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【題目】 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 smart phone, writing by hand has become something of nostalgic(懷舊的) skill. However, while today’s educators are using more and more technologies 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 senten3ces 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 meanings 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 spelling mistakes when they write the words down and to correct them 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.”

【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 smart phones.

【2】Which of the following best shows the role of spelling?

A. Spelling improves ones 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.

【3】 What does minds eye in paragraph 4 mean?

A. Window B. Soul C. Picture D. Imagination

【4】 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 todays classrooms.

D. Functional spelling ability develops fast in the fifth grade.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析:隨著現(xiàn)代科技的發(fā)展，書(shū)寫(xiě)漸漸被人們所忽視。但是Berninger的研究表明，書(shū)寫(xiě)在現(xiàn)代教學(xué)中應(yīng)該占有一席之地。

【1】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段 With the coming of new technologies like computers and smart phone, writing by hand has become something of nostalgic(懷舊的) skill.可知是因?yàn)樵诮虒W(xué)過(guò)程中引進(jìn)了新技術(shù)，故選B。

【2】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In a more recent study, Berninger looked at what role spelling plays in a students writing skills and found that how well children spell is tied to how well they can write. 可知字寫(xiě)得好的孩子文章也寫(xiě)得好，說(shuō)明寫(xiě)字的能力和寫(xiě)文章的能力有很大的關(guān)聯(lián)，故選B。

【3】D詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù) 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可知：拼寫(xiě)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(xiě)錯(cuò)誤并改正它們，故選D。

【4】C主旨要義題。根據(jù)全文的主題句和文章的最后一段，首段說(shuō)明隨著新技術(shù)的到來(lái)，手寫(xiě)已經(jīng)成為過(guò)去，之后文章中部提到手寫(xiě)的好處，最后一段進(jìn)一步闡明書(shū)寫(xiě)的重要，可知手寫(xiě)在現(xiàn)代教學(xué)中應(yīng)該占有一席之地，故選C。