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 puter 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 puter 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 mon 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.
【小题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.【小题2】According to the organizers of Wild Network, there will be many advantages from the campaign except .A．improving health conditionsB．keeping touch with natureC．learning more about wildlifeD．teaching children how to make full use of their spare time【小题3】The underlined part “ to get children muddy and bright-eyed ” means “ ”.A．to make children covered with mudB．to urge politicians to do more things for childrenC．to encourage children to take part in outdoors activitiesD．to help children identify mon species【小题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.B
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(答案→)B
解析：英国正在发起一个活动，鼓励孩子们每天用半个小时的上网时间去参加户外活动。
【小题1】B主旨大意题。第一段所说就是本文的主旨：活动的目的旨在鼓励孩子们每天用半个小时的上
网时间去参加户外活动。故B正确。
【小题2】D细节理解题。第三段“it could help improve fitness, mental alertness and general well–being”说
该活动“有助于改善健康，使人精力充沛，增加幸福感”， 据此判断A项正确。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 mon species
has been lost.”说“令人感觉不妙是，在这一代人中，孩子失去了与大自然和户外接触的机会。孩子们
的户外活动时间减少，活动范围急剧缩小，活动水平下降，识别常见生物的能力丧失”，据此判断BC
项正确。
【小题3】C词义猜测题。“muddy”原意是“使沾上泥泥巴”，那么“让孩子们沾上泥泥巴”意思就是“让孩子们去参加野外活动”。故C正确。
【小题4】B主旨大意题。选项A“一次新的运动”其概念过于宽泛；CD选项都是细节，不能概括主题。只有B选项最为贴切“多多离开荧屏，多多参加户外活动”。