9.
Children have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation!Recently a campaign encouraging children to put away (36)
-and play outside has been organized.The campaign,said to be the biggest (37)
,has been launched with the (38)
of a documentary film,Project Wild Thing.It tells the story of how,(39)
an attempt to get his daughter and son outside,film-maker David Bond (40)
as marketing director for nature.
The call to renew a (41)
with nature comes from about 400organizations,from
playgroups to the National Health Service.Children are being (42)
to take back their"wild time",(43)
30minutes of screen use for outdoor activities.The organizers (44)
that giving up 30minutes of television and computer games each day in exchange for outdoor play will increase the (45)
of fitness and alertness and improve children's well-being.
According to the chairman Andy Simpson,right now,time spent outdoors is (46)
,
activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been (47)
"With many more parents becoming (48)
the dominance(统治地位)of screen time in their children's lives,and growing scientific evidence that a decline in (49)
time is bad news for the health and happiness of our children,we all need to become marketing directors for nature.We want parents to see what this magical wonder product does for their kids'development,independence and creativity,by giving wild time a (50)
,"said Mr.Simpson.
In Mr.Bond's opinion,the reasons why kids,(51)
they live in cities or the countryside,have become (52)
from nature and the outdoors are complex."We need to make more space for wild time in children's daily routine,(53)
this generation of kids to have the sort of experiences that many of us took for granted.It's all about finding (54)
on your doorstep and discovering the sights,sounds and (55)
of nature一maybe in a back garden,a local park,or just green space at the end of the road."
36.A.subjects | B.screens | C.stages | D.scenes |
37.A.ever | B.likely | C.then | D.even |
38.A.outcome | B.direction | C.exposure | D.release |
39.A.by | B.on | C.for | D.in |
40.A.behaves | B.acts | C.treats | D.regards |
41.A.connection | B.commitment | C.contract | D.campaign |
42.A.pulled | B.forced | C.urged | D.warned |
43.A.providing | B.taking | C.swapping | D.preparing |
44.A.allow | B.admit | C.acquire | D.argue |
45.A.amounts | B.levels | C.degrees | D.standards |
46.A.down | B.up | C.over. | D.off |
47.A.developed | B.shown | C.tested | D.lost |
48.A.delighted with | B.guilty of | C.concerned about | D.desperate for |
49.A.free | B.active | C.spare | D.normal |
50.A.go | B.bit | C.look | D.fit |
51.A.while | B.though | C.as | D.whether |
52.A.escaped | B.disconnected | C.suffered | D.protected |
53.A.freeing | B.forbidding | C.seeking | D.serving |
54.A.imagination | B.fortune | C.wildness | D.solution |
55.A.senses | B.voices | C.features | D.smells |