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 (艱苦) 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.
小題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

小題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

小題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

小題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

小題5:What does the underlined word “ spirit ” mean in Chinese in the second passage ?
態度              B. 精神               C. 狀態               D.  條件 

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:B

本文講述了日本小學生的野外生存訓練，說明了訓練的方式，訓練的必要性以及各方對訓練的觀點。
試題分析：
小題1:通過Every year primary and middle schools in Japan organize such camps to train the children’s spirit of bearing (忍受) hardship.可知，孩子們是在體驗苦難。
小題2:通過 because of the rapid growth of national economy and improvement in the people’s living conditions. 可知，孩子們之所以很難找到艱苦的時代，就是因為生活狀況的改善和提高。所以本題選C。
小題3:通過It’s said that such hardship camps are warmly accepted by both Japanese school children and their parents. 可知，這項活動受到了家長和孩子們的歡迎，所以本題選B。
小題4:通過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，專家認為這種艱苦的野營訓練能幫助孩子在現代社會中學會在于自然的斗爭中生存和發展。所以本題應選D。
小題5:根據 train the children’s spirit of bearing (忍受) hardship.可知，spirit的意思應該是“精神”的意思，所以本題選B。
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