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【題目】What’s this by my door? A handwritten letter from am old university friend. It stands out among the bills and junk mail like gold. Given its rareness, the Government should be praised for announcing that the new secondary school should include lessons that teach students how to write personal and business letters in the correct form.

Letter-writing skills have fallen off a lot in the age of eamils and text messages. Many pupils leave school only able to write a letter for a job application, let alone other kinds of letters. You can’t turn back the clock, but you can stick to your own rules to protect old-fashioned values. Someone who leaves school unable to write a letter is going into the adult world unprepared. And if teachers don’t ram home that message, who else will?

Usually, it does not matter whether someone can write a letter or not — other means of communication will serve. And with computerised spell-checks, people can get by for years without the kind of letter-writing skills. But it is the rare occasion that matters when things can not be made clear with a simple text. When the former England cricket(板球) captain Andrew Strauss decided to leave his job, he had sent handwritten letters to his teammates. Many people thought it unbelievable. But among the disbelief there was something else: admiration, even among the Twitter generation(一代).

I have been a letter-writing lover all my adult life, and am just about to sit down and pen a reply to my university friend. And I hope the sight of a letter by his door will give him as much pleasure as his did me.

【1】How did the author feel when receiving the handwritten letter?

A.Disappointed. B.Excited. C.Worried. D.Proud.

【2】The underlined part“ram home that message”in Paragraph 2 means“______”.

A.teach the students the importance of letter writing

B.teach the students how to protect traditional values

C.teach the students the importance of communication

D.teach the students how to write letters of application

【3】The author mentions Andrew Strauss’s example in order to show that________.

A.letter-writing skills are very important

B.handwritten letters can bring admiration

C.handwritten letters are more important than emails

D.whether someone can write a letter makes little difference

【4】What’s the text mainly about?

A.A study on why handwritten letters become less popular.

B.A concern about the bad results of technology.

C.A call for more attention to letter writing.

D.A touching story between two friends.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述作者的大學(xué)同學(xué)寄給作者一封手寫信，讓作者感到很興奮。當(dāng)今社會對于手寫信越來越不重視，作者通過舉例講述了手寫信的重要性，號召我們要重視手寫信。

【1】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第二句It stands out among the bills and junk mail like gold.它像金子一樣在賬單與垃圾郵件中十分突出，可知作者收到信時很興奮，故選B

【2】A分析推理題。根據(jù)句子Someone who leaves school unable to write a letter is going into the adult world unprepared. And if teachers don’t ram home that message, who else will一些人離開學(xué)校還不會寫信就毫無準備地進入了成人世界。ram home that message應(yīng)該與寫信有關(guān)，即老師如果不能教給學(xué)生寫信的重要性，誰還會呢？故選A

【3】A分析推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句But among the disbelief there was something else: admiration, even among the Twitter generation在質(zhì)疑之中還有別的東西：尊敬，Andrew手寫信給隊員表達了他的尊敬，作者舉這個例子則表明了寫信的技巧在人與人交流之中是很重要的，故選A

【4】C分析推理題。本文由大學(xué)朋友寄給作者的一封手寫信，談到當(dāng)前對于書寫的不重視，講述了手寫信的重要性，號召我們要重視手寫信，故選C