题目内容
16.My 11-year old daughter Hannah arrives in Washington for the first time.While considering where to visit first,she sees the greenhouse."Here",she says,as she drags me into the tropical paradise(热带天堂).I look around,recognizing the different plants and flowers.It reminds me of when I first started college and missed home.But then I found the campus greenhouse and spent every waking moment between classes there,potting,growing and watering.It made me think of the farm where I grew up.Because that's where as a child,I dug in the ground for hidden springs,searched for wild fruit and so on.That adventurous time forced me to push my own boundaries as I went through adolescence.But by the time I was ready for college,it broke my heart to leave.
This is known as homesickness and I saw it as my great weakness.But in the book How to Raise a Wild Child,the author Scott Sampson mentioned another name:topophilia,a love of a place.And he stressed it is the key to restoring sustainability(持续性) on our planet.One study he gave as an example found that the average American child spends less than seven minutes a day outdoors,but more than seven hours per day staring at screens.He wrote that children can recognize more than 10,000 company logos(徽标),but fewer than 10 plants native to their region."If sustainability depends on transforming the human relationship with nature,the present-day gap(间隔)between kids and nature is one of the greatest and most overlooked dangers of our time."
Throughout all stages of childhood,one technique that Sampson encourages families to use is the"sit-spot"-a place in outdoors close to the home where children can become quiet and feel more connected with nature.
I let Hannah take the lead as we walked through the greenhouse.Like me,she is only able to relax when she finds nature.I wonder if the hours of free play she has had in the same fields,woods,and streams that remind me of my childhood are her ball and chain.
On the walk to our hotel,she stops to watch the birds and enjoy the sunset.Maybe nature isn't her ball and chain after all.Maybe it is her window to the world of sustainability.She teaches me there is nature to love,honor and protect everywhere.
25.What helped cure the author's homesickness when she was in college?B
A.Reading the book How to Raise a Wild Child.
B.Recognizing different plants and flowers.
C.Going on adventures to push her boundaries.
D.Going on adventures to push her boundaries.
26.According to Scott Sampson.D.
A.topophilia will cause a gap between kids and nature
B.American children spend more time outdoors than indoors
C.American children are more knowledgeable than other children
D.a lack of contact with nature may be bad for the earth's sustainability
27.Which of the following might be a"sit-spot",according to the author?A
A.A garden in the neighborhood.
B.A river outside the town.
C.A school library.
D.A museum in the city.
28.We can infer from the passage thatD.
A.greenhouses should be chosen as the first stop on a trip
B.staying close to nature might be a heavy burden for Hannah
C.the sustainability of our planet depends entirely on topophilia
D.the author advise parents to get their kids close to nature.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了一个缺乏与自然的接触可能不利于地球的可持续性,作者建议家长让孩子亲近自然.
解答 25.B.细节理解题.根据第二段But then I found the campus greenhouse and spent every waking moment between classes there,potting,growing and watering.It made me think of the farm where I grew up可知在她上大学的时候,是认识不同的植物和花卉帮助治愈了作者的思乡病;故选B.
26.D.推理判断题.根据文章."If sustainability depends on transforming the human relationship with nature,the present-day gap(间隔)between kids and nature is one of the greatest and most overlooked dangers of our time可知根据Scott Sampson一个缺乏与自然的接触可能不利于地球的可持续性;故选D.
27.A.推理判断题.根据文章Throughout all stages of childhood,one technique that Sampson encourages families to use is the"sit-spot"-a place in outdoors close to the home where children can become quiet and feel more connected with nature可知附近的公园可能是作者口中的静坐点;故选A.
28.D.推理判断题.根据最后一段Maybe it is her window to the world of sustainability.She teaches me there is nature to love,honor and protect everywhere可知作者建议家长让孩子亲近自然;故选D.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.