文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。William Lindesay是著名的长城专家和自然环境保护主义者,他和他的妻子吴琪带着孩子们走遍世界各地,用实际行动践行了读万卷书不如行万里路的道理。
10 . William Lindesay, a famous Great Wall expert and conservationist, and his wife Wu Qi have traveled the globe, providing their sons with a unique growing environment. Sun hats, backpacks and sneakers (运动鞋) — these are the day-to-day must-haves for the family.
Most of their trips seem far from relaxing—cultural study in the hot and dry desert, a 53-kilometer hiking tour of New Zealand, a one-day climb to three English mountaintops and a six-day train ride from Beijing to Moscow.
Many assume the family must be wealthy and can afford their global travel, but they are not. Lindesay says they just choose to spend money on travel and eschew pricey hotels and restaurants when possible. Lindesay mentions the trip to Moscow as an example. Instead of taking a taxi from the railway station to the hotel, they took the subway. “We crossed the city for saving money, communicated with local people, and saw they were people just like us. We arrived at our destination feeling comfortable.”
However, their journeys, which can last weeks or months, have sometimes been inconsistent with their children's schooling. Wu remembers once Lindesay let their elder son ask for leave so that they could go to New York for a 45-day lecture tour. Therefore the son missed his final exam. Things like that bother the family all the time.
Lindesay attaches great importance to learning out of the classroom, saying that children might score well on school tests, but traveling outside, in distant lands with different languages, cultures and political structures, is the real test. “You can only get streetwise on the street. You can only get worldly-wise when seeing the world,” he says.
1. How can we describe the Lindesays'trips?
A.Pleasant. | B.Challenging. | C.Conventional. | D.Dangerous. |
2. What does the underlined word “eschew” in paragraph 3 mean?
A.Avoid. | B.Visit. | C.Compare. | D.Evaluate. |
3. What problem does the family meet according to paragraph 4?
A.They suffer from a tight budget. | B.They have scheduling conflicts. |
C.They are faced with language barriers. | D.They hold different educational ideas. |
4. Which statement may Lindesay agree with according to the text?
A.Toughness is the best assistant of will. | B.There is no royal road to learning. |
C.Actions speak louder than words. | D.Man who travels far knows more. |