Question

【题目】 Most adults show less interest in climate（气候）change than young people. Yet it's adults who have the power to influence the policies（政策）causing climate change. Now a new study shows that teenagers may be able to raise their parents' interest in human effects on climate.

In the study, a new curriculum（课程）was used in some schools in coastal North Carolina. The students worked on four activities centered on the connections between climate change and local wildlife. They also took part in a community-based project and interviewed their parents about the changes in weather they had noticed in their lifetimes. To see how attitudes changed as a result of the program, the researchers surveyed both students and parents at the beginning and the end of the study.

The study shows the students who completed the climate change module cared more about the issue（问题）. The effect was even stronger among parents. Experts say the program's success had a lot to do with how teachers dealt with climate change in the classroom.

"Reading a textbook and completing a worksheet are unlikely to lead students to talk about their day at the dinner table, ”says Martha Monroe, an expert on environmental education at the University of Florida. Instead, the researchers designed hands-on lessons focused on local issues. For example, one task involved monitoring the weather outside the school and comparing it with historical information about the area.

Those activities may have helped increase parental involvement. "If you can get kids so excited and talking with their parents about what they are learning in schools, parents will want to learn, ”says Danielle Lawson, a social scientist and leading researcher of the study. However, she adds, “We are not telling the students what to think or what to say. That way, kids didn't feel that there was all this responsibility put on them to change their parents' minds about anything.”

Lawson is hopeful that kids can boost their parents' understanding of climate science. "I know how powerful kids can be, ”Lawson says. "Kids don't need a special curriculum to discuss climate change at home. They just need to talk to their parents about what they see going on.”

【1】The second paragraph is mainly about

A.how the study was carried out

B.how the activities were designed

C.why a new curriculum was introduced

D.why both students and parents were surveyed

【2】What can we learn about the new curriculum from the passage?

A.It developed students' communication skills.

B.It focused on lessons about climate change in textbooks.

C.It helped students feel responsible to change their parents.

D.It created more chances for families to talk about climate change.

【3】The word "boost" in the last paragraph probably means “_____________”.

A.checkB.expressC.improveD.share

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

本文讲述了大多数成年人对气候变化的兴趣不如年轻人。通过一个研究来证明可以通过青少年来提高他们的父母对气候方面的兴趣。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“Now a new study shows that teenagers may be able to raise their parents' interest in human effects on climate”可知，第二段是要介绍这个研究的整个过程，即如何实施这个研究的。故选A。

【2】推理判断题。根据文中 “Those activities may have helped increase parental involvement. "If you can get kids so excited and talking with their parents about what they are learning in schools, parents will want to learn,”可知，通过这个新的课程，孩子们可以增加更多的与父母交流气候等问题的机会。故选D。

【3】词义猜测题。check 检查；express 表达；improve 提升；share 分享。根据 “I know how powerful kids can be…They just need to talk to their parents about what they see going on.”，可知，劳森是希望通过青少年与父母对气候等知识的交流来提升父母对气候科学的理解。所以boost意思是“提升”。故选C。