The National Park Service in the United States will mark its one hundredth anniversary in 2016. As it nears its second century, the Park Service plans to increase its educational programs for students and teachers.
The plans include transportation support for one hundred thousand students each year to visit national parks to learn about nature and history. Yellowstone is believed to have been the world's first national park when it was established in 1872. Other students will get a chance to see parks in faraway places through Skype and other online programs.
The National Park Service also works with partners to provide education. One of its partners is a nonprofit organization called NatureBridge. NatureBridge is celebrating its fortieth anniversary and says one million young people have taken part in its programs. The organization works with students from kindergarten through twelfth grade and uses national parks as its classrooms. It provides field science programs at Yosemite National Park and four other locations in California and the northwestern state of Washington.
Now, NatureBridge is launching an East Coast center with a four-million-dollar grant from Google. The program will begin in April at the Prince William Forest Park in Virginia. Students stay for three to five days in NatureBridge programs. The activities are aimed at developing their science skills. For example, they learn about different soils and study water quality under a microscope.
Jason Morris is executive vice president of NatureBridge. He says when they are not sleeping, eating or in a laboratory, the students spend their time outdoors. Julia Washburn is associate director of education and interpretation for the National Park Service. She says in a time of budget cuts, the agency has to find ways to still meet its goals. Ms. Washburn says one of the most important services that the Park Service provides every day is nature interpretation. Park rangers (公園管理員) try to make visiting the outdoors more meaningful. Interpretation is a form of informal education. Essentially, it is a word that we use for the people in parks that explain the park or help orient(確定方向)you. So park rangers are interpreters. They orient you to the place you are in and help you make connections, emotional and intellectual connections, with the place.
小題1:Which of the following descriptions about NatureBridge is NOT correct?
A．It’s an organization working together with National Park Service to provide education.
B．Some of the activities held by NatureBridge are financially supported by Google.
C．Students from kindergarten to college can sign up for the organization’s activities.
D．It’s going to cut down budget for the activities because of economic hard times.
小題2:In which national park will the program by East Coast centre start?
A．Yellowstone National Park.B．Prince William Forest Park.
C．Yosemite National Park.D．Not mentioned in the passage.
小題3:What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．National parks are used as outdoor classrooms for students.
B．Students are called on to be members of NatureBridge.
C．Some famous national parks in US are attractive to students.
D．Park rangers make visiting parks much more interesting.
小題4: Which of the following is the correct structure of the whole passage? (Para=paragraph)
A．
B．
C．
D．
 
小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:B

試題分析：美國The National Park Service即將迎來其100周年紀念。借此機會The Park Service計劃加強其教育項目。
小題1:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第三段的句子：The organization works with students from kindergarten through twelfth grade and uses national parks as its classrooms. 可知從幼兒園到12年級是不包括大學(xué)在內(nèi)的，因此C表述有誤。
小題2:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第四段的句子：Now, NatureBridge is launching an East Coast center with a four-million-dollar grant from Google. The program will begin in April at the Prince William Forest Park in Virginia.可知 East Coast centre是在Prince William Forest Park.開始這個項目的，選B
小題3:主旨題：從文章最后一段的句子：Jason Morris is executive vice president of NatureBridge. He says when they are not sleeping, eating or in a laboratory, the students spend their time outdoors.可知學(xué)生們是在戶外進行活動的，也可以說國家公園被用作戶外的教室，選A
小題4:文章結(jié)構(gòu)題：文章第一段綜述The Park Service計劃加強其教育項目。第二段介紹一個國家公園Yellowstone，三到五段介紹另外一個國家公園Naturebridge，所以選B。
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