Question

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.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（清楚易認），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（用印刷體寫），and then to write in cursive（草體字），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．
58．We can learnAfrom 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
59．Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA？B
A．The students are taught by practicing a long period．
B．To write in cursive is taught first．
C．Handwriting includes two skills．
D．The letters are repeated many times．
60．The best title for the passage isD
A．How to improve handwriting in school 
B．Handwriting lessons are on the way out
C．Handwriting involves two skills           
D．Right or wrong：the death of handwriting
61．The author's attitude towards whether still to learn handwriting in school isD．
A．negative    
B．optimistic           
C．critical（批評的）   
D．objective（客觀的）

Answer 1

分析 議論文，討論美國學生還學寫字嗎？并給出了書寫的必要性．

解答 ABDD
58  A  推理判斷題．根據第一段中"90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting．"可知，書法教學是基本的教學要求，故A項正確．
59  B   細節(jié)理解題．根據最后一段第二句可知American children traditionally first learn to print（用印刷體寫），and then to write in cursive（草體字），which connects the letters．B項內容錯誤．
60  D  標題歸納題．作者敘述了美國書法教學的現狀，沒有發(fā)表自己的評論，故選擇D．
61  D  觀點態(tài)度題．根據全文的敘述可知，作者只是將美國書法教學的現狀和不同人的觀點呈現出來，并沒有發(fā)表自己的見解，因此作者持客觀的態(tài)度．

點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．