Question

A campaign(活動) is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.

The newly formed Wild Network—a collaboration of nearly 400 organizations—is attempting to attract youngsters away from television and computer screen and to fields, woods and parks. Members of the network include the National Trust, RSPB, Play England and the NHS. Organizers say it is the UK’s biggest ever campaign to reconnect children with nature and outdoor play, and claim it could help improve fitness, mental alertness(機(jī)敏) and general wellbeing.

A documentary film, Project Wild Thing, will forecast the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK from Friday. It looks at the increasing link between children and nature.

Andy Simpson, chairman of the Wild Network, said, “The tragic truth is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation. Time spent outdoors is down, roaming(漫步) ranges have fallen largely, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost.”

Suggestions of how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers(七葉樹果), camping or snail racing, and observing autumn colour on trees.

From January, the network will aim to make suggestions to politicians on how government can do more to get children muddy and bright-eyed.

This is not the first time the message of less screen, more play has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were requested to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Don’t You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to “switch off your TV set and go to do something less boring instead”.

1.What does the underlined word “surrender” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Give up B. Get around

C. Take up D. Run away

2.For what purpose is the Wild Network organized?

A. To make children read more books.

B. To help children distinguish(辨別) the natural world.

C. To encourage children to participate in outdoor activities.

D. To get children out of too much homework from school.

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The outdoors can be beneficial to children’s wellbeing.

B. The Network advocates(提倡) keeping children’s distance from TV.

C. It is the first time for less screen, more play to be brought up.

D. The government should do more to get children to go outdoors.

4.Which of the following shows that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors?

A. Time spent outdoors is less and activity levels are down.

B. Chances of travelling abroad are fewer and fewer.

C. Time spent on the study is decreasing.

D. The ability to identify common species has been improved.

5.Which is confusing according to the passage?

A. Government took measures to get children muddy and bright-eyed.

B. A BBC TV series called on its viewers to shut off their TV sets.

C. More children went out to keep in touch with nature.

D. Wild Network launched a campaign to encourage children to go outdoors.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇新聞報道。主要講的是針對當(dāng)下青少年多喜歡看電視玩電腦這一現(xiàn)象發(fā)起了一項盡量少接觸電子屏幕，走進(jìn)大自然，多開展戶外活動的呼吁，并成立相關(guān)組織。

1. 猜詞題。A放棄；B到處走；C占據(jù)，開始從事；D逃跑。從文章第一段“…h(huán)ead for the great outdoors.”和第二段“away from television and computer screen…”可知，是為了讓大家多去戶外，遠(yuǎn)離電腦電視，故選A。

2. 細(xì)節(jié)題。從第二段“…reconnect children with nature and outdoor play,”譯為使孩子們與大自然，戶外活動重新聯(lián)系起來，故選C。

3. 細(xì)節(jié)題。從最后一段“This is not the first time the message of less screen,”可知，這不是第一次減少與電子屏幕的接觸，故選C。

4. 細(xì)節(jié)題。從第四段“Time spent outdoors is down”可知花在戶外活動上的時間變少了，故選A。

5. 細(xì)節(jié)題。從最后一段“confusingly called on its viewers to “switch off your TV set and go to do something less boring instead”.”號召電視觀眾關(guān)掉電視，出去做一些不那么無聊的事情，故選B。

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