【題目】Children today would rather read, do housework or even do homework than play outside--- and they get out half as much as their parents did when they were young.

According to a UK study, those growing up during the 1970s and 1980s enjoying more than two hours of outdoor activities each weekday, and nine hours on weekends—whatever the weather is.But their children play outside for just over one hour each weekday, and fewer than five hours on Saturdays and Sundays.

So, the UK started an activity to encourage children to give up 30 minutes of screen time a day to play outdoors.

The Wild Network, born on September 25, 2013, is joined by more than 300 organizations, large or small.It tries to attract children away from television and computer screen and into woods and parks.

It is the biggest ever activity to reconnect children with nature and outdoor activities, and it plans to help improve children’s health.

Suggestions on how to get more time in nature including collecting fruits, camping, watching autumn colour on trees and so on.

This is not the first time the message of less screen, more play has been brought up.Children in the 1980s were encouraged to_____by BBC TV show Why Don’t You, which encouraged children to “turn off your TV set, and go to do something less boring instead”.

You can learn more about the activity by visiting Http://www.Projectwildthing.com.

1We can learn from the second paragraph that _______.

A. today’s children have more free time

B. today’s children spend more time outdoors

C. the parents had more free time when they were young

D. The parents spent more time outdoors when they were young

2The Wild Network was started to __________.

A. encourage children to spend more time outdoors

B. encourage children to play with their parents outdoors

C. encourage children to spend more time on their studies

D. encourage parents to spend more time with their children

3What can we learn about the Wild Network?

A. It was set up this year

B. It was the best ever activity

C. Both large organizations or small can join it

D. You can learn about it from the show Why Don’t You

4Which of the following activities is not mentioned?

A. Camping B. Collecting fruits

C. Bird watching D. Autumn clour watching

5The underlined part “do the same” can be replaced by _______.

A. start an activity B. play outdoors

C. do homework D. do housework

【答案】

1D

2A

3C

4C

5B

【解析】試題分析:本文主要描述了現(xiàn)在的孩子寧愿在家讀書,做家務,做作業(yè)也不出去玩的現(xiàn)象,鼓勵孩子們出去玩,不要在家里,多參加戶外活動。

1D 推理判斷題。題意:從第二段我們可以知道什么?A.today’s children have more free time今天的孩子有更多的空余時間;B.today’s children spend more time outdoors今天的孩子們在戶外度過更多的時間;C.the parents had more free time when they were young父母們年輕時有更多的空余時間;D.The parents spent more time outdoors when they were young父母們年輕時在戶外度過更多的時間。第二段主要是講述父母那一代比我們更多的參加戶外活動?芍xD

2A 細節(jié)理解題。題意:設立The Wild Network 是為了什么? A.encourage children to spend more time outdoors鼓勵孩子們多在戶外度過時間;B.encourage children to play with their parents outdoors鼓勵孩子們和父母一起在戶外玩耍;C.encourage children to spend more time on their studies鼓勵孩子們多花時間學習; D.encourage parents to spend more time with their children鼓勵家長和孩子們一起度過時間。由文中The Wild Network, born on September 25, 2013, is joined by more than 300 organizations, large or small.It tries to attract children away from television and computer screen and into woods and parks.可知這項活動是鼓勵孩子們更多的參加戶外活動?芍xA。

3C 題意:我們可以了解有關(guān)the Wild Network的什么?A.It was set up this year它是今年成立的;B.It was the best ever activity是最好的活動;C.Both large organizations or small can join it大、小活動都可以參加;D.You can learn about it from the show Why Don’t You你可以在Why Don’t You節(jié)目中了解到它。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,在Wild Network這項活動中,大活動或小活動我們都能參加。故選C。

4C 細節(jié)理解題。題意:下面哪項活動沒有提到?A.Camping野營;B.Collecting fruits摘水果;C.Bird watching觀鳥;D.Autumn colour watching看秋色。由Suggestions on how to get more time in nature including collecting fruits, camping, watching autumn colour on trees and so on.可知只有Bird watching這項活動沒有提到。故選C

5B 詞義猜測題。題意:有下劃線的“do the same” 可以用什么替換?A.start an activity開始活動;B.play outdoors在戶外玩耍; C.do homework做作業(yè);D.do housework做家務。由文中的which encouraged children to “turn off your TV set, and go to do something less boring instead”.可知表示做戶外活動。故選B

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