The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a blackboard is a thing of the past. With the coming of new technologies like computers and smartphones, writing by hand has become something of nostalgic (懷舊的)skill. However, while today’s educators are using more and more technology in their teaching, many believe basic handwriting skills are still necessary for students to be successful---both in school and in life.
Virginia Berninger, professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, says it’s important to continue teaching handwriting and help children acquire the skill of writing by hand.
Berninger and her colleagues conducted a study that looked at the ability of students to complete various writing tasks---both on a computer and by hand. The study, published in 2009, found that when writing with a pen and paper, participants wrote longer essays and more complete sentences and had a faster word production rate.
In a more recent study, Berninger looked at what role spelling plays in a student’s writing skills and found that how well children spell is tied to how well they can write. “Spelling makes some of the thinking parts of the brain active which helps us access our vocabulary, word meaning and concepts. It is allowing our written language to connect with ideas.” Berninger said.
Spelling helps students translate ideas into words in their mind first and then to transcribe(轉(zhuǎn)換) “those words in the mind written symbols on paper or keyboard and screen,” the study said. Seeing the words in the “mind’s eye” helps children not only to turn their ideas into words, says Berninger, but also to spot(發(fā)現(xiàn)) spelling mistakes when they write the words down and to correct then over time.
“In our computer age, some people believe that we don’t have to teach spelling because we have spell checks,” she said. “But until a child has a functional spelling ability of about a fifth grade level, they won’t have the knowledge to choose the correct spelling among the options given by the computer.”
小題1:What makes writing by hand a thing of the past?
A．The absence of blackboard in classroom.
B．The use of new technologies in teaching.
C．The lack of practice in handwriting.
D．The popular use of smartphones.
小題2:Berninger’s study published in 2009 ___________.
A．focused on the difference between writing by hand and on a computer
B．indicated that students prefer to write with a pen and paper
C．found that good essays are made up of long sentences
D．discussed the importance of writing speed
小題3:Which of the following best shows the role of spelling?
A．Spelling improves one’s memory of words.
B．Spelling ability is closely related to writing ability.
C．Spelling benefits the translation from words into ideas.
D．Spelling slows down finding exact words to express ideas.
小題4:What does “mind’s eye” in paragraph 5 mean?
A．Window.B．SoulC．PictureD．Imagination.
小題5:What conclusion could be drawn from the passage?
A．Computers can help people with their choice of words.
B．Spell checks can take the place of spelling teaching.
C．Handwriting still has a place in today’s classrooms.
D．Functional spelling ability develops fast in the fifth grade.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:C

試題分析：本文主要講述的是：隨著現(xiàn)代科技的發(fā)展，書寫漸漸被人們所忽視。但是Berninger的研究表明，書寫在現(xiàn)代教學(xué)中應(yīng)該占有一席之地。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段“With the coming of new technologies like computers and smartphone, writing by hand has become something of nostalgic (懷舊的)skill.（隨著像電腦和智能手機(jī)的使用，書寫已經(jīng)成為了人們懷舊的東西）”可知答案是B。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段首句“Berninger and her colleagues conducted a study that looked at the ability of students to complete various writing tasks---both on a computer and by hand.（Berninger和她的同事做了個(gè)研究，想看看學(xué)生用電腦和用手工完成各種寫的任務(wù)的情況）”可以知道答案是A。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段首句“In a more recent study, Berninger looked at what role spelling plays in a student’s writing skills and found that how well children spell is tied to know well they can write.（在更近的一次研究中，Berninge想看看拼寫在學(xué)生寫作技巧中所發(fā)揮的什么作用，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)字寫得好的孩子文章也寫得好）”可以知道答案是B。
小題4:詞義猜測。根據(jù)第五段可知：拼寫幫助學(xué)生把想法轉(zhuǎn)化為他們思想中的文字，再把思想中的文字轉(zhuǎn)換到紙上，得知答案是imagination，不僅幫助孩子們把想法轉(zhuǎn)化為文字，而且能發(fā)現(xiàn)拼寫錯(cuò)誤并改正它們。選D
小題5:主旨大意。根據(jù)疊加全文的主題句和文章的最后一段，首段說明隨著新技術(shù)的到來，手寫已經(jīng)成為過去，之后文章中部提到手寫的好處，最后一段進(jìn)一步闡明書寫的重要。選C。
點(diǎn)評：這篇文章篇幅較長，學(xué)生要培養(yǎng)快熟閱讀能力，難點(diǎn)的題目是推理題，解推斷題最主要的方法是根據(jù)詞義關(guān)系推斷具體細(xì)節(jié)。
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