阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
The newly formed Wild Network — a collaboration of nearly 400 organizations — is attempting to attract youngsters away from television and computer screens 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 and general well-being.
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 decreasing, roaming (漫步) ranges have fallen largely, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost.”[
Suggestions on how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers (七叶树果), camping, snail racing, and observing autumn colour on trees.
From January, the network will aim to make suggestions on how the government can do more to get children muddy and bright-eyed.
This is not the first time the message of less screen time, 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 the TV set and go to do something less boring instead”.
1. What does the underlined word “surrender” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. Get around. B. Give up. 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 (辨别) the natural world.
C. To encourage children to participate in outdoor activities.
D. To get children out of too much homework from school.
3. Which of the following shows that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors?
A. Time spent on study is decreasing.
B. Chances of traveling abroad are fewer and fewer.
C. Time spent outdoors is less and activity levels are down.
D. The ability to identify common species has been improved.
A【文章大意】本文为记叙文。英国正在发起一个民间组织，举行活动鼓励孩子们远离电视、电脑，去田野、森林和公园等户外玩耍。
1.B 词义猜测题。结合第一段“...head for the great outdoors。”和第二段“away from television and computer screen...”可知，这个活动是为了让大家多去户外，远离电脑电视。第一段第一句 “A campaign is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.”叙述了这个运动的目的。由此可知，这个项目就是鼓励孩子们放弃看电视或电脑的30分钟去户外活动。由此可知，“surrender”即为放弃（give up），故选B。
2.C 细节理解题。根据第二段“...reconnect children with nature and outdoor play”可知这个组织的目的,因此选C。
3.C 细节判断题。根据第四段“The tragic truth is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation. Time spent outdoors is down”，可知花在户外活动上的时间变少了，表明了孩子们与大自然和户外失去了联系。因此选C。
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A campaign 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 screens 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 and general well-being.
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 decreasing, roaming (漫步) ranges have fallen largely, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost.”[
Suggestions on how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers (七叶树果), camping, snail racing, and observing autumn colour on trees.
From January, the network will aim to make suggestions on how the government can do more to get children muddy and bright-eyed.
This is not the first time the message of less screen time, 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 the TV set and go to do something less boring instead”.
1. What does the underlined word “surrender” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. Get around. B. Give up. 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 (辨别) the natural world.
C. To encourage children to participate in outdoor activities.
D. To get children out of too much homework from school.
3. Which of the following shows that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors?
A. Time spent on study is decreasing.
B. Chances of traveling abroad are fewer and fewer.
C. Time spent outdoors is less and activity levels are down.
D. The ability to identify common species has been improved.
A
1.B 词义猜测题。结合第一段“...head for the great outdoors。”和第二段“away from television and computer screen...”可知，这个活动是为了让大家多去户外，远离电脑电视。第一段第一句 “A campaign is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.”叙述了这个运动的目的。由此可知，这个项目就是鼓励孩子们放弃看电视或电脑的30分钟去户外活动。由此可知，“surrender”即为放弃（give up），故选B。
2.C 细节理解题。根据第二段“...reconnect children with nature and outdoor play”可知这个组织的目的,因此选C。
3.C 细节判断题。根据第四段“The tragic truth is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation. Time spent outdoors is down”，可知花在户外活动上的时间变少了，表明了孩子们与大自然和户外失去了联系。因此选C。
