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. According to the author, what causes kids’ getting lost in a “sea of technology”?

A. The wild places of the world

B. The kids themselves

C. The outdoor activities

D. TV and computer games

2.The underlined words “that place” in paragraph 2 can most probably refer to _______.                  

A. a hill          B. a library          C. a bar            D. a classroom

3.According to the author, children’s breaking an arm is _______.

A. the fault on the part of their parents

B. the natural experience in their growing up

C. the result of their own carelessness in play

D. the effect of stress from computer

4.What’s the author’s opinion on children’s experiencing the nature world?

A. It leads to children’s escape from school.

B. It’s helpful only in a limited way.

C. It helps develop children from all sides.

D. It increases the chance of getting injured.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：如今最令我們擔(dān)憂的事情之一是，我們的孩子將來(lái)有一天會(huì)在“技術(shù)的海洋”里迷失，而不是去體驗(yàn)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(hù)外的大千世界嚴(yán)重隔離，如果大人們不對(duì)孩子的玩樂(lè)方式進(jìn)行干預(yù)，這將改變野外的世界和生物，甚至?xí)�影響到人�?lèi)的健康。如果孩子們感受不到戶(hù)外世界的奇妙，長(zhǎng)大后也不會(huì)成為自然美景的保護(hù)者。 缺乏自然界的體驗(yàn)，孩子們同樣能夠成長(zhǎng)，但他們卻大大失去了生命中的豐富多彩。研究表明，在戶(hù)外自然界多活動(dòng)的孩子在學(xué)校里的學(xué)習(xí)成績(jī)更好，而且在自然野外活動(dòng)可以培養(yǎng)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)才能。即使是一個(gè)小小的戶(hù)外體驗(yàn)，也會(huì)激發(fā)孩子的好奇。每一個(gè)人都應(yīng)該幫助孩子們重新獲得探索某些東西的自由和樂(lè)趣，讓他們?cè)谔镆袄锖蜆?shù)林里發(fā)展友情，這有助于增強(qiáng)他們對(duì)自然美景的愛(ài)、尊重和需要。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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(hù)外的大千世界嚴(yán)重隔離，）判斷作者認(rèn)為：造成孩子在“技術(shù)的海洋”里迷失的原因是電視和電腦。故選D。

2. 詞義推測(cè)題。根據(jù)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(gè)人在自然界里都有一個(gè)有時(shí)要去光顧的地方，即使那個(gè)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(gè)地方的最后一代人。那么一個(gè)地方就是指前面的 a place in nature we go sometimes。故選A。

3. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的...but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a childhood rite of passage.（......但是重復(fù)來(lái)自電腦游戲的壓力卻替代了斷臂之痛而作為度過(guò)孩童時(shí)代的一種儀式。）判斷孩子摔斷胳膊是成長(zhǎng)過(guò)程中很自然的經(jīng)歷。故選B。

4.推理判斷題。最后一段的段落大意：每一個(gè)人，從開(kāi)始成長(zhǎng)、上學(xué)到成為走出家門(mén)步入社會(huì)的公民，都應(yīng)該幫助孩子們重新獲得探索某些東西的自由和樂(lè)趣，讓他們?cè)谔镆袄锖蜆?shù)林里發(fā)展友情，這有助于增強(qiáng)他們對(duì)自然美景的愛(ài)、尊重和需要。作為父母，我們應(yīng)該付出一些精力帶孩子們到自然界當(dāng)中去，這將是我們最偉大的事業(yè)。由此判斷：作者對(duì)孩子體驗(yàn)大自然的觀點(diǎn)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(diǎn)：人生百味類(lèi)短文閱讀。