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UNIT 5 课时跟踪检测(三) 阅读写作融会练
Ⅰ.阅读理解
Most of us spend our lives seeking the natural world.We go fishing, sit in the garden, have a picnic, live in the suburbs or go to the seaside.The most popular leisure activity in Britain is going for a walk.When joggers jog, they don't run the street.Every one of them tend to go to the park or the river.
But despite this, our children are growing up nature deprived (剥夺). I spent my boyhood climbing trees.These days, children are robbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and strange new ideas about what is best for children, that is to say, things that can be bought, rather than things that can be found.
The truth is to be found elsewhere.A study in the US: families had moved to better housing and the children were assessed for ADHD — attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (多动症). Those whose accommodation had more natural views showed an improvement of 19%; those who had the same improvement in material surroundings but no nice view improved just 4%.
ADHD is one of the great problems of modern childhood.One study after another indicates that contact with nature gives huge benefits to ADHD children.However, we spend money on drugs rather than on green places.
The life of old people is measurably better when they have access to nature.The increasing concern for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quantity of years.And study after study finds that a garden is the single most important thing in finding that quality.Even problems with crime and aggressive behavior are reduced when there is contact with the natural world.
We need the wild world.It is essential to our wellbeing, our health and our happiness.
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。研究表明,与大自然接触对多动症儿童大有益处。如果经常亲近自然,则会对人们的身心都产生益处。
1.According to the author, people enjoy______ to seek nature.
A.running in the gym
B.jogging on the street
C.shopping in the supermarket
D.sitting in the garden
解析:选D 细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知,人们喜欢坐在花