Long Conversation

1.What does Emily say about the plants in the Amazon rainforest?
A. There are so many plants that it is hard to see the sky.
B.Many plants are sick because of the lack of sunlight.
C. The plants are more spectacular than she has ever dreamed.
D. The plants struggle hard to see the sun or the sky above.
2.What does Emily say about the local people?
A.They enjoy being so far away from technology.
B.They live miles and miles away from each other.
C.They never travel more than 15 miles along the river.
D They are separated from the world outside of the jungle.
3  Why was the old woman in the village so excited?
A  Because Emily showed her a great treasure.
B  Because Emily helped her win a big prize.
C  Because Emily gave her an empty bottle.
D Because Emily gave her a bottle of wine.
4  What is the woman most likely to do after talking with the man?
A Small and common things should also be valued.
B  Local people in the rainforest are easier to please.
C  Without modern technology life can be quite different.
D  Local people in the rainforest take modern life for granted.

M: It's good to have you back at work Emily. How was your trip to the Amazon rainforest?
W: It was like a spectacular dream; I saw so many more things than I ever could have imagined. The plants are so thick that you couldn’t even see the sun or the sky above, and there are more shades of green than I’ve seen before in my life!
M: Wow, with so many plants, how did you get around?
W: We rode a tour boat down the Amazon River – it connects the whole jungle, and the local people use it to travel, too. It's amazing being somewhere so far away from technology, without any electricity for miles and miles. The local people don't even see the world outside of the jungle, never traveling more than 15 minutes up or down the river their whole lives!
M: What an entirely different lifestyle! It must be completely different there. Did you get to meet any of the villagers?
W: Oh yes! Here’s the story: I finished a small blue bottle of wine and was about to throw it away. The tour guide told me to save it. Later, when we arrived at one of the villages, he introduced me to an old woman there who greeted our boat. I gave her the wine bottle as a gift. She  looked at it like a great treasure, and she said that it would be an honored prize for her hut. I was shocked that something so small and common for me – could mean so much!
M: Emily, I suppose we really take modern life for granted.

Passage

1 What may happen to children after watching nature programs on TV?
A. They may know the real meaning of nature experiences.
B.They may know how distant they are from nature.
C.They may gain a real experience of nature.
D.They may be more distant from the actual nature.
2  How should children get close to nature according to the speaker?
A. By experiencing it with the five senses.
B. By going to the forests of the Amazon.
C. By watching the Discovery Channel.
D.By going to the wilds of Africa.
3  What impression might the Discovery Channel leave on children?
A. Nature is too mysterious to understand.
B.Nature seems very far away from them.
C.Parks and gardens are not precious nature.
D.Backyard trees and flowers are part of nature.
4  What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Nature programs are good for adults but not good for children.
B. Parks and gardens are good places to experience nature.
C. Children should learn a lot of knowledge about nature.
D. Real nature experiences come from physical contact with nature.
听力原文
   I believe watching nature programs on television is not going to give us and our children a real experience of nature. On the contrary, they may distance us from nature – actual nature – even further.
   Because real nature experiences mean contact with nature. It means being with and within nature, to experience it with all five senses.
   True, TV programs give us joy but they will never be able to help us form a relationship with nature. We watch our small screens come alive with the vivid colors and we all let out “aahhhh …” and “wooooow”. But, never once will we feel the pleasure of being close to nature.
     Worse still – the programs such as those on the Discovery Channel make nature seem so strange, and so far away, in the forests of the Amazon or in the wilds of Africa. Children may grow up without even realizing that the flowers, plants or a couple of trees in their backyard are nature and they are equally precious. The truth is – nature is so close to us. We don’t need to go anywhere far to enjoy such experiences. It is right there in our backyards. Or, in parks, gardens, forests, or national parks.
    All we need to do is make an effort to get closer to nature – know it, appreciate it, and explore it. Feeling the soil under our feet and the wind in our hair; listening to the sound of the fallen leaves and taking in the smell of the wet soil – all these are pure joy to the senses that we must experience.