Question

    Kindergarten outside? Yes，indeed. It’s part of a growing worldwide trend toward outdoor education. The schools are called Forest Kindergartens.

Now the numbers are small in the U. S.，but the idea is well established in Europe, with schools in Scotland, England, and Switzerland. By far most of such schools are in Germany, which has more than 400W aldkindergartens.

Children attending such particular school enjoy a good amount of outdoor education each day,rain or shine. Some lessons are focused on nature ； others are academic topics delivered in a natural setting. In all cases，students are active — not sitting at desks or on mats on the floor but walking, running, jumping, solving problems like how to get the mud off the bottoms of their shoes before their parents find out.

At these forest kindergartens, students learn science by observing and doing it, learn math by applying it to the natural world around them，learn letters and words by putting them together using sights and sounds. The children learn to make comparisons using natural things like apples and rocks. They develop an appreciation for animals and plants in their natural environment — not just by looking at pictures in a book or on a computer screen.

Some of the science activities involve teamwork, like explaining the best way to move a heavy object, showing how a lever(杠杆)works. In other sessions，teachers encourage students to develop their motor skills by building wooden tools such as hammers and knives.

These students also learn how to get along with one another, individually and in a group. They also develop healthy levels of self-confidence,just from being able to do the everyday activities that the school offers.

In a time when so many children are being classified as obese because of long time watching television and playing video games, these outdoor schools help children learn just as much, if not more，from opening their eyes to the world around them.

1.Which of the following country has the most Forest Kindergartens?

A. The U. S. B. Germany. C. The U. K. D. Switzerland

2.What is the purpose of the fourth paragraph?

A. To analyse how children learn socially.

B. To compare different teaching approaches.

C. To show how children learn academically.

D. To describe how active children are in the class.

3.Which may be seen in Forest Kindergartens?

A. Children are doing an experiment with chemicals.

B. Teachers are writing something on the blackboard.

C. Smart phones are widely used to help children learn.

D. Everything in nature is likely to be applied to teaching.

4.What is the author’s attitude to Forest Kindergartens?

A. Negative. B. Doubtful. C. Positive. D. Uncertain.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了以户外教育为主的森林幼儿园的学习方式以及积极意义。

1.细节理解题。答案定位在第二段By far most of such schools are in Germany, which has more than 400W aldkindergartens.可知德国拥有的森林幼儿园最多，故选B。

2.推理判断题。第四段At these forest kindergartens, students learn science by observing and doing it, learn math by applying it to the natural world around them，learn letters and words by putting them together using sights and sounds. The children learn to make comparisons using natural things like apples and rocks. They develop an appreciation for animals and plants in their natural environment — not just by looking at pictures in a book or on a computer screen.的意思是在这些森林幼儿园里,学生通过观察和动手做来学习科学,通过把数学运用到周围的自然世界来学习数学,通过视觉和声音来学习字母和词汇。孩子们学会用苹果和石头等自然的东西进行比较。他们培养了对自然环境中的动植物的欣赏能力，而不仅仅是通过看书或电脑屏幕上的图片。由此推断出第四段的目的是展示孩子们如何学习，故选C。

3.推理判断题。答案定位在第三段Children attending such particular school enjoy a good amount of outdoor education each day, rain or shine. Some lessons are focused on nature ； others are academic topics delivered in a natural setting.（在这样一所特殊学校上学的孩子们，无论晴雨，每天都能享受到大量的户外教育。一些课程的重点是自然；其他的一些学术科目在自然环境中教授。）由此推断出在森林幼儿园中，自然界的一切都可能应用于教学，故选D。

4.推理判断题。答案定位在最后一段In a time when so many children are being classified as obese because of long time watching television and playing video games, these outdoor schools help children learn just as much, if not more，from opening their eyes to the world around them.（很多孩子肥胖是因为长时间看电视和玩电脑游戏，这些户外学校也能帮助孩子们学到同样多的东西,至少，帮助他们拓宽了视野。）由此推断出，作者对森林幼儿园持肯定态度。A. Negative.否定的；B. Doubtful.疑惑的；C. Positive.肯定的；D. Uncertain.不确定的，故选C。