Most of us spend our lives seeking the natural world. To this end, we walk the dog, play golf, go fishing, sit in the garden, drink outside rather than inside the pub, have a picnic, live in the suburbs, go to the seaside, buy a weekend place in the country. The most popular free time activity in Britain is going for a walk. And when joggers (慢跑者) jog, they don’t run the streets. Every one of them automatically heads to the park or the river. It is my firm belief that not only do we all need nature, but we all seek nature, whether we know we are doing so or not.
But despite this, our children are growing up nature-deprived (丧失). I spent my boyhood climbing trees. These days, children are robbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and strange new ideas about what is best for children, that is to say, things that can be bought, rather than things that can be found.
The truth is to be found elsewhere. A study in the US: families had moved to better housing and the children were assessed for ADHD (多动症). Those whose housing had more natural views showed an improvement of 19%; those who had the same improvement in material surroundings but no nice view improved just 4%.
A study in Sweden indicated that kindergarten children who could play in a natural environment had less illness and greater physical ability than children used only to a normal playground. A US study suggested that when a school gave children access to a natural environment, the entire school would do better in studies.
Another study found that children play differently in a natural environment. In playgrounds, children create a hierarchy (等级) based on physical abilities, with the tough ones taking the lead. But when a grassy area was planted with bushes, the children got much more into fantasy play, and the social hierarchy was now based on imagination and creativity.
Most bullying (恃强凌弱) is found in schools where there is a tarmac (柏油碎石) playground; the least bullying is in a natural area that the children are encouraged to explore. This reminds me unpleasantly of Sunnyhill School, with its hard tarmac, where I used to hang about in corners dreaming about wildlife.
But children are frequently discouraged from involvement with natural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage. So, instead, the damage is done to the children themselves: not to their bodies but to their souls.
One of the great problems of modern childhood is ADHD, now increasingly and expensively treated with drugs. Yet one study after another indicates that contact with nature gives huge benefits to ADHD children. However, we spend money on drugs rather than on green places.
The life of old people is much better when they have access to nature. The most important for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quantity of years. And study after study finds that a garden is the single most important thing in finding that quality.
In wider and more difficult areas of life, there is evidence to indicate that natural surroundings improve all kinds of things. Even problems with crime and aggressive behaviour are reduced when there is contact with the natural world.
Dr William Bird, researcher from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, states in his study, “A natural environment can reduce violent behaviour because its process helps reduce anger and behavior that people might regret later.” Wild places need encouraging for this reason, no matter how small their contribution.
We tend to think human beings are doing nature some kind of favor when we are protecting nature. The error here is far too deep: not only do humans need nature for themselves, but the very idea that humanity and the natural world are separable things is damaging.
Human beings are a species of animals. For seven million years we lived on the planet as part of nature. So we miss the natural world and long for contact with non-human life. Anyone who has patted a dog, stroked a cat, sat under a tree with a glass of beer, given or received a bunch of flowers or chosen to walk through the park on a nice day, understands that.
We need the wild world. It is necessary to our well-being, our health, our happiness. Without other living things around us we are less than human.
【小题1】What is the author’s firm belief?

A．Find more effective drugs for them.

B．Provide more green spaces for them.

C．Place them under more personal care.

D．Engage them in more meaningful activities

A．They look on life optimistically.	B．They enjoy a life of better quality.
C．They are able to live longer.	D．They become good-humored

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My little son Logan had cerebral palsy(脑瘫). I should thank Tri-North Buiders, in which I was working, for   36 him. Four years ago, Tri-North Buiders   37 a daycare center called Little Buiders Day School. Little Buiders had 10   38  ranging in age from 6 weeks to 5 years, with three full-time teachers and a part-time teacher   39  there. All the four teachers helped Logan with his daily   40 , including feeding, walking and playing.
  41  Logan couldn’t speak, the teachers   42  with him through pictures. Logan was then   43  in all activities, such as art projects, plays, field trips, ect . Many things were centered   44 Logan.
Later, when Logan recovered to be almost like a   45 child and was preparing for his transition（过渡，转变）to the public school, the daycare workers worked with the school to ensure a(n)  46  transition. Not only was Logan  47 by the school, but the non-disabled children there were not surprised by Logan’s special   48 , which made Little Builders a perfect place to help today’s children   49 people like Logan.
I used to spend a lot of time in the daycare center. When Logan first began to learn to eat, he   50 ate with me or his father around . It was not   51 for me to carry Logan about while feeding him. I know that Logan would not be doing as   52  as he does now if not  53 Tri-North Buiders Company. In a world of making money at all   __54 _, I think you should know about the company making a(n)  55 

