问题 阅读理解与欣赏

中国的孩子该向阿凡达学点什么?

        ①美国好莱坞电影《阿凡达》的热风卷到了中国,给寒冷的天气带来了一股暖流。国内的人们给予它的赞誉之声早已铺天盖地地让人喘不过气来,我在这里就不跟着附和了。当我们在为《阿凡达》天马行空般的想象力叹为观止、狂欢惊叫的时候,不知道有没有想过,中国的孩子该向《阿凡达》学点什么呢?

        ②我给出的答案是:想象力!作为一部科幻型的电影,其中一个最重要的考核标准就是想象力,而《阿凡达》则将人的想象力发挥到了极致。我突然想起了一个很沉重的数字,教育进展国际评估组织曾经的一个调查显示,中国孩子的创造力在所有参加调查的国家中排名倒数第五,其中想象力的得分最低。由此看来,我国孩子的想象力着实让人担忧,是时候采取一些措施来提供孩子的想象力了!

       ③想象力是创造力的源泉。人类的每一个进步、每一项创造的诞生,与其说是技术上的进步,不如说是想象力的胜利!离开了想象力,我们无法想象人类的未来会变成什么样子,唯一可以肯定的就是无异于其他动物!很多伟人、成功人士用他们成功的事实告诉我们,成功靠的是创造性的想象力、勤奋努力、合作态度和对事业敢于献身的精神,其中想象力被放在了首位。爱因斯坦更是极力推崇想象力,他的一句名言家喻户晓:“想象力比知识更重要,因为知识是有限的,而想象力概括着世界上的一切,推动着进步,并且是知识进化的源泉。”在这句话中,爱因斯坦并没有藐视知识的意思,而是强调了想象力的重要性。

       ④有这么一个测验:给出一个图形“O”问大家这是什么,绝大部分大学生、中学生和相当一部分小学生都说是阿拉伯数字“零”或英文字母“O”,然而幼儿园的小朋友们的答案则是丰富多彩的:“表”、“围棋”、“面包”、“肚脐眼”、“眼泪”……让我们惊叹于孩子们想象力的同时也发出了疑问,为什么随着年纪的增长孩子们的想象力却在降低呢?到底是谁偷走了孩子的想象力?事实上,我们的想象力原本都是“圆”的,我们原本能跑得越来越快越来越远的“圆”的想象力,随着年龄的增长,被灌输了各种各样的条条杠杠、约定俗成的“知识”和各种“人为的束缚与疏忽”,思维被“格式化”,想象力变成了“方”形,这样我们想继续前进也就困难了,打破常规思维的能力慢慢减弱,久而久之,想象力就可能消失殆尽。

       ⑤当看到孩子把太阳画成绿色时,不要立马给否定掉,问他为什么要这样画。当他给出类似“绿色的太阳让人感觉更凉爽”、“绿色的太阳能让人更健康”的充满想象力的理由时,要给予表扬和鼓励。我们平时多给孩子保留、创造一些想象的空间,这样才不会让他对原本兴致盎然的话题顿感乏味,善于引导孩子的想象力,放开手脚让孩子们展开想象的翅膀,他们才能飞得越高越远。

       ⑥其实我们并不缺少像《阿凡达》这样富有想象力的“种子”,只是很缺乏可以让想象力的“种子”长成参天大树的环境和土壤。希望《阿凡达》非凡的想象力,能给中国的孩子们一些启发,而不是看了以后只觉得好看,当问到为什么好看的时候,却说不出为什么。

1.理解下列句中划线词的含义。

     ①美国好莱坞电影《阿凡达》的热风卷到了中国

                                                                                                                                                  

     ②思维被“格式化” 

                                                                                                                                                   

2.作者认为中国的孩子该向阿凡达学点什么?为什么?

                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                                          

3.文中划线的句子表达了作者什么感情?

                                                                                                                                                          

4.文章第3段引用爱因斯坦的话作用是什么?

                                                                                                                                                           

5.作者认为中国孩子想象力逐渐消失的原因是什么?你同意作者的观点吗?为什么?

                                                                                                                                                          

答案

1.①指人们对《阿凡达》电影的追捧 ②被固定的思维模式僵化

2.想象力,因为想象力是创造力的源泉,而我国孩子的想象力让人担忧。

3.感到失望和难过,应该尽力改变这样的状况

4.引用爱因斯坦的话意在说明想象力的重要,应该重视想象力的培养,有力地证明自己的观点。

5.“随着年龄的增长,被灌输了各种各样的条条杠杠、约定俗成的“知识”和各种“人为的束缚与疏忽”,思维被“格式化”,想象力变成了“方”“形”。久而久之,想象力就消失了。作者的观点有一定的道理,所以才迫切的需要教育的改革,提倡适合学生身心发展,能够促进孩子想象力、创造力的教育。

阅读理解

Indians Refuse Higher Education

On June 17,1744, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations. The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College. In letter the next day they refused the offer as follows:

We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. We are certain that you mean to do us good by your suggestion; and we thank you heartily. But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be displeased if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces:

They were taught all your sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad manners, and they knew little of every means of living in the woods... they were totally good for nothing.

We are, however, not the less obliged for your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them in all we know, and make men of them.

59.The passage is about _______.

A.the talk between the Indians and the officials

B.the colleges of the northern provinces

C.the educational values of the Indians

D.the problems of the Americans in the mid-eighteenth century

60.The Indians’ chief purpose in writing the letter seems to be to______.

A.politely refuse a friendly offer

B.express their opinions on equal treatment

C.show their pride

D.describe Indian customs

61.Different from the officials’ view of education, the Indians thought______.

A.young women should also be educated

B.they had different objects of education

C.they taught different branches of science

D.they should teach the sons of the officials first

62.The mood of the letter as a whole is best described as ______.

A.angry      B.polite     C.pleasant       D.inquiring

单项选择题