【题目】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 studypublished 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 to 15 minutes a day,and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60to 70 minutes a day which really is pretty much for handwriting.

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 allthat is why we write.

Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, 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, and then to write in cursive,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.

1 Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA?

A. The students are taught by practicing a long period.

B. The letters are repeated many times.

C. Handwriting includes two skills.

D. To write in cursive is taught first.

2 The underlined word “legibility” in Paragraph 3 means __________

A. easy to read

B. complex

C. unexpected

D. unreadable

3 The best title for the passage is __________.

A. How to improve handwriting in school

B. Right or wrong the death of handwriting

C. Handwriting involves two skills

D. Handwriting lessons are on the way out

4 The author's attitude towards whether still to learn handwriting in school is __________.

A. negative

B. objective

C. critical

D. optimistic

【题目】阅读下面的文字,完成题。

春秋战国是一个动乱时期,所谓春秋无义战就反映了那个时代的本质。但是从另一角度看,正是由于那时大一统的中央集权尚未形成,所以百家争鸣,百花齐放的局面才得以出现。稍懂一点中国历史的人都知道,那时候,作为知识分子的阶层能够通过各种途径、场合比较自由地发表自己的看法,通过游说来谋求改变自己的地位,实现自己的政治理想。这样便在一方面充分地挖掘出他们自己的智慧,另一方面纷乱的世界日益呈现出其不合理性,礼崩乐坏,旧的秩序破坏了,新秩序尚未建立,又使社会呈现出许多荒废的现象。而知识分子对宇宙和人生则有一种比较稳定的看法,诚如孟子所云:无恒产而有恒心者,惟士为能。(《孟子·梁惠王上》)正是由于阶层有他们的恒心,亦即有自己比较固定的思想信念,具备了超过一般人的智慧,所以他们能对纷繁不合理的世界持批判的态度。一方面不满意现实,一方面面对现实又无可奈何。所以他们往往以游戏的态度把人事和物态的乖舛、丑拙、鄙劣当作一种有趣的东西加以嘲弄乃至欣赏,用来撕破笼罩在各种人物关系上的假面具,使其露出滑稽可笑的真面目,幽默于是就这样产生了。

此外,先秦各国宫廷里还活跃着另外一种人物——优。这一点同英法古代宫廷的情景差不多。《左传》《国语》《战国策》诸书里都提到过的存在,《史记》更是堂而皇之地列了《滑稽列传》,为优伶作传。汉初以优俳身份侧身朝廷的,有东方朔、枚皋等人。这种人物往往也能在政治舞台上扮演幽默的角色。先秦时期,各国国君是主人,臣下百姓是奴仆,给皇帝提意见称为,这是一件很危险的事。但是倡优可以是例外,他们能以戏谑的态度,用常人所不敢的滑稽、幽默的语言和动作逗国君或皇帝高兴,甚至与国君开玩笑,顺便进行讽谏,这便是所谓的谲谏。著名的优孟以及汉代的东方朔都玩过这一类花样,他们的一些故事早已成为中国人所熟悉的典故了。

总起来说,先秦至两汉的幽默最常见的是讽谏、滑稽一类事件,而最善于创造这类幽默的有两种人:一是具有高度文化修养和智慧的诸子和游说的谋士;二是那些善于谈言微中,亦可以解纷的滑稽多智的”“。正是这两类人在先秦、秦汉宫廷中上演了一幕幕幽默的滑稽剧。这些宫廷滑稽剧让人们笑了两千余年,至今仍未完全失去魅力,仍然可以使人再笑若干年代。

(节选自赵志伟《幽默的中国人》)

【1】下列对春秋战国时期阶层的行为的介绍,不符合原文意思的一项是(

A.春秋战国时期阶层能够通过各种途径和场合比较自由地表达出自己的看法。

B.春秋战国时期阶层以较固定的思想信念对纷繁不合理的世界持批判的态度。

C.春秋战国时期阶层对礼崩乐坏的社会现实不满意可是他们又无可奈何。

D.春秋战国时期阶层以游戏的态度来赞赏那些有趣的或是丑恶的人事和物态。

【2】下列对谲谏有关内容的阐述,符合原文意思的一项是(

A.谲谏是用滑稽、幽默的语言和动作与国君开玩笑,逗国君高兴,顺便进行讽谏。

B.谲谏源于汉初,代表人物东方朔、枚皋等人以优俳身份在朝廷中扮演幽默的角色。

C.谲谏是没有任何危险的,以戏谑的态度给国君或皇帝提意见,他们会愉快地接受。

D.谲谏的故事连篇累牍,先秦著名的优孟以及汉代的东方朔是古代家喻户晓的笑星。

【3】根据原文提供的信息,下列推断正确的一项是(

A.春秋战国是一个动乱的时期,可以产生幽默,可见大一统的中央集权条件下是不容易产生幽默的。

B.戏谑的态度,幽默的语言和动作,是优俳与君王打交道的手段,破坏旧秩序,建立新秩序才是目的。

C.《左传》《国语》《战国策》诸书里都写过,说明在政治舞台上也扮演着重要角色。

D.先秦两汉的诸子、谋士以及”“创造的以讽谏、滑稽为主的幽默,至今还有一定的魅力。

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