【題目】 Most adults show less interest in climate(氣候)change than young people. Yet it's adults who have the power to influence the policies(政策)causing climate change. Now a new study shows that teenagers may be able to raise their parents' interest in human effects on climate.
In the study, a new curriculum(課程)was used in some schools in coastal North Carolina. The students worked on four activities centered on the connections between climate change and local wildlife. They also took part in a community-based project and interviewed their parents about the changes in weather they had noticed in their lifetimes. To see how attitudes changed as a result of the program, the researchers surveyed both students and parents at the beginning and the end of the study.
The study shows the students who completed the climate change module cared more about the issue(問題). The effect was even stronger among parents. Experts say the program's success had a lot to do with how teachers dealt with climate change in the classroom.
"Reading a textbook and completing a worksheet are unlikely to lead students to talk about their day at the dinner table, ”says Martha Monroe, an expert on environmental education at the University of Florida. Instead, the researchers designed hands-on lessons focused on local issues. For example, one task involved monitoring the weather outside the school and comparing it with historical information about the area.
Those activities may have helped increase parental involvement. "If you can get kids so excited and talking with their parents about what they are learning in schools, parents will want to learn, ”says Danielle Lawson, a social scientist and leading researcher of the study. However, she adds, “We are not telling the students what to think or what to say. That way, kids didn't feel that there was all this responsibility put on them to change their parents' minds about anything.”
Lawson is hopeful that kids can boost their parents' understanding of climate science. "I know how powerful kids can be, ”Lawson says. "Kids don't need a special curriculum to discuss climate change at home. They just need to talk to their parents about what they see going on.”
【1】The second paragraph is mainly about
A.how the study was carried out
B.how the activities were designed
C.why a new curriculum was introduced
D.why both students and parents were surveyed
【2】What can we learn about the new curriculum from the passage?
A.It developed students' communication skills.
B.It focused on lessons about climate change in textbooks.
C.It helped students feel responsible to change their parents.
D.It created more chances for families to talk about climate change.
【3】The word "boost" in the last paragraph probably means “_____________”.
A.checkB.expressC.improveD.share
【答案】
【1】A
【2】D
【3】C
【解析】
本文講述了大多數(shù)成年人對氣候變化的興趣不如年輕人。通過一個研究來證明可以通過青少年來提高他們的父母對氣候方面的興趣。
【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句“Now a new study shows that teenagers may be able to raise their parents' interest in human effects on climate”可知,第二段是要介紹這個研究的整個過程,即如何實施這個研究的。故選A。
【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中 “Those activities may have helped increase parental involvement. "If you can get kids so excited and talking with their parents about what they are learning in schools, parents will want to learn,”可知,通過這個新的課程,孩子們可以增加更多的與父母交流氣候等問題的機會。故選D。
【3】詞義猜測題。check 檢查;express 表達(dá);improve 提升;share 分享。根據(jù) “I know how powerful kids can be…They just need to talk to their parents about what they see going on.”,可知,勞森是希望通過青少年與父母對氣候等知識的交流來提升父母對氣候科學(xué)的理解。所以boost意思是“提升”。故選C。
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