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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 should not be ignored at present.

C. Handwriting has nothing to do with education.

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

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

D. Type the image directly on a computer.

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

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

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

C. Children create ideas and remember information.

D. Children read quickly when they write by hand.

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

A. is for B. doesn’t care about

C. is responsible for D. is against

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析: 本文是一篇議論文。本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的觀點，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的提高，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的觀點。

1. handwriting matter? Not very much, according to many educators. However, scientists say it is far too soon to declare handwriting is not important.描述可知許多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，他們認為放棄用手書寫為時過早。所以B說用手書寫在目前不應該被忽視，與其同義。故選B。

2.根據第三段最后一句They were then placed in a brain scanner and shown the image again.可知此句是被動語態(tài)，指受測學生被置于腦部掃描儀前，而不是學生使用腦部掃描儀，故選C。根據第三段內容，A、B、D選項都屬于實驗中分給學生的任務。

3.指代關系題。根據第二段最后一句In other words, it’s not only what we write that matters — but how.可知怎樣書寫和寫什么都很重要。即下文“that view”指代的內容。故選A。選項C、D都有提到，但并不是“that view”指代的內容，B選項并未提到，因此是錯誤的。

4. time for educators to change their mind and pay more attention to children’s handwriting.描述教育學家應該更加重視孩子的書寫訓練，可知作者的觀點是反對放棄用手書寫。故選D。be against doing 反對做某事。

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