Question

Education is another area where the presence of arts and crafts is more than welcome. If children realize the importance of art and creativity from a young age, they can grow up to be more confident, more creative, and definitely more mature. Schools are the breeding（孕育）grounds for future painters and movie makers, and these arts should be encouraged wholesomely in such an environment.

Sadly, many parents do not understand why art is important for children, and subconsciously（潛意識(shí)地）force them to follow career paths that are common and conformist（墨守成規(guī)的）in nature. This is fair enough in its own way, because the world does need some standard blue collar and white collar jobs to continue its existence; but this is a choice that children should be allowed to make for themselves. The doors to creativity and expression must not be shut in their faces, even if it comes at a cost of making more money.

To put it more scientifically, here are some benefits of kids’ art activities that give a suitable answer to the question “Why is art important in schools?”

1.Exposure to art, music and drawings at an early age improves the amount of brain activity in children.

2.It increases the span of knowledge in the minds of children, thus making them sharper and more educated.

3.It builds up the levels of self-confidence, self-esteem（自尊）, motivation, cooperation and communication in children.

4.It helps children understand other people’s opinions and points of view as well.

5.It helps them sharpen their problem-solving skills, decision-making and gives them the possibility of really exploring their imaginations.

1.According to the passage, it is generally accepted that ____.

A.art plays a very important role in education of children

B.children are expected to be blue-collar or white-collar workers

C.schools should encourage children to learn arts and crafts

D.children should be allowed to make choices for themselves

2.The writer holds the view that ____.

A.schools should only bring up future painters and movie makers

B.children grow up to be more confident and more creative in schools

C.children should be encouraged to learn art to develop their creativity

D.art activities can help children solve all the problems they meet with

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A.Arts and crafts lessons are very popular in schools.

B.Art is not paid enough attention to in schools now.

C.Art activities improve the amount of brain activity.

D.Art education builds up the levels of self-confidence.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.Importance of Art in Schools.

B.Relation between Art and Creativity.

C.Importance of Education.

D.Future of Children.

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文講的是藝術(shù)對(duì)于教育的重要性，以及當(dāng)今教育界對(duì)藝術(shù)課程并不重視的現(xiàn)象，作者呼吁父母和學(xué)校重視藝術(shù)，因?yàn)樗囆g(shù)不僅可以培養(yǎng)孩子的創(chuàng)造力，還可以加強(qiáng)孩子本身各方面的能力。

1.理解題。從第二段中“This is fair enough in its own way, because the world does need some standard blue collar and white collar jobs to continue its existence; ”中可以看出家長(zhǎng)和社會(huì)希望把孩子打造成滿(mǎn)足稱(chēng)為白領(lǐng)或是藍(lán)領(lǐng)的條件的人才，故選B。

2.推斷分析題。從文中第二段中“The doors to creativity and expression must not be shut in their faces, even if it comes at a cost of making more money.”可以看出即使孩子成為白領(lǐng)或是藍(lán)領(lǐng)，掙再多的錢(qián)也無(wú)法開(kāi)啟創(chuàng)造之門(mén)”故選C。

3.推斷分析題。從文中第一段中“Education is another area where the presence of arts and crafts is more than welcome.”中可以看出在教育界，藝術(shù)和手工技藝并不受歡迎，故選B。

4.。從第三段中“To put it more scientifically, here are some benefits of kids’ art activities that give a suitable answer to the question “Why is art important in schools?”可以看出作者強(qiáng)調(diào)的是藝術(shù)在學(xué)校教育中的重要性，故選A。

考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)生活與教育類(lèi)閱讀