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”.What does the underlined word “surrender” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
| A．Give up | B．Get around |
| C．Take up | D．Run away |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
A traveller was staying in an Egyptian village. One day, she held up her camera to take pictures of the children. Suddenly the young ones began to shout at her. The traveller's face turned red and she apologized to the head for what she was doing, and told him she had forgotten that people in some places believed a person would lose his soul(灵魂) if his picture was taken. She explained to him the operation of a camera for a long time. Several times the head tried to say something, but he couldn't. When she believed that the head didn't fear any longer, the traveller then let him speak. With a smile, he said, "The children were trying to tell you that you forgot to take off the lens(镜头) cap!" The children shouted when the traveller was taking pictures of them because _______.
| A．they didn't want to stop playing |
| B．the traveller forgot to take off the cap on her head |
| C．they didn't want to have their pictures taken |
| D．the traveller was not doing well with her camera |
The traveller made an apology to (向……道歉) the head because _______.
| A．she thought it was not right to take people's pictures without telling them beforehand(事先) |
| B．the children would lose their souls |
| C．she had stayed in the village too long |
| D．she didn't take a picture of the head first |
The traveller explained how to use a camera to the head because _______.
| A．the head was very interested in her camera |
| B．the head wanted to learn to take pictures |
| C．she was afraid of the head |
| D．she wanted the head not to worry about what she was doing |
When the head smiled, it's clear that _______ .
| A．the children wanted to play with her |
| B．the traveller didn't know what the children meant |
| C．he wanted the traveller to tell him something else |
| D．the traveller didn't let him speak |
James is a good student and he has lots of friends，but he also has a problem．Some older boys are bullying(欺负)him at school．James is very unhappy and he doesn't know what to do about it．Here are some suggestions to him and other teenagers in this situation．
Don't feel worried．It's not your fault(过错)! Being bullied can make you feel very lonely and angry，but you are not alone．Don't feel that you have to hide the problem．You should find a person you can trust，and tell them．It might be your teacher，your parents，or even your friend's parents．After you tell someone，you will get some support and feel some relief(解脱)．
Speaking to an adult might make you nervous，but here are other things you can do．Some people express their feelings more easily on paper．Write a letter to someone or keep a diary．Include all the details about what the bullies do, as well as when and where the bullying happens．You can use it as proof to show what is going on．And it is a wonderful idea to show your letter or diary to a teacher or another responsible adult．Then the bullies will feel very afraid if their names appear in a letter!
Also，don't show you are sad and don't try and fight with the bullies. You could get in trouble yourself. Ignore them and just walk away. The bullies will soon stop.What do you think the text is trying to tell us?
| A．What to do about being bullied. | B．How to be a good student at school. |
| C．What to write well in a diary. | D．How to give suggestions to teenagers. |
Why does the text advise you not to feel worried if bullied?
| A．Because you are not alone. | B．Because it is not your fault. |
| C．Because someone has known about it. | D．Because you' re doing something wrong. |
You'd better go and find a person you can trust and ____.
| A．know what happens | B．learn from them | C．ask for help | D．make them lonely |
When you leave home to go and live somewhere else, you naturally take your own personality and cultural ways with you. When you arrive in a new country with a different culture you can experience different kinds of feelings and reactions. For example, you may feel confused and nervous, and like to depend on others.
If you do experience these things, then you are probably experiencing culture shock. For example, coming to Australia from another country certainly gives you a chance to face many new things: the buildings look different, and the food is not what you are used to. You may not be able to speak with other people confidently.
Learning to function effectively in a new culture is not easy. Meanings in cross-cultural situations are often unclear. This can be stressful because you are not sure what others expect of you or what you can expect of them. In these situations it is natural to feel anxious and frustrated(挫折). If you recognize that these feelings are a normal part of the experience of living away from “home”, you may be able to deal with them more efficiently. Your sense of humor and openness will also help. As you gain greater understanding of the new culture, you can expect the stress to disappear.
Dealing with culture shock needs a special effort, but it is the most important to remember that you are not alone in your feelings of distress. Most people in their first weeks and months in a new country experience similar reactions.This passage mainly tells us _______.
| A．How to adapt（适应） to a new environment | B．how to live in Australia happily |
| C．how to study in a new environment | D．how to avoid being nervous |
Why do people have many kinds of feelings in a new country?
| A．Because they are surprised at everything they see. |
| B．Because buildings are very beautiful. |
| C．Because culture shock does have a great effect on them. |
| D．Because they have to learn something quickly. |
The stress may disappear slowly as you __________.
| A．have the ability to get along well with others |
| B．can know more about the new culture |
| C．can consider the stress to be normal |
| D．are humorous and have a good mood |
Which of the following is the most important thing in dealing with culture shock?
| A．Your efforts. | B．Your attitude. | C．Your feelings. | D．Your humor. |
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| A．inquiring(询问) English learning | B．setting Open University |
| C．introducing famous teachers | D．attracting students |
As a student of the Open University, you don’t need to ________.
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The Open University can supply you with _________.
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A friend of mine was in low spirits one day. He usually dealt with this state of mind by avoiding people until the mood passed. But on that day Fred had an important meeting with his boss, so he decided to put on a false front. During the meeting Fred smiled, joked and played the part of a happy, good-natured person. To his surprise, he soon discovered he was no longer depressed.
Without realizing it, Fred chanced to find an important new principle of psychological research: acting a part can help us feel the way we want to feel — more self-assured in a trying situation, more cheerful when things go wrong.
How can you put this principle to work in your own life? There’s more involved than simply mimicking a few expressions. You have to be systematic about it. Here’s how:
Smile to cheer yourself up.
Relax to reduce anxiety or fear.
Look your best to increase your self-confidence.
Keep cool in a crisis.
Using our bodies and actions to change the way we feel can be a useful tool in helping us through life’s difficult times. As novelist George Eliot wrote more than a century ago, “Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” People who remember that — and act upon it — can only be richer and happier for the experience.In paragraph 1 the underlined phrase “to put on a false front” means ______.
| A．to wear a wrong coat |
| B．to act a part unsuccessfully |
| C．to show a pretended happy appearance |
| D．to put on airs |
According to Paragraph 1, Fred ______before the meeting.
| A．had very few spirits |
| B．had many spirits |
| C．was in bad mood |
| D．was in good mood |
The underlined phrase “mimicking” in Paragraph 3 most probably means ______.
| A．learning quickly |
| B．making faces |
| C．behaving well |
| D．imitating others |
In the last paragraph, the quotation “Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds” may show that ______.
| A．actions speak louder than words |
| B．the more we do, the happier we are |
| C．our feeling cannot change our behavior |
| D．actions are very important for us to beat bad moods for good |