Question

I was interested to read a newspaper article about a new concept in old people’s homes in France. The idea is simple, but revolutionary——combining a residential home for the elderly with a nursery school in the same building. The children and the residents eat lunch together and share activities. In the afternoons, the residents enjoy reading or telling stories to the children, and if a child is feeling sad or tired, there is always a kind lap to sit on and a cuddle(擁抱). There are trips out and birthday parties too.

    The advantages are enormous for everyone concerned. The children are happy because they get a lot more individual attention, and respond well because someone has time for them. They see illness and death and learn to accept them. The residents are happy because they feel useful and needed. They are more active and more interested in life when the children are around and they take more interest in their appearance too.

    Nowadays there is less and less contact between the old and the young. There are many reasons for this, including the breakdown of the extended family, working parents with no time to care for aging relations, families that have moved away, and smaller flats with no room for grandparents. But the result is the same——increasing numbers of children without grandparents and old people who have no contact with children. And more old people who are lonely and feel useless, along with more and more families with young children who desperately need more support. It’s a major problem in many societies.

    That’s why intergenerational programmes, designed to bring the old and the young together, are growing in popularity all over the world. There are examples of successful attempts all over the world. Using young people to teach IT skills to older people is one obvious example. Using old people as volunteer assistants in schools is another, perhaps reading with children who need extra attention.

1.A nursery school is a place where _______.

A. future nurses are trained                                                    

B. the elderly live

C. children are taken care of                                                   

D. the old join in activities

2.Which is true according to the passage?

A. A number of assistants are employed to take care of the children.

B. The new concept benefits both the elderly and the children.

C. The children become stronger after getting more individual attention.

D. The children learn that sick people will die.

3.What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 3?

A. The reason why the old and the young are separated.           

B. The support children need.

C. One reason why children don’t live with their grandparents. 

D. The problem that the old and the young are separated.

4.What does the “intergenerational programmes” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. Combining elderly homes with nursery schools.                      

B. Letting the children and the residents eat together.

C. Asking young people to teach IT skills to older people.          

D. Using old people as volunteer assistants in schools.

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Old people’s Homes in France                                            

B. Building Bridges of Life

C. A Solution to the Elderly Problem                            

D. Children’s New Happy Life

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B 

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了一種新思維那就是在孩子們的生活與老年人的生活之間架起一座橋梁既解決了老人孤獨(dú)的問題又緩解了孩子們不能被充分照顧之憂一舉兩得從而滿足各自的需要。

1.考查推理判斷。通過第一段可以看出“combining a residential home for the elderly with a nursery school in the same building”的目的是讓孩子一起吃飯分享活動(dòng)從中可推斷出nursery school與children有關(guān)，C選項(xiàng)符合題意。

2.考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段第一句得知“參與活動(dòng)的每個(gè)有關(guān)人員都得到了巨大的利益”B選項(xiàng)正好符合此意。其他選項(xiàng)之意在文中沒有信息支持。

3.考查推理判斷。根據(jù)本段第一句Nowadays there is less and less contact between the old and the young.再加上下文細(xì)節(jié)的支持又有最后一句的歸納不難發(fā)現(xiàn)本段主要講述的問題是老人和年輕人被分開了，D與題意相符。做題時(shí)注意題干當(dāng)中的 “mainly”之詞。選D

4.考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段第一句畫線部分后面的定語designed to bring the old and the young together,再結(jié)合第一段不難看出“intergenerational programmes” 是“將養(yǎng)老院和幼兒園結(jié)合起來，A選項(xiàng)是最佳選擇B、C、D三個(gè)選項(xiàng)雖然在文中都提到但都屬于A項(xiàng)里面的具 體做法。A

5.考查主旨大意。本篇的第一段里提到“new concept”最后一段提到 “intergenerational programmes”都點(diǎn)明了同樣的意思在孩子們的生活 與老年人的生活之間架起了橋梁將他們連在一起。B選項(xiàng)正合此意。A、C、D 三個(gè)選項(xiàng)意思過于片面。B 

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