5.Old-Fashioned Play-For Pay
Kids!Come to have a ball!Or 60,000of them!There's a new type of business franchise(經(jīng)銷權(quán)) that is appearing in shopping malls and neighborhood across America offering pay-per-use indoor playgrounds,which feature toys,games,guided fun and a workout that doesn't break the family bank.
As public playgrounds grow increasingly worn and dirty,the for-profit centers offer clean,safe guided activity as well as a variety of challenging exercises to develop kids'physical fitness,usually for a fee of around $5an hour."Playgrounds are dirty,not guided,"says Dick Guggenheimer,owner of the two-month-old Discovery Zone in Yonkers,N.Y.,part of Kansas City-based chain,"We are indoors; we are padded;parents can feel their child is safe".
In order to satisfy the need of two-earner families,the new franchise stays open in the evenings,long after traditional public playgrounds have grown dark and unusable.However,these new playgrounds are not meant to be day-care centers.Parents are expected to go stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off.But several also provide high-tech baby-sitting services.At some of the Discovery Zones,parents can register their children in special guided programs,then leave them and slip away for a couple of hours to enjoy a movie or dinner.If there is a problem,Mum and Dad are called.
The most fun of all,though,is getting to do what parents used to do in the days before two-earner families and two-hour commutes,play with their kids.That,at least,is old-fashioned,even at per-hour rates.
29.What is this article mainly talking about?B
A.Children can play without parent's care
B.A new type of business franchise for kids.
C.The fast development of Discovery Zone
D.The disadvantages of outdoor playgrounds.
30.According to the article,which of the following is TRUE to the new playground?C
A.The cost is high for a family.
B.It doesn't allow parents to leave their kids.
C.It's a place where parents can play together with their kids.
D.It stays open in the evening just as traditional playgrounds.
31.The writer's attitude toward the new playground isC.
A.doubtful
B.negative
C.a(chǎn)greeable
D.unknown.
分析 本文是一篇科教類閱讀,屬于說明文,作者主要介紹了一種新型的游樂場,父母可以付費讓孩子在里面安全,快樂的游樂.
解答 29.B.主旨大意題:根據(jù)第一段的句子:There's a new type of business franchise(特許經(jīng)銷權(quán))that is appearing in shopping malls and neighborhood across America offering pay-per-use indoor playgrounds,可知這篇文章介紹的是一種針對孩子的新的特許經(jīng)銷權(quán),所以選B.
30.C.細節(jié)理解題:根據(jù)第三段的句子:Parents are expected to go stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off.可知在這個新的游樂場父母可以和孩子一樣玩,所以選C.
31.C.推理判斷題:根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容:可知作者介紹了一種新型的游樂場,父母可以付費讓孩子在里面安全,快樂的游樂,作者在字里行間表示的是同意的態(tài)度,所以選C.
點評 本文是一篇科教類閱讀,題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題,推理判斷題,主旨大意題.做題時學生應仔細閱讀原文,把握文章主要內(nèi)容,聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項含義,從中選出正確答案,一定要做到有理有據(jù),切忌胡亂猜測