Question

As computers become all the more popular in China, Chinese people are increasingly depending on computer keyboards to input Chinese characters. But if they use the computer too much, they may end up forgetting the exact strokes（筆畫） of each Chinese character when writing on paper. Experts suggest people, especially students, write by hand more.

Do you write by hand more or type more? In Beijing, students start using a computer as early as primary school. And computer dependence is more wide-spread among university students. Almost all their homework and essays are typed on a computer.

All the students interviewed say they usually use a computer.

It's faster and easier to correct if using a computer. And that's why computers are being applied more and more often to modern education. But when people are taking stock in computers increasingly, problems appear.

"When I'm writing with a pen, I find I often can't remember how to write a character, though I feel I’m familiar with it."

"I'm not in the mood to write when faced with a pen and paper."

Many students don't feel this is something to worry about. Now that it's more convenient and quick to write on a computer, why bother to handwrite?

Many educators think differently. Shi Liwei , the headmaster of a famous primary school in the capital said "Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic(審美的) value. But those characters typed with computer keyboards only have their practical value. All the artistic beauty of the characters is lost. And handwriting contains the writer's emotion(情緒). Through one's handwriting, people can get to know one's thinking and personality. Beautiful writing will give people a better first impression of them.”

To encourage students to handwrite more, many primary schools in Beijing have made writing classes compulsory(必修的)and in universities, some professors are asking students to turn in their homework and essays written by hand.

1.The students interviewed prefer to write using a computer mainly because______.

A. they are usually asked to e-mail their homework and essays

B. they can correct the mistakes they make quickly and conveniently

C. they find it not easy to remember how to write a character

D. computers have become popular in China.

2.Which of the following statements of the advantages of handwriting is NOT TRUE ?

A. Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic value.

B. The writer’s thinking and personality are shown in his or her handwriting.

C. Handwriting contains the writer's emotion.

D. Handwriting can impress people well and build up one’s self-confidence.

3.The underlined expression “taking stock in”(Paragraph 4) probably means __________.

A. getting bored with B. getting curious about

C. getting dependent on D. becoming crazy about

4.We can infer from the passage that __________.

A. more and more students will pay attention to handwriting

B. more and more students will give up writing on a computer

C. writing by hand will give way to typing by computer one day

D. the typed article better expresses one’s emotion and quality

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：文章圍繞話題“我們學(xué)生應(yīng)該依靠電腦還是應(yīng)該手寫作業(yè)”展開的。學(xué)生們應(yīng)該更多采用用手寫而不是電腦寫字、做作業(yè)。

1.It's faster and easier to correct if using a computer可知選B。

2.倒數(shù)第二段的Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic(審美的) value排除A；根據(jù)And handwriting contains the writer's emotion(情緒). Through one's handwriting, people can get to know one's thinking and personality. Beautiful writing will give people a better first impression of them排除B和C。故選D。

3.詞義題。結(jié)合上文computer dependence和下文的表述不難推出，taking stock in的意思為“相信；依靠”。故C項(xiàng)為正確答案。

4.最后一段介紹：許多小學(xué)把寫字課已規(guī)定為必修課；在大學(xué)里，要求學(xué)生交書面作業(yè)。由此我們可以得出結(jié)論：今后越來越多的學(xué)生會重視書寫。故A項(xiàng)為正確答案。

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