Question

Recent studies have shown that challenging your brain, by spurring (刺激) the brain to create new patterns, is very important to keep your brain active and healthy as you age. Lifelong learning is a health club for our minds, bodies and spirits. This is why we parents should also teach our children to be lifelong learners. Dr. Marilyn Price-Mitchell, an American psychologist, and youth development expert, shares some ways for us to do this.

1. Ask questions.

When your child asks you a question, don't answer it straight away. Instead, help him or her bring up “questions that pique their curiosity.” This way, we help children make connections between what they're learning at school and the world beyond their classroom. We also show them that learning does not, and should not, end when one is “done with school” — it's actually a lifelong process!

2. Let them fail.

Our kids love learning about different scientific concepts (概念) via The Magic School Bus videos on YouTube. And one of the characters, Miss Frizzle (the science teacher) always says this phrase: “Take chances, make mistakes, and get messy.” I always quote (引述) her when the kids say they're afraid to do or learn something because they might do it wrong or make a mistake. If we don't allow our kids to fail, they won't be able to learn to “use mistakes and failures to make lifelong learning easier,” as Dr. Price-Mitchell says.

3. Learn through experience.

This is very true for all of us, especially children. In the words of Dr. Price-Mitchell, “Learning through experience, not just from books, is one of the best ways to give the youth the skills they need for lifelong learning, living, and working in the 21st century.”

Of course, we should also set an example for our children — by learning continuously, and expanding our knowledge and experiences.

1.What does the underlined word “pique” in the text probably mean?

A. Change.

B. Awaken.

C. Balance.

D. Prevent.

2.What's the author's attitude to what Miss Frizzle always says?

A. Worried.

B. Doubtful.

C. Uncaring.

D. Supportive.

3.Which of the following shows the importance of learning through experience?

A. Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.

B. It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

C. If you don't learn to think when you are young, you may never learn.

D. Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.

4.In which part of a newspaper will the text most probably appear?

A. Health.

B. Culture.

C. Education.

D. Popular science.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，文章第一段告诉我们终生学习是非常重要的，接着介绍了促进孩子形成终生学习习惯的三个建议。

1.猜测词义题。根据划线词后句This way, we help children make connections between what they're learning at school and the world beyond their classroom.可知通过提问可以把学校所学的知识和外面的世界联系在一起，也就是说提问可以唤醒激发人们的好奇心。所以该词意为“awaken”，故B项正确。

2.推理判断题。根据第三段第三句I always quote (引述) her when the kids say they're afraid to do or learn something because they might do it wrong or make a mistake.可知作者经常引述Miss Frizzle的话，说明他赞成Miss Frizzle的观点。故D项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据文章第四段可知通过亲身经历学到的知识是难以忘记的。D项“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”中involve me and I learn正是通过亲身经历的学习。故D项正确。

4.推理判断题。文章第一段告诉我们终生学习是非常重要的，接着介绍了促进孩子形成终生学习习惯的三个建议。属于与教育相关的内容，那么这一内容应该出现在报纸上的教育专栏。故C项正确。