I was interested to read a newspaper article about a new concept in old people’s

题文

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(拥抱). 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.
小题1:A nursery school is a place where _______.A．future nurses are trainedB．the elderly liveC．children are taken care ofD．the old join in activities小题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.小题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.小题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.小题5: What is the best title for the passage?A．Old people’s Homes in FranceB．Building Bridges of LifeC．A Solution to the Elderly ProblemD．Children’s New Happy Life 题型：未知 难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B 

解析

本文介绍了一种新思维那就是在孩子们的生活与老年人的生活之间架起一座桥梁既解决了老人孤独的问题又缓解了孩子们不能被充分照顾之忧一举两得从而满足各自的需要。
小题1:考查推理判断。通过第一段可以看出“combining a residential home for the elderly with a nursery school in the same building”的目的是让孩子一起吃饭分享活动从中可推断出nursery school与children有关，C选项符合题意。
小题2:考查细节理解。根据第二段第一句得知“参与活动的每个有关人员都得到了巨大的利益”B选项正好符合此意。其他选项之意在文中没有信息支持。
小题3:考查推理判断。根据本段第一句Nowadays there is less and less contact between the old and the young.再加上下文细节的支持又有最后一句的归纳不难发现本段主要讲述的问题是老人和年轻人被分开了，D与题意相符。做题时注意题干当中的 “mainly”之词。选D
小题4:考查推理判断。根据第四段第一句画线部分后面的定语designed to bring the old and the young together,再结合第一段不难看出“intergenerational programmes” 是“将养老院和幼儿园结合起来，A选项是最佳选择B、C、D三个选项虽然在文中都提到但都属于A项里面的具 体做法。A
小题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”都点明了同样的意思在孩子们的生活 与老年人的生活之间架起了桥梁将他们连在一起。B选项正合此意。A、C、D 三个选项意思过于片面。B 

考点

据考高分专家说，试题“I was interested to .....”主要考查你对 [新闻报道类阅读 ]考点的理解。

新闻报道类阅读

新闻报道类阅读的概念：

阅读理解的选材明显地呈现出关注实际生活的趋势，这种趋势与当前基础教育改革的目标是一致的，而中学生学习语言的根本目标与基础教育学会求知，学会做事，学会合作，学会做人的目标是一致的，真实新颖的选材对基础英语教学课程改革具有重要的反作用。

新闻报道类阅读理解技巧点拨：       

        新闻报道类类文章有一共同特点，即都是由标题（Headline）、导语（Lead）、主体（Mainbody）、背景（Background）和结尾（End）五部分构成。标题是新闻报道中心思想高度而又精辟的概括；导语位于新闻报道的首段，高度概括新闻事实；主体则对导语概括的新闻事实进行详细叙述；新闻背景是指新闻事实之外，对新闻事实或新闻事实的某个部分进行解释或补充的材料；结尾往往是新闻事件的结果或动态展望，也是中心思想的概括并常常与新闻导语相呼应。
        新闻报道中的导语非常重要，它位于文章的第一段，通过它点出新闻的主题，五个W和一个H(When,Where,Who,What,Why和How)通常是构成一则完整消息不可缺少的要素。文章往往呈现出“倒金字塔”的特征，因此读懂首句或首段至关重要。
       另外，从句的使用也是此类文章的一大语言特色，因为从句信息量大，适合新闻报道的要求。此外，大量的副词和插入语的使用也是此类文章的特点。为使文章更客观、更具信服力，常用The study said…, Scientists believe that…Experts said…, It's reported that…, According to the survey…等语言。同事在阅读过程中，我们要对材料所提供信息如when, where, who, how, why等进行提问，将信息迅速提炼出来。

新闻报道类阅读应试策略：

【命题趋势】
阅读理解的选材明显地呈现出关注实际生活的趋势，这种趋势与当前基础教育改革的目标是一致的，而中学生学习语言的根本目标与基础教育学会求知，学会做事，学会合作，学会做人的目标是一致的，真实新颖的选材对基础英语教学课程改革具有重要的反作用。时文报道就在文章中体现了这一要求。主要表现在以下几个方面：
1、反映海内外事件，文章结构严谨，内容贴近生活，用现代英语反映现代生活。
2、如果是新闻报道，都有比较固定的写作格式，如文首通常有报道的地点或时间，第一句话常常是文章的导语，有助于了解文章的大致内容和主题。
3、如果是新闻报道则是记叙文，有地点、时间、人物、事物等要素。
4、有许多大量反映当代社会变化的新词汇和表达方式。
5、命题既重细节，又重推理和主旨。
6、大背景中的小事件，大事件中的小插曲往往是选材的热点。
【应试对策】
1、在平时学习中，关注生活，阅读新闻报道和广告类文章、把阅读时事文章作为学习英语的重要途径。
2、了解新的词汇和表达方式。如：tsunami海啸，MP3players(MP3)播放器，well_offsociety小康社会等。
3、抓住文章主题，准确捕捉细节和内涵，进行合理的推理。
4、品味新闻的标题，联系平时所积累的知识，为了解材料大意作铺垫。
5、了解新闻报道的特殊规律，其内容和多含何人、何地、何事、何时等，阅读时要抓住新闻的这一主要特点去理解判断。
6、要注意文中以黑体、大写、下划线等方式加以提示的文字，因为这很有可能是材料的核心或至少是一部分内容的概括。