Do you enjoy seeing the stars twinkling at night ? Or do you love the ocean and sea, diving and racing with lovely dolphins? With heavy burdens on their shoulders, teenagers find it hard to pull out. Even if they are free, they prefer to occupy themselves with computer games or watching TV. How to get children away from screens is a great concern for parents. Now there is some good news for those concerned parents and teachers.
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 screen and into fields, woods and parks.
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 herald the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK from Friday. It looks at the increasingly fragile link between children and nature.
Members of the network include the National Trust, RSPB, Play England and the NHS sustainable development unit.
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 ranges have fallen drastically, 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(板栗), 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 entreated 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 do something less boring instead".
小題1:What is the main purpose of the campaign in UK?
A．To save 30 minutes for watching TV programme each day.
B．To encourage children to play outdoors.
C．To see the documentary film, Project Wild Thing.
D．To teach students how to learn more efficiently in schools.
小題2:According to the organizers of Wild Network, there will be many advantages from the campaign except _______.
A．improving health conditions
B．keeping touch with nature
C．learning more about wildlife
D．teaching children how to make full use of their spare time
小題3:The underlined part “ to get children muddy and bright-eyed ” means “_______ ”.
A．to make children covered with mud
B．to urge politicians to do more things for children
C．to encourage children to take part in outdoors activities
D．to help children identify common species
小題4:Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A．A new campaign.B．Less screen, more play outdoors.
C．A newly formed Wild Network. D．Children get to know wild things.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B

試題分析：英國正在發(fā)起一個(gè)活動(dòng)，鼓勵(lì)孩子們每天用半個(gè)小時(shí)的上網(wǎng)時(shí)間去參加戶外活動(dòng)。
小題1:B主旨大意題。第一段所說就是本文的主旨：活動(dòng)的目的旨在鼓勵(lì)孩子們每天用半個(gè)小時(shí)的上
網(wǎng)時(shí)間去參加戶外活動(dòng)。故B正確。
小題2:D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第三段“it could help improve fitness, mental alertness and general well–being”說
該活動(dòng)“有助于改善健康，使人精力充沛，增加幸福感”， 據(jù)此判斷A項(xiàng)正確。第六段“The tragic truth
is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation. Time spent outdoors is down,
roaming ranges have fallen drastically, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species
has been lost.”說“令人感覺不妙是，在這一代人中，孩子失去了與大自然和戶外接觸的機(jī)會(huì)。孩子們
的戶外活動(dòng)時(shí)間減少，活動(dòng)范圍急劇縮小，活動(dòng)水平下降，識(shí)別常見生物的能力喪失”，據(jù)此判斷BC
項(xiàng)正確。
小題3:C詞義猜測(cè)題�！癿uddy”原意是“使沾上泥泥巴”，那么“讓孩子們沾上泥泥巴”意思就是“讓孩子們?nèi)⒓右巴饣顒?dòng)”。故C正確。
小題4:B主旨大意題。選項(xiàng)A“一次新的運(yùn)動(dòng)”其概念過于寬泛；CD選項(xiàng)都是細(xì)節(jié)，不能概括主題。只有B選項(xiàng)最為貼切“多多離開熒屏，多多參加戶外活動(dòng)”。
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