Children have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation! Recently a campaign encouraging children to put away - and play outside has been organized. The campaign, said to be the biggest _____, has been launched with the ______of a documentary film, Project Wild Thing. It tells the story of how, ______ an attempt to get his daughter and son outside, film-maker David Bond______ as marketing director for nature. The call to renew a___with nature comes from about 400 organizations, from playgroups to the National Health Service. Children are being ____to take back their "wild time",___30 minutes of screen use for outdoor activities. The organizers____that giving up 30 minutes of television and computer games each day in exchange for outdoor playwill increase the ___of fitness and alertness and improve children's well-being.
According to the chairman Andy Simpson, right now, time spent outdoors is ___,activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been ____ "With many more parents becoming ____ the dominance(统治地位)of screen time in their children's lives, and growing scientific evidence that a decline in____ time is bad news for the health and happiness of our children, we all need to become marketing directors for nature. We want parents to see what this magical wonder product does for their kids' development, independence and creativity, by giving wild time a ____,”said Mr. Simpson.
In Mr. Bond's opinion, the reasons why kids, ____ they live in cities or the countryside, have become ____from nature and the outdoors are complex. " We need to make more space for wild time in children's daily routine, ____ this generation of kids to have the sort of experiences that many of us took for granted. It's all about finding ____ on your doorstep and discovering the sights, sounds and ____ of nature一maybe in a back garden, a local park, or just green space at the end of the road."
1.A. subjects B. screens C. stages D. scenes
2.A. ever B. likely C. then D. even
3.A. outcome B. direction C. exposure D. release
4.A. by B. on C. for D. in
5.A. behaves B. acts C. treats D. regards
6.A. connection B. commitment C.contract D. campaign
7.A. pulled B. forced C. urged D. warned
8.A. providing B. taking C. swapping D. preparing
9.A. allow B. admit C. acquire D. argue
10.A. amounts B. levels C. degrees D. standards
11.A. down B. up C. over . D. off
12.A. developed B. shown C. tested D. lost
13.A. delighted with B. guilty of C. concerned about D. desperate for
14.A. free B. active C. spare D. normal
15.A. go B. bit C. look D. fit
16.A. while B. though C. as D. whether
17.A. escaped B. disconnected C. suffered D. protected
18.A. freeing B. forbidding C. seeking D. serving
19.A. imagination B. fortune C. wildness D. solution
20.A. senses B. voices C. features D. smells
一One cannot achieve anything by sitting around and talking about it.
一I can't agree more._.That's why Johnson failed to get into college.
A. A book is a garden carried in the pocket.
B. An old pan is the one that makes good food.
C. A roaring lion kills no game.
D. A bad workman always blames his tools.
一Do you think Chinese elements in "Gravity" were included just to_an increasingly influential Chinese viewing audience?
一I don't know, but the director denied the storyline was just to_the booming market.
A. appeal to; win over B. cater to; take over
C. adjust to; turn over D. adapt to; get over
一What do you think of the UNICEF?
一Great. Its programs have saved thousands of children in Africa who would have______died from lack of food or terrible diseases.
A. instead B. otherwise C. therefore D. moreover
You should be grateful to your employees, because you wouldn't be_you are now without them.
A. why B. how C. where D. which
We got in my father's car and headed straight home and__________,I surely would have been stuck in the station for several days.
A. had I not B. did I not C. if I didn't D. if I had