Question

【題目】

Recent studies have shown that challenging your brain, by spurring (刺激) the brain to create new patterns, is very important to keep your brain active and healthy as you age. Lifelong learning is a health club for our minds, bodies and spirits. This is why we parents should also teach our children to be lifelong learners. Dr. Marilyn Price-Mitchell, an American psychologist, and youth development expert,shares some ways for us to do this.

1. Ask questions.

When your child asks you a question, don't answer it straight away. Instead, help him or her bring up “questions that pique their curiosity.” This way, we help children make connections between what they're learning at school and the world beyond their classroom. We also show them that learning does not, and should not, end when one is “done with school” — it's actually a lifelong process!

2. Let them fail.

Our kids love learning about different scientific concepts (概念) viaThe Magic School Busvideos on YouTube. And one of the characters, Miss Frizzle (the science teacher) always says this phrase: “Take chances, make mistakes, and get messy.” I always quote (引述) her when the kids say they're afraid to do or learn something because they might do it wrong or make a mistake. If we don't allow our kids to fail, they won't be able to learn to “use mistakes and failures to make lifelong learning easier,” as Dr. Price-Mitchell says.

3. Learn through experience.

This is very true for all of us, especially children. In the words of Dr. Price-Mitchell, “Learning through experience, not just from books, is one of the best ways to give the youth the skills they need for lifelong learning, living, and working in the 21st century.”

Of course, we should also set an example for our children — by learning continuously, and expanding our knowledge and experiences.

【1】What does the underlined word “pique” in the text probably mean?

A. Change.

B. Awaken.

C. Balance.

D. Prevent.

【2】What's the author's attitude to what Miss Frizzle always says?

A. Worried.

B. Doubtful.

C. Uncaring.

D. Supportive.

【3】Which of the following shows the importance of learning through experience?

A. Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.

B. It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

C. If you don't learn to think when you are young, you may never learn.

D. Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.

【4】In which part of a newspaper will the text most probably appear?

A. Health.

B. Culture.

C. Education.

D. Popular science.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，文章第一段告訴我們終生學(xué)習(xí)是非常重要的，接著介紹了促進(jìn)孩子形成終生學(xué)習(xí)習(xí)慣的三個(gè)建議。

【1】猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)劃線詞后句This way, we help children make connections between what they're learning at school and the world beyond their classroom.可知通過(guò)提問(wèn)可以把學(xué)校所學(xué)的知識(shí)和外面的世界聯(lián)系在一起，也就是說(shuō)提問(wèn)可以喚醒激發(fā)人們的好奇心。所以該詞意為“awaken”，故B項(xiàng)正確。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段第三句I always quote (引述) her when the kids say they're afraid to do or learn something because they might do it wrong or make a mistake.可知作者經(jīng)常引述Miss Frizzle的話，說(shuō)明他贊成Miss Frizzle的觀點(diǎn)。故D項(xiàng)正確。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段可知通過(guò)親身經(jīng)歷學(xué)到的知識(shí)是難以忘記的。D項(xiàng)“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”中involve me and I learn正是通過(guò)親身經(jīng)歷的學(xué)習(xí)。故D項(xiàng)正確。

【4】推理判斷題。文章第一段告訴我們終生學(xué)習(xí)是非常重要的，接著介紹了促進(jìn)孩子形成終生學(xué)習(xí)習(xí)慣的三個(gè)建議。屬于與教育相關(guān)的內(nèi)容，那么這一內(nèi)容應(yīng)該出現(xiàn)在報(bào)紙上的教育專欄。故C項(xiàng)正確。