9.I was in the garden with Augie,My four-year-old grandson,watching the bees."Bees make honey,"I said.After a pause,Augie replied,"How do they make the honey?"There is nothing like a child's question for exposing the limits of a grandmother's wisdom.
"Actually,Augie,I don't know,"I said.
"But,Grandma,you have your phone,"he said.For Augie,a smart phone is as natural as the bees,and holding one is almost equal to knowing.
I Googled"How do bees make honey?"There were dozens of videos explaining it.Augie and I learned that worker bees produce an enzyme(酵素),which changes nectar(花蜜)into dextrose.then beat their wings to thicken the nectar into honey.
"It's kind of hard to see the bees."I said.
"Why don't we watch it on the big computer?"Augie said.
For the next hour,we sat inside,bee-surfing.There were a lot of beekeeper selfie videos,best of which was a BBC documentary about the"waggle dance,"the remarkable communication system that allows bees to give one another directions to the places where they've found nectar.
Most of my own children was spent reading books,forgetting the world around me.Over time,reading controlled my brain,as large areas once dedicated to dealing with the"real"world adapted to dealing with the printed word.This didn't limit my development,but it didi leave me with some illusions(錯(cuò)覺(jué))-my idea of romantic love surely came from novels.
Many parents worry that"screen time"will harm children's development,but recent research suggests that most of the common fears about children and screens are unfounded.(There is one exception:looking at screens that emit blue light before bed really does disturb sleep,in people of all ages.) The new guidelines emphasize that what matters is content and context,what children watch and with whom.Each child,after all,will have some hundred thousand of conscious experience before turning sixteen.Those hours can be like the wonderful ones that Augie and I spent together bee-watching,or they can be mindless-and that's true whether those hours are occupied by apps or TV or books or just by talk.
New tools have always led to panic.Socrates thought that reading and writing would have disastrous effects on memory; the novel,the telegraph,the telephone,and the television were all declared to the End of Civilization,particularly in the hands of the young.Part of the reason may be that adult brains require a lot of focus and effort to learn something new,while children's brains are designed to master new environments naturally.Advanced technologies always seem disturbing to the adults attempting to master them,and obvious to those children,like Augie.
Like the bees,we live by the reports of others.Unlike the bees.We can invent new worlds.,constructing them out of apps or TV or books.Sometimes those worlds confuse; at other times,they tell us something inspiring.When Augie's father got home,Augie rushed to meet him in excitement."Daddy,Daddy,look,"he said,reaching for the phone."Do you know how bees make honey?I'll show you…?
58.What can be learnt from the dialogue between the author and Augie?C
A.The author felt embarrassed about not knowing the answer.
B.Augie turned to the smartphone for answers instead of using his head.
C.They gained a lot of information about bees on the Internet.
D.Children are more creative and quicker in thinking than old people.
59.The author mentions her childhood experience in Paragraph 8in order toA.
A.introduce the theme of the passage
B.compare her childhood with Augie's
C.Analyze the good effects of reading
D.show great technological changes
60.Which of the following statements might the author agree with?D
A.What children watch or read is harmless to their development.
B.The new tools like apps harmed the progress of civilization.
C.It's worrying that apps and books may have bad information.
D.It takes children less energy to learn new technologies than adults.
61.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph imply?B
A.Humans communicate in the same way as bees.
B.Humans can build up more form what they read.
C.Humans depend on news reports for information.
D.Apps or books open a confusing world to people.
62.What does the author mainly want to say with this article?C
A.Technologies bring more confusion than inspiration to people.
B.Screen time keeps the children from thinking independently.
C.Screen time doesn't necessarily harm children's development.
D.Technologies will open up new worlds to old people and children.
分析 本文屬于說(shuō)明文閱讀,作者通過(guò)這篇文章主要向我們描述了我陪著孫子從網(wǎng)上學(xué)習(xí)蜜蜂相關(guān)知識(shí)的經(jīng)歷,提出了屏幕時(shí)間不一定會(huì)損害兒童的發(fā)展
解答 58.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章For the next hour,we sat inside,bee-surfing.There were a lot of beekeeper selfie videos,best of which was a BBC documentary about the"waggle dance可知他們?cè)诰W(wǎng)上獲得了很多關(guān)于蜜蜂的信息;故選C.
59.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章This didn't limit my development,but it didi leave me with some illusions(錯(cuò)覺(jué))-my idea of romantic love surely came from novels可知作者在第8段中提到了她的童年經(jīng)歷是為了突出主題,孩子需要解除屏幕;故選A.
60.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章Advanced technologies always seem disturbing to the adults attempting to master them,and obvious to those children,like Augie可知與成人相比,學(xué)習(xí)新技術(shù)的孩子需要更少的精力;故選D.
61.B.句意理解題.根據(jù)文章We can invent new worlds.,constructing them out of apps or TV or books.Sometimes those worlds confuse; at other times,they tell us something inspiring可知應(yīng)用程序或書(shū)籍為人們打開(kāi)了一個(gè)未知的世界;故選B.
62.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章Socrates thought that reading and writing would have disastrous effects on memory; the novel,the telegraph,the telephone,and the television were all declared to the End of Civilization,particularly in the hands of the young可知作者主要想用這篇文章說(shuō)明屏幕時(shí)間不一定會(huì)損害兒童的發(fā)展;故選C.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.