My neighbor Peter Gate’s life was shadowed for years by the memory of his part in an outdoor adventure that resulted in the death of one of his classmates．He and his wife 21 after six years of marriage．Then the news about Peter changed．His wife Betty came back; he 22 a fine position in a company．

One day he told me what had changed his 23 : I used to think, ‘Nothing can undo what I have done.’ The thought of my guilt(罪恶感) would 24 me in the middle of a smile or a handshake．It put a wall between my wife and me．Then I had an 25 visit from the person I 26 most to see —the 27 of the college classmate who died．“Years ago”, she said, “I found it in my heart, through prayer(祈祷), to 28 you．Betty forgave you．So did your friends and employers.” She 29, and then said 30, “You are the one person who hasn’t forgiven Peter Gate．Who do you think you are to 31 the people of this town and God ？”  “I 32 her eyes and found there a kind of permission to be the person I might have been _33__her son had lived．For the first time in my adult life I felt 34 to love and be loved.”

So, you see, it is only through forgiveness of our 35 that we gain the freedom to learn from experience．But forgiving our shortcomings doesn't mean 36   that they exist．37 , it means 38 them honestly, realistically．39 you forgive, you cannot love．And without 40, life has no meaning．Forgiveness is a good quality．

1.A．divided            B．separated        C．quarrelled       D．left

2.A．lost              B．kept              C．earned           D．discovered

3.A．marriage            B．job               C．family            D．life

4.A．help                B．stop              C．protect           D．attract

5.A．unexpected          B．unwilling         C．unfriendly       D．unknown

6.A．hoped          B．feared            C．terrified           D．wished

7.A．sister            B．wife              C．mother        D．teacher

8.A．hate              B．love              C．forgive          D．forget

9.A．stopped          B．added            C．continued      D．paused

10.A．seriously            B．sadly              C．cheerfully      D．nervously

11.A．get along with    B．stand out against     

         C．keep in touch with              D．live in harmony with

12.A．looked at           B．looked for       C．looked into     D．looked after

13.A．if             B．when        C．unless    D．after

14.A．worried            B．worthy           C．lonely            D．curious

15.A．adventures         B．friends            C．mistakes     D．classmates

16.A．ignoring         B．admitting         C．remembering           D．finding

17.A．To begin with       B．On the other hand   

C．Above all               D．On the contrary

18.A．facing         B．recognizing      C．returning          D．forgetting

19.A．Although           B．If              C．Unless         D．Because

20.A．forgiveness        B．love              C．freedom          D．shortcomings

根据所给中文完成句子（共30空，每空填一词0.5分，满分15分）

1.他还告诉我们赢得尊重的最佳途径就是专心学习并取得好成绩。

He also told us that the best way to earn respect was to _______  ________ to study and __________high grades.

2.我发现这里布置的家庭作业不像我以前在原来学校时那么繁重。

I found that the homework was not ______ _______ _______ _________ I used to get in my old school.

3.学习一结束他就开始游历中国。

________ ________his studies, he started travelling in China.

4.很多青少年感到孤独，好像没有人理解他们以及他们正在经历的变化。

Many teenagers feel lonely, _______ ________ no one understands them and the changes they are ________  __________.

5.男孩和女孩在这方面往往有所不同。

Boys and girls  _______ ________ __________ different in this regard.

6.球如此重地打在他身上以至于他差点儿落入水中。我转过头去看那些孩子们，但一个也看不见。

The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water .  I________ to look at the children, but there were not any_______ __________.

7.Jasper曾把几块“禁止停车”的牌子挂在大门外边，但没有任何效果。

Jasper has_______ _________ “No Parking” signs outside his gate, but these have not any_______.

8.这是我见过的最丑陋的头像之一。

It’s one of the ugliest faces I ______ _______ _________.

9.那小溪弯弯曲曲穿过田野，然后正好从他们的帐篷底下流过去。

The stream _______ its________ across the field and then flowed right under their tent.

10.我们喜爱他们就像我们喜欢漂亮的窗帘布一样.

We like them in _______ ________ ________ _________ we like pretty curtain materials.