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Does handwriting matter? Not very much, according to many educators. However, scientists say it is far too soon to declare handwriting is not important. New evidence suggests that the link between handwriting and educational development is deep.

Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to write by hand, but they are also better able to create ideas and remember information. In other words, it’s not only what we write that matters — but how.

A study led by Karin James, a psychologist at Indiana University, gave support to that view. A group of children, who had not learned to read and write, were offered a letter or a shape on a card and asked to copy it in one of three ways: draw the image on a page but with a dotted outline（虛線）, draw it on a piece of blank white paper, or type it on a computer. Then the researchers put the children in a brain scanner and showed them the image again.

It was found that when children had drawn a letter freehand without a dotted outline or a computer, the activity in three areas of the brain were increased. These three areas work actively in adults when they read and write. By contrast, children who chose the other two ways showed no such effect. Dr. James attributes the differences to the process of free handwriting: Not only must we first plan and take action in a way but we are also likely to produce a result that is variable. Those are not necessary when we have an outline.

It’s time for educators to change their mind and pay more attention to children’s handwriting.

1.What do scientists mean by saying “it is far too soon to declare handwriting is not important”?

A. Handwriting is not very important to children.

B. Handwriting has nothing to do with education.

C. Handwriting should not be ignored at present.

D. Handwriting can not be learned in a short time.

2.What does “that view” in Para. 3 refer to?

A. Children read quickly when they write by hand.

B. How we write is as important as what we write.

C. Children create ideas and remember information.

D. A group of students should know what to write.

3.Which is NOT the children’s task in the experiment?

A. Copy the image on a page but with a dotted outline.

B. Draw the image on a piece of blank white paper.

C. Type the image directly on a computer.

D. Put a brain scanner and show the image again.

4.According to the passage, the author obviously _______ giving up handwriting.

A. is for B. is against

C. is responsible for D. doesn’t care about

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇議論文，論述了用手書寫對孩子來說是否重要的問題。文中提出，一些教育學家認為書寫并不十分重要，但科學研究證明，比起用電腦和提供虛線的臨摹，用手書寫能促進人的閱讀和寫作能力，也有助于大腦進行創(chuàng)造性思考和存儲信息。作者提出教育者應該重視孩子書寫練習。

1. 推理判斷題。根據(jù)首段中“Does handwriting matter? Not very much, according to many educators. However, scientists say it is far too soon to declare handwriting is not important.”可知，教育學家認為用手書寫并不十分重要，而科學家持不同觀點，認為放棄用手書寫為時過早。故該題正確選項是C。

2.“that view”指代的內容，D選項并未提到，因此是錯誤的�！皌hat view”指代上文，即第二段結尾處“…it’s not only what we write that matters — but how.”，意為“怎樣書寫和寫什么都很重要”。故該題正確選項是B。

3.“They were then placed in a brain scanner and shown the image again.”可知受測學生被置于腦部掃描儀前，而不是使用腦部掃描儀，故該題正確選項是D。

4.“It’s time for educators to change their mind and pay more attention to children’s handwriting.”，認為教育學家應該重視孩子的書寫訓練，不應該放棄用手書寫。題目問的是作者對“giving up handwriting”的觀點是什么，故該題正確選項為B。

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