Question

    I’m always surprised when I hear the statistics about how little time kids spend outside. One study found children are spending less than half amount of time outdoors than they did just 20 years ago.

1.All that outside time then wasn’t just about health and exercise, though that was certainly true. Several studies also have linked outside time to higher test scores, lower anxiety and aggression, more creativity and improved attention spans. 2. Researchers look at three primary schools in South Wales that adopted an outdoor learning program with teachers working outside with students at least one hour a week and come to this conclusion.

3.Eliza Minnucci’s kindergarten class there engages in Forest Mondays, during which the students spend the whole day in the woods, rain or shine. It’s a more curriculum-based version of the Land, an outdoor playground in England, which allows kids to experiment, build dams and even build fires in the woods.

So what have the results been? Mostly positive. “Kids are so resourceful out here. Minnucci said. 4.We teach them discrete (互不关联的) skills and facts and they put them together later. That’s a good way to learn, but it’s not the way the world works,” she said. “ 5.In the place, they need to think about how to build a dam with others and at the same time think about staying dry and staying warm.

Considering all the good evidence that being outside is good great for mind and body — as well as test scores — it seems like this kind of education is a natural next step for teachers.

A.My own childhood was filled with outdoor time.

B.As an added bonus, it is also beneficial to teachers.

C.The idea is to let kids learn lessons from the natural world.

D.In the classroom, we separate everything into small pieces.

E.A public school in Queechee is taking these results seriously.

F.I like giving them the opportunity to be in a really complex place.

G.Playing outdoors involves plenty of learning, just not from a book.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.E

4.D

5.F

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一项研究，研究人员发现户外时间有利于教师教学，英国的一所公立学校已经开始尝试户外教学并取得了不错的效果。

1.

上文说一项研究发现，现在的孩子的户外时间还不到二十年前的一半，空后又说那时候所有的户外活动不仅仅是为了健康和锻炼，因此此处应该会提到二十年前的户外时间，即：作者的童年有很多户外活动的时间，故A项（我的童年充满了户外的时光）符合语境。故选A。

2.

空前说户外时间有助于提高考试成绩，降低焦虑和攻击性，并且还会提高创造力和提高注意力，空后又说研究人员观察了南威尔士的三所小学，这些学校采用了一项户外学习计划，教师每周至少在户外教学一小时，得出了这个结论，因此此处介绍的是户外时间的另一个好处——有利于教师教学，故B项（作为额外的奖励，它也有利于教师）符合语境。故选B。

3.

空后说伊莱扎·米努奇的幼儿园开展了“森林星期一”活动，在此期间，学生们一整天都呆在树林里，风雨无阻，这说明有的学校开始采用户外学习计划，也就是说它（们）正认真对待“户外时间有利于教学”这一研究结果，故E项（奎奇的一所公立学校正在认真对待这些结果）符合语境。故选E。

4.

空后米努奇说他们（在课堂上）教孩子们理论和实际，然后让他们把二者结合起来，虽然这是一种很好的学习方式，但这不是世界运行的方式，因此此处应该会提到课堂上的教学方法，与户外教学形成对比，故D项（在教室里，我们把每样东西都分成小块）符合语境。故选D。

5.

空前说课堂教学虽然是一种很好的学习方式，但孩子们不能切实地学习到世界是如何运行的，空后又说在这个地方，他们需要考虑如何与他人一起建造水坝，同时还要考虑如何保持干燥和温暖，因此此处说的是让孩子到户外中学习、认识世界，空后的the place指代的就是F项中a really complex place，故F项（我喜欢给他们机会去一个非常复杂的地方）符合语境。故选F。