Question

“Children need more geography field trips. Schools should organize geography field trips to stop pupils from sitting before computer screens for a long time. And children should be encouraged to see the natural world and study geography,” says Michael Palin.

The famous actor and writer, Michael Palin, made the comments days after a study showed that pupils in the UK were less likely to take part in science field trips than in most other developed countries.

The study found that 13% of schools in the UK failed to take children out of the classroom regularly.

Mr. Palin said that field trips were an important part of geography and that he was interested in geography because he had a good geography teacher and he had many opportunities to “get out of the school building”.

In an interview, Mr. Palin said, “It was important for children to see things for themselves and learn about the rest of the world. You have to show them a mountain, show them a factory, show them a power station.”

Mr. Palin had been to the North and South Poles, the Himalayas（喜马拉雅山脉）, the Sahara and Eastern Europe.

“Geography is about the study of the earth. It is a wide-ranging subject,” he said. “It’s related to everything we do: what we eat, what transport we take to work, where we live, what houses are made of, and so on.”

He said children needed to get basic geography knowledge first and that once they had the basic knowledge they could move on to deeper problems, such as population and pollution. “Today’s children will need to deal with a lot of problems when they grow up. They have to learn geography today,” he said.

1.The study showed that __________

A. about 10% of British schools didn’t organize field trips regularly

B. many British students were not interested in geography

C. some geography teachers didn’t do a good job

D. students who studied geography seldom went out of the school building

2.The underlined expression“ wide-ranging” means ________ in Chinese.

A. 理论性很强的     B. 有发展前途的

C. 覆盖面广的       D.跟旅游有关的

3.Mr. Palin _____________.

A. thinks that population and pollution are small problems

B. wanted to be a teacher when he was in middle school

C. has organized some field trips for school children

D. thinks that children should take part in geography field trips

4.From the passage, we can learn that Mr. Palin likes ___________

A. staying at home    B. travelling

C. using computers  D. shopping

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：孩子们需要更多的地理实地考察。学校应该组织地理实地考察。本文主要讲述了现在在英国的学校中，教师很少组织学生进行户外的实地考察。而著名作家Michael Palin对此觉得不妥，认为学生需要更多的户外学习和考察从而增长自己的社会实践经历等。

1.D细节理解题。根据第三段的内容The study found that 13% of schools in the UK failed to take children out of the classroom regularly.可知学生很少能走出课堂，进行户外的实地考察，故选D。

2.C词义猜测题。分析“ wide-ranging”一词的前一句Geography is about the study of the earth，可知此句的意思是：地理是对地球的研究。由于地球很大，故可推断这词的意思应该也与“大”有关，故选C。

3.D细节理解题。根据第四段的第一句Mr. Palin said that field trips were an important part of geography，可知他认为小孩子们应该多参加这些实地考察的活动，故选D。

4.B推理判断题。根据文章中说他鼓励小孩子们通过实地考察来学习地理知识，还有第六段Mr. Palin had been to the North and South Poles, the Himalayas（喜马拉雅山脉）, the Sahara and Eastern Europe，说他去过南北极，喜马拉雅山，撒哈拉和东欧，可推断他是很喜欢去旅游的，可知选B。

考点：考查教育类短文阅读。