Question

One of our biggest fears nowadays is that our kids might some day get lost in a “sea of technology” rather than experiencing the natural world. Fear-producing TV and computer games are leading to serious disconnect between kids and the great outdoors, which will change the wild places of the world, its creatures and human health for the worse, unless adults get working on child’s play.
Each of us has a place in nature we go sometimes, even if it was torn down. We cannot be the last generation to have that place. At this rate, kids who miss the sense of wonder outdoors will not grow up to be protectors of natural landscapes. “If the decline in park use continues across North America, who will defend parks against encroachment（蠶食）?” asks Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the woods.
Without having a nature experience, kids can turn out just fine, but they are missing out a huge enrichment to their lives. Experts predict modern kids will have poorer health than their parents—and they say a lack of outside play is surely part of it; research suggests that kids do better academically in schools with a nature component and that play in nature fosters（培養(yǎng)）leadership by the smartest, not by the toughest, Even a tiny outdoor experience can create wonder in a child. The three-year-old turning over his first rock realizes be is not alone in the world. A clump of trees on the roadside can be the whole universe in his eyes. We really need to value that more.
Kids are not to blame. They are over-protected and frightened. It is dangerous out there from time to time but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a childhood rite（儀式）of passage.
Everyone, from developers, to schools and outdoorsy citizens, should help regain for our kids some of the freedom and joy of exploring, taking friendship in fields and woods that strengthen love, respect and need for the landscapes. As parents, we should devote some of our energy to taking our kids into nature. This could yet be our greatest cause

1. 1.
   According to the author, what causes kids’ getting lost in a “sea of technology”?
   1. A.
      The wild places of the world
   2. B.
      The kids themselves
   3. C.
      The outdoor activities
   4. D.
      TV and computer games
2. 2.
   The underlined words “that place” in paragraph 2 can most probably refer to _______
   1. A.
      a hill
   2. B.
      a library
   3. C.
      a bar
   4. D.
      a classroom
3. 3.
   According to the author, children’s breaking an arm is _______
   1. A.
      the fault on the part of their parents
   2. B.
      the natural experience in their growing up
   3. C.
      the result of their own carelessness in play
   4. D.
      the effect of stress from computer
4. 4.
   What’s the author’s opinion on children’s experiencing the nature world?
   1. A.
      It leads to children’s escape from school
   2. B.
      It’s helpful only in a limited way
   3. C.
      It helps develop children from all sides
   4. D.
      It increases the chance of getting injured

Answer 1

DABC
試題分析：如今最令我們擔憂的事情之一是，我們的孩子將來有一天會在“技術的海洋”里迷失，而不是去體驗自然世界。令人憂慮的電視節(jié)目和電腦游戲正在使孩子們和戶外的大千世界嚴重隔離，如果大人們不對孩子的玩樂方式進行干預，這將改變野外的世界和生物，甚至會影響到人類的健康。如果孩子們感受不到戶外世界的奇妙，長大后也不會成為自然美景的保護者。 缺乏自然界的體驗，孩子們同樣能夠成長，但他們卻大大失去了生命中的豐富多彩。研究表明，在戶外自然界多活動的孩子在學校里的學習成績更好，而且在自然野外活動可以培養(yǎng)領導才能。即使是一個小小的戶外體驗，也會激發(fā)孩子的好奇。每一個人都應該幫助孩子們重新獲得探索某些東西的自由和樂趣，讓他們在田野里和樹林里發(fā)展友情，這有助于增強他們對自然美景的愛、尊重和需要。
1.細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段第二句話Fear-producing TV and computer games are leading to serious disconnect between kids and the great outdoors, （令人憂慮的電視節(jié)目和電腦游戲正在使孩子們和戶外的大千世界嚴重隔離，）判斷作者認為：造成孩子在“技術的海洋”里迷失的原因是電視和電腦。故選D。
2.詞義推測題。根據第二段第一句話：Each of us has a place in nature we go sometimes, even if it was torn down. （我們每一個人在自然界里都有一個有時要去光顧的地方，即使那個地方已被夷為平地。）判斷后一句是：我們不能成為有那么一個地方的最后一代人。那么一個地方就是指前面的 a place in nature we go sometimes。故選A。
3.細節(jié)理解題。根據第四段的...but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a childhood rite of passage.（......但是重復來自電腦游戲的壓力卻替代了斷臂之痛而作為度過孩童時代的一種儀式。）判斷孩子摔斷胳膊是成長過程中很自然的經歷。故選B。
4.推理判斷題。最后一段的段落大意：每一個人，從開始成長、上學到成為走出家門步入社會的公民，都應該幫助孩子們重新獲得探索某些東西的自由和樂趣，讓他們在田野里和樹林里發(fā)展友情，這有助于增強他們對自然美景的愛、尊重和需要。作為父母，我們應該付出一些精力帶孩子們到自然界當中去，這將是我們最偉大的事業(yè)。由此判斷：作者對孩子體驗大自然的觀點是有助于孩子在各方面的發(fā)展。作者的態(tài)度十分肯定。故選C。
考點：人生百味類短文閱讀。