two Italian writers, Favilli and Cavallo, this is what’s been _________ with children’s stories for years.
“Children’s books have always _________ the same since we were children,” Cavallo said. And a study also found while 80 percent of male characters in most popular children’s books have a(n) _________, only 18 percent of female characters do.
So they together wrote a book _________ only female protagonists (主角). Good Night Stories for Rebel (叛逆) Girls is an “anti- princess” book, which gives young girls role models of their own to _________.
The original book was published in December 2019, and the second volume _________ on Feb 28, 2021. Both books contain the stories of 100 extraordinary women from all over the world, and much to the_________ of children’s book writers, every one of them has a job or professional ambition. The “characters”_________ pop singer Beyonce and tennis star Serena Williams.
However, the word “rebel” may make some people feel uncomfortable, since it’s not really seen as __________. But being rebellious is__________ being independent, which many of today’s girls need to develop.
“It is important to __________ — especially if you are a woman or a girl- a rebel attitude, a rebel character, because you have to __________ harder to reach your dream and to get what you want.
And this __________ is made clear, with the book’s first page reading “To all the girls of the world, dream __________, aim higher, fight harder”.
1. A.crazy | B.complex | C.sweet | D.puzzling |
2. A.wrong | B.typical | C.common | D.familiar |
3. A.claimed | B.reflected | C.preferred | D.remained |
4. A.offer | B.fortune | C.company | D.job |
5. A.recommending | B.featuring | C.displaying | D.serving |
6. A.approach | B.admire | C.practice | D.challenge |
7. A.came out | B.turned out | C.made up | D.ended up |
8. A.surprise | B.relief | C.excitement | D.satisfaction |
9. A.highlight | B.memorize | C.include | D.describe |
10. A.reasonable | B.worthwhile | C.energetic | D.positive |
11. A.actually | B.originally | C.casually | D.officially |
12. A.risk | B.build | C.change | D.follow |
13. A.perform | B.think | C.fight | D.breathe |
14. A.announcement | B.conclusion | C.sentence | D.message |
15. A.smarter | B.bigger | C.deeper | D.faster |