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

The numbers are small so far in the U.S., but the idea is well established in Europe, with schools in Scotland, England, and Switzerland. By far the most such schools are in Germany, which has more than 400 forest kindergartens.

Some schools feature several hours of outdoor schooling. This is certainly the case with the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs. Children there will be venturing out on the nearby Hemlock Trail to learn more about the natural world. 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.

Seriously, the focus is on activity at these schools. Studies have shown that children’s immune systems actually get stronger after all of the outdoor activity, and that graduates of forest kindergartens show a higher ability to learn when they progress through their academic careers.

Other schools are all outdoors, all the time. This is the case with the Cedar Song Nature School, on Vashon Island, Washington. Students at this school spend their whole three–hour day outdoors, in a private five-acre forest, doing all kinds of physical activities.

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. These students learn how to get along with one another, individually and in a group. They also develop healthy levels of self-confidence.

Nowadays many children become obese(肥胖的) because of sedentary(久坐的) activities like watching television and playing video games. These outdoor schools give children chances to learn just as much, if not more, from opening their eyes to the real world around them.

1.What do we know about forest kindergartens?

A.The first one was created in England.        B.They are very popular in Germany.

C.There are 400 all over the world.           D.Their number is huge in the U.S.

2.What is special about forest kindergartens?

A.Kids learn more than those at ordinary kindergartens.

B.Students go outside when weather permits.

C.They value activity very much.

D.They are situated in forests.

3.The main difference between the Waldorf School and Cedar Song Nature School lies in______.

A.the subjects                           B.the activities

C.the outdoor time                        D.the teaching methods

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A.Get close to nature                      B.A new trend of education

C.Forest kindergartens are popular           D.Outdoor education benefits kids a lot

 

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析:本文主要討論的是子啊歐洲出現(xiàn)的新型的幼兒園的話題,這些幼兒園里學生主要是在戶外活動的,學到很多自然方面的知識。

1.B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后2行By far the most such schools are in Germany, which has more than 400 forest kindergartens.說明在德國這樣的幼兒園最流行,故B正確。

2.C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章3,4,5段第一句Some schools feature several hours of outdoor schooling.和Seriously, the focus is on activity at these schools.以及Other schools are all outdoors, all the time. 都說明在這樣的幼兒園里,戶外活動是最看重的,故C正確。。

3.細節(jié)題。根據(jù)3,4段第一句Some schools feature several hours of outdoor schooling. This is certainly the case with the Waldorf School 和Other schools are all outdoors, all the time. This is the case with the Cedar Song Nature School, 說明the Waldorf School只有幾個小時的時間,而在the Cedar Song Nature School則是都在外面,故時間上的差別是最主要的,故C正確。

4.主旨大意題。本文主要討論的是子啊歐洲出現(xiàn)的新型的幼兒園的話題,這些幼兒園里學生主要是在戶外活動的,學到很多自然方面的知識,故D正確。

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點評:本文講述的是在歐洲出現(xiàn)的新型的幼兒園的情況介紹,本文考查細節(jié)題為主,細節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時使用的具體事實、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題?然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文?找出與問題有關的詞語或句子?再對相關部分進行分析對比?找出答案。

 

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