Nowadays，reading for pleasure is declining among primary-age pupils，and increasing numbers of "time poor" parents are dropping the practice of sharing bedtime stories with their children once they start school．
    Research found that while parents read to preschoolers，by the final year of primary school only around 2% read to their children every day．Once children can read skillfully，parents tend to step back，and this usually happens at the age of seven or eight．The research also found that most teachers blame the government's "target-driven" education policies for the fact that fewer children are reading for pleasure．
    They believe that a straitjacket（束縛）of strictly organized schooling is containing young people's ability to read more widely．Two-thirds of teachers surveyed said they lacked time in the school day to introduce a variety of books and that this was a "major obstacle to being able to develop a level of reading"．Teachers also cited as main factors the reduction in the number of school librarians，who could put interesting books before children，and the rise in "screen time"，switching children from reading to playing games．
    The majority of teachers said the curriculum's "emphasis on reading as a skill to be mastered" was increasing the pressure，which also came from parents who saw reading as a focus of learning，a skill critical to career advancement in a competitive world．
    There was a real love of reading among teachers，and a strong desire to encourage more children to read for pleasure．However，the teachers also had an overpowering sense of frustration with their situation．"Touch-screen phone and computers are naturally attractive to children，" the survey said，and predicted a period of awkwardness as everyone else adapts．By 2021，children's television will have adopted the presence of this second screen，and it will be strange not to have children，at home drawing along on computers and then having these appearing live in the show．
    The hope is that user-friendly screens could，if material is adapted and downloaded easily，present an opportunity for more ambitious publishing-for example，books children like to read or digital books with moving pictures instead of photos to clarify factual and scientific points．Parental controls that are easy to use would be key．And they should be allowed to shut off access to children in the home

The（1） present/current present/current situation	The change in the number of primary-age pupils who read for pleasure is（2） opposite/contrary opposite/contrary to that in the number of parents who fail to tell bedtime stories to their children．
The reasons	The government	Its "target-driven" education policies are to （3） blame blame for the fact that fewer children are reading for pleasure．
	Schools	●The strictly organized schooling plays a（4） negative negative role for the children to read more widely． ●The number of school librarians is （5） reduced/decreased reduced/decreased ． ●The curriculum （6） emphasizes/stresses/underlines emphasizes/stresses/underlines reading skills too much，which burdens the children．
	Most teachers	They can do nothing to introduce various books because they are （7） lacking lacking in time in the school day．
	Parents	They （8） refer refer to reading as a focus of learning and a critical skill to career advancement in a competitive world．
	Children	They （9） switch/shift switch/shift their attention from reading to the second screen．
The hopes	●Publish books children like to read or（10） digital digital books． ●Allow parents to shut off access to children in the home．