9."My kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy,"says a second-grade teacher in Saugus,California."Some of them are building solar collectors for their energy course."These young scientists are part of City Building Educational Program (CBEP),a particular program for kindergarten through twelfth grade that uses the stages of city planning to teach basic reading,writing and math skills,and more.
The children don't just plan any city.They map and analyze the housing,energy,and transportation requirements of their own district and foretell its needs in 100years.With the aid of an architect who visits the classroom once a week,they invent new ways to meet these needs and build models of their creations."Designing buildings of the future gives children a lot of freedom,"says the teacher who developed this program."They are able to use their own rich imagination and inventions without fear of blame,because there are no wrong answers in a future context.In fact,as the class enters the final model-building stage of the program,an elected‘official'and‘planning group'make all the design decisions for the model city,and the teacher steps back and becomes an adviser."
CBEP is a set of activities,games and imitations(模仿) that teach the basic steps necessary for problem-solving:observing,analyzing,working out possible answers,and judging them based on the children's own standards.
46.The Program is designedC.
A.to help young architects know more about designing
B.to train young scientists for city planning
C.to develop children's problem-solving abilities
D.to direct kids to build solar collectors
47.An architect pays a weekly visit to the classroomD.
A.to find out kinds'creative ideas
B.to discuss with the teacher
C.to give children lectures
D.to help kids with their program
48.Who is the designer of the program?A
A.A teacher. B.An architect C.An official. D.A scientist.
49.The children feel free in the program becauseB.
A.they can design future buildings themselves
B.they need not worry about making mistakes
C.they are given enough time to design models
D.they have new ideas and rich imagination.
分析 本文講述了一個科學(xué)項目City Building Educational Program (CBEP),以此來提高孩子們解決問題的能力.
解答 46-49 CDAB
46..C 細(xì)節(jié)題.第三段"CBEP is a set of…that teach the basic steps necessary for problem-solving",由此可知,此項目的是提高孩子們解決問題的能力,選C.
47.D 細(xì)節(jié)題.第二段"with the aid of an architect,they invent new ways to meet these needs and build models of their creations"可知,建筑師來教室是為了幫助孩子們解決程序中遇到的問題.
48.A 細(xì)節(jié)題.第二段中間有"says the teacher who developed this program"可見教師是設(shè)計者.
49.B 細(xì)節(jié)題.第二段"because there are no wrong answers in a future context",可知孩子們感到自由的原因是不用擔(dān)心犯錯誤.
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