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（蚕食）?” 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（培养）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（仪式）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】

试题分析：如今最令我们担忧的事情之一是，我们的孩子将来有一天会在“技术的海洋”里迷失，而不是去体验自然世界。令人忧虑的电视节目和电脑游戏正在使孩子们和户外的大千世界严重隔离，如果大人们不对孩子的玩乐方式进行干预，这将改变野外的世界和生物，甚至会影响到人类的健康。如果孩子们感受不到户外世界的奇妙，长大后也不会成为自然美景的保护者。 缺乏自然界的体验，孩子们同样能够成长，但他们却大大失去了生命中的丰富多彩。研究表明，在户外自然界多活动的孩子在学校里的学习成绩更好，而且在自然野外活动可以培养领导才能。即使是一个小小的户外体验，也会激发孩子的好奇。每一个人都应该帮助孩子们重新获得探索某些东西的自由和乐趣，让他们在田野里和树林里发展友情，这有助于增强他们对自然美景的爱、尊重和需要。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段第二句话Fear-producing TV and computer games are leading to serious disconnect between kids and the great outdoors, （令人忧虑的电视节目和电脑游戏正在使孩子们和户外的大千世界严重隔离，）判断作者认为：造成孩子在“技术的海洋”里迷失的原因是电视和电脑。故选D。

2. 词义推测题。根据第二段第一句话：Each of us has a place in nature we go sometimes, even if it was torn down. （我们每一个人在自然界里都有一个有时要去光顾的地方，即使那个地方已被夷为平地。）判断后一句是：我们不能成为有那么一个地方的最后一代人。那么一个地方就是指前面的 a place in nature we go sometimes。故选A。

3. 细节理解题。根据第四段的...but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a childhood rite of passage.（......但是重复来自电脑游戏的压力却替代了断臂之痛而作为度过孩童时代的一种仪式。）判断孩子摔断胳膊是成长过程中很自然的经历。故选B。

4.推理判断题。最后一段的段落大意：每一个人，从开始成长、上学到成为走出家门步入社会的公民，都应该帮助孩子们重新获得探索某些东西的自由和乐趣，让他们在田野里和树林里发展友情，这有助于增强他们对自然美景的爱、尊重和需要。作为父母，我们应该付出一些精力带孩子们到自然界当中去，这将是我们最伟大的事业。由此判断：作者对孩子体验大自然的观点是有助于孩子在各方面的发展。作者的态度十分肯定。故选C。

考点：人生百味类短文阅读。