Question

A campaign(活动) 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 screen and 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(机敏) and general wellbeing.

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 down, roaming(漫步) ranges have fallen largely, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost.”

Suggestions of how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers(七叶树果), camping or snail racing, and observing autumn colour on trees.

From January, the network will aim to make suggestions to politicians on how government can do more to get children muddy and bright-eyed.

This is not the first time the message of less screen, 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 your TV set and go to do something less boring instead”.

1.What does the underlined word “surrender” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Give up   B. Get around

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.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The outdoors can be beneficial to children’s wellbeing.

B. The Network advocates(提倡) keeping children’s distance from TV.

C. It is the first time for less screen, more play to be brought up.

D. The government should do more to get children to go outdoors.

4.Which of the following shows that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors?

A. Time spent outdoors is less and activity levels are down.

B. Chances of travelling abroad are fewer and fewer.

C. Time spent on the study is decreasing.

D. The ability to identify common species has been improved.

5.Which is confusing according to the passage?

A. Government took measures to get children muddy and bright-eyed.

B. A BBC TV series called on its viewers to shut off their TV sets.

C. More children went out to keep in touch with nature.

D. Wild Network launched a campaign to encourage children to go outdoors.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇新闻报道。主要讲的是针对当下青少年多喜欢看电视玩电脑这一现象发起了一项尽量少接触电子屏幕，走进大自然，多开展户外活动的呼吁，并成立相关组织。

1. 猜词题。A放弃；B到处走；C占据，开始从事；D逃跑。从文章第一段“…head for the great outdoors.”和第二段“away from television and computer screen…”可知，是为了让大家多去户外，远离电脑电视，故选A。

2. 细节题。从第二段“…reconnect children with nature and outdoor play,”译为使孩子们与大自然，户外活动重新联系起来，故选C。

3. 细节题。从最后一段“This is not the first time the message of less screen,”可知，这不是第一次减少与电子屏幕的接触，故选C。

4. 细节题。从第四段“Time spent outdoors is down”可知花在户外活动上的时间变少了，故选A。

5. 细节题。从最后一段“confusingly called on its viewers to “switch off your TV set and go to do something less boring instead”.”号召电视观众关掉电视，出去做一些不那么无聊的事情，故选B。

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