Question

Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10-15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day --which really for handwriting is pretty much.

Many adults remember learning that way--by copying letters over and over again. Today’s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.

Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency --writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.

But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.

But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.

1.We can learn ________ from Paragraph 1.

A. teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in teaching job

B. most teachers prefer to teach handwriting

C. teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting

D. a keyboard has taken the place of the handwriting entirely

2.Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA?

A. The students are taught by practicing a long period.

B. The letters are repeated many times.

C. Handwriting includes two skills.

D. To write in cursive is taught first.

3.The underlined word “l(fā)egibility” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A. easy to read B. complex

C. unexpected D. unreadable

4.The best title for the passage is ________.

A. How to improve handwriting in school

B. Right or wrong: the death of handwriting

C. Handwriting involves two skills

D. Handwriting lessons are on the way out

5.The author’ s attitude towards whether still to learn handwriting in school is________.

A.negative B. objective

C. critical D. optimistic

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了科技對傳統(tǒng)的沖擊。隨著電腦和手機的普及，人們在日常生活已經(jīng)很少會用手寫字，然而，這種現(xiàn)象是好事還是壞事呢？有的老師被要求給學(xué)生上寫字課，有的老師沒有準(zhǔn)備教學(xué)生寫字課。

1.90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. ...other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day --which really for handwriting is pretty much”可知，學(xué)校要求教師教學(xué)生寫字，故選A。

2.American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive”可知，美國的孩子首先學(xué)習(xí)寫印刷體，然后學(xué)習(xí)寫連筆字，故選D。

3.which means forming the letters so they can be read”可知，劃線詞的意思是，組織字母的不同結(jié)構(gòu)使它們能夠被認讀，D的意思是“不可讀的”，與句意相反，故選A。

4. In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. ...90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. ...about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting.”可知，在電腦普及的時代，人們傾向于認為寫字已經(jīng)過時了。有的學(xué)校要求老師教寫字課，有的老師沒有教寫字課的準(zhǔn)備。文章主要講的是手寫的習(xí)慣逐漸消失是否是一個好的現(xiàn)象，故選B。

5.Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. ...Some teachers are teaching handwriting...other teachers who basically teach it”可知，作者只是客觀地描述了寫字的習(xí)慣正在被人們淡忘這一現(xiàn)象，有的人支持教學(xué)生寫字，有的反對，A消極的；B客觀的；C批評的；D樂觀的，故選B。

考點：教育類短文閱讀