My oldest son.Sam.is six now and a lovely boy,thoughtful and concernedabout the world,kind to his brothers and in love with nature,insects andanimals.I get nervous at the fact that it is my responsibility to make him awareof the dark side of life war.starvation,environmental disasters part of mewants to preserve his innocence,but most of me thinks he needs to know and IWe've talked a little bit.about climate change,but I find it hard to be reallyshould be the one to tell him.honest with him.I sat down with him recently,to read something that GreenBooks sent to me.called How to Turn Your Parents Green.I thought a light-hearted book might be an easy way to talk to him about what he's going to haveto deal withI asked him if he knew about climate change and he said no and then yes.Iasked him if he knew what was causing it and he said:"It's because there aremore and more cars on the roads.Maybe too many planes too.Maybe trains aswell,but only a little bit.He likes trains.I said it was because we had too many lights on too-he jumped up andturned off the light straight away.“What do you think it means?”I asked him.“Idon't know..Is the worldgetting hotter?What will happen?"he asked."Well,some people's homes mayget covered in water,and other people may not have enough food,"I said."There might be some big storms and hurricanes."He was quiet and thoughtful,and I couldn't bear to push it any further.Wedid some colouring instead.But later that afternoon,he came back to me andput his hand in my back pocket."I didn't like that book,Mum.It made me feelreally worried,"he said.wole on)tuods ls zi boodblinI still feel upset thinking about it now.09h stiup os o28.What is the first paragraph mainly about?1 tuods 918 uoy notw.gntA.Slow development of a child's intelligence.B.Better understanding of the things around a child.C.Natural response to what happens around a child.D.Gradual process of a child knowing more about the world.英语试题第8页(共16页)