Question

On very cold winter days , a group of Japanese children travelled a long way and arrived at a small island where nobody lived. After setting up a camp, they caught fish in the sea, and walked on the snow to find firewood , wild fruit and fresh water. Then they made a fire to do some cooking. They were not homeless children or modern Robinson. They were all pupils from a primary school and campers of special “ hardship (艰苦) camp”.
Every year primary and middle schools in Japan organize such camps to train the children’s spirit of bearing (忍受) hardship. Such places as thick forests and far-off mountains are chosen as camp places.
The Japanese education circles usually think it necessary to give children chances of suffering hardships. Children in Japan now may hardly find times of hardships, because of the rapid growth of national economy and improvement in the people’s living conditions. The experts think that such hardship camps can help children learn to live and develop in the struggle against nature in modern society.
It’s said that such hardship camps are warmly accepted by both Japanese school children and their parents.
小题1:Many Japanese children set up camps in far-off mountains or forests to ____________.

A．be modern Robinson	B．experience hardships
C．stay away from the troubles at home	D．enjoy travelling

小题2:Children in Japan now hardly find times of hardships because _________________.

A．they have too much homework to do every day.

B．their parents do most of the things for them

C．their living conditions are greatly improved

D．they don’t get out often

小题3:It seems that hardship camps are _________ in Japan.

A．getting fewer and fewer	B．very popular
C．not necessary among the children	D．good to those who are homeless

小题4:What one group of children did on a small island would help them to learn __________.

A．how to travel in places where nobody lived

B．about islands and seas

C．what to do at home or school

D．to live in the struggle against nature

小题5:What does the underlined word “ spirit ” mean in Chinese in the second passage ?
态度              B. 精神               C. 状态               D.  条件 

Answer 1

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:B

本文讲述了日本小学生的野外生存训练，说明了训练的方式，训练的必要性以及各方对训练的观点。
试题分析：
小题1:通过Every year primary and middle schools in Japan organize such camps to train the children’s spirit of bearing (忍受) hardship.可知，孩子们是在体验苦难。
小题2:通过 because of the rapid growth of national economy and improvement in the people’s living conditions. 可知，孩子们之所以很难找到艰苦的时代，就是因为生活状况的改善和提高。所以本题选C。
小题3:通过It’s said that such hardship camps are warmly accepted by both Japanese school children and their parents. 可知，这项活动受到了家长和孩子们的欢迎，所以本题选B。
小题4:通过The experts think that such hardship camps can help children learn to live and develop in the struggle against nature in modern society. 可知，专家认为这种艰苦的野营训练能帮助孩子在现代社会中学会在于自然的斗争中生存和发展。所以本题应选D。
小题5:根据 train the children’s spirit of bearing (忍受) hardship.可知，spirit的意思应该是“精神”的意思，所以本题选B。
点评：本文有一定的难度，阅读本文时，应该尽量多读几遍，体会文章的意思；由于多部分问题不能在文中直接找到答案，所以应该找出相似的或者有关联的句型，加以比较，从而得出正确选项。