题目内容
3.Handwriting has existed for about 6,000years.It's one of our most important inventions.Without it,we wouldn't be able to record knowledge or pass ideas from one generation to the next.Most of us know,but often forget,that handwriting is not natural.It's not like seeing or talking,which are what we are born with.In early America,only wealthy men and businessmen learned to write.A"good hand"became a sign of class and intelligence as well as morality.Most,meanwhile,signed legal documents with a mere‘X'and the presence of a witness.Writing only spread to the masses in the 19th century,after schools began teaching handwriting.
67 -left-handed students often had their arm tied tightly to their bodies,so they'd learn to write with the"correct"hand.In more modern times,you may remember spending hours learning the correct stroke(笔画),formation and spacing of upper-and lower-case letters.
But today,schools are shifting the focus to coursework in STEM-short for science,technology,engineering and mathematics.With limited hours and an increased pressure to meet higher standards,teachers are emphasizing technology and tablets and less of the written word.
Technology has threatened writing long before every man,woman and child carried a phone.It came with the invention of the typewriter,which standardized written communication,and that same argument will reappear as technology advances.
I don't know if handwriting will ever die.But today,the growing emphasis on typing is having far-reaching effects.To get a glimpse of the future,just look at the youth.Instead of curly Qs or crazy Ls,kids are using emoticons such as ? or Λ to give a personal touch.
Typing is more democratic,too-it isn't a complicated skill to master.Keyboards are changing the physical connection between writers and text,and people who can't write by hand,like the blind,can now use tools to communicate only by touch.
I suppose it's easy to grieve over the passing of one era (年代) into another.Sure,I'll miss the writing of letters,and the beautiful and well-practiced signature written with a pen.And while some pathways in our brains will weaken with the decline of handwriting,we'll develop new ones as we swipe (滑动) and double-click our way into the future.
66.Before the 19th century in America,C.
A.only intelligent people could learn handwriting in schools
B.legal documents were signed with the presence of a witness
C.most of the people didn't even know how to write their names
D.people would spend hours learning how to write every day
67.Which of the following sentences can best fit in the blank in the third paragraph?B
A.Writing was a means of human communication
B.Writing has always been serious business
C.Schools tried different ways to force students to write
D.Young people worked hard to improve handwriting
68.We can learn from the passage thatD.
A.the invention of cellphones started the decline of handwriting
B.handwriting will disappear because young people write poorly
C.typing makes it possible for blind people to communicate
D.typing is comparatively easy to learn,even for the disabled
69.What does the writer imply in the last paragraph?A
A.The era of handwriting is leaving and that of typing is coming.
B.Letters and signatures are gradually disappearing for sure.
C.The decline of writing has drawn much attention from the public.
D.Our brains will weaken with the decline of handwriting.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了书写的发展史,十九世纪之前只有富人和商人学会写字,之后写作一直是所有人一件严肃的事情,进入新时代以后,由于打字方便,残疾人也可以学习,因而逐渐取代了手写体的地位,因此手写的时代即将结束,打字的时代即将到来.
解答 66.C.细节理解题.根据文章第二段"In early America,only wealthy men and businessmen learned to write",在早期的美国,只有富人和商人学会写字;故选C.
67.B.推理判断题.根据后文"-left-handed students often had their arm tied tightly to their bodies,so they'd learn to write with the"correct"hand",左手的学生往往有自己的手臂绑紧自己的身体,所以他们能学会用"正确"的手,可知写作一直是严肃的事情,是对所有人的而不仅仅只是年轻人,故选B.
68.D.细节理解题.根据文章第二段"Keyboards are changing the physical connection between writers and text,and people who can't write by hand,like the blind",键盘正在改变作家和文本之间的物理连接,和谁不能用手写字的人,像盲人,可知打字比较容易学,即使是为残疾人士;故选D.
69.A.细节理解题.根据文章最后一段"And while some pathways in our brains will weaken with the decline of handwriting,we'll develop new ones as we swipe (滑动) and double-click our way into the future",而在我们大脑中的一些途径会随着将手写的下降削弱,我们将开发新产品作为我们刷卡并双击进入未来的方式,可知手写的时代即将结束,打字的时代即将到来;故选A.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
A. | assume | B. | approve | C. | dominate | D. | contrast |
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A. | Of course,go ahead | B. | Yes,don't worry. | ||
C. | Yes,help yourself | D. | Of course,why not? |
A. | usual | B. | frequent | C. | normal | D. | gradual |
One rainy day,while this man was(8)A,he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain,walking to somewhere.He(9)B that they were his ex-girlfriend's (前女友)parents,so he drove slowly beside the couple,wanting them to find him in his expensive car and to know that he had his own company,car,etc.
To the man's surprise,the couple were walking towards a cemetery (墓地).He got out of his car and followed them.And there he saw his ex-girlfriend-a photograph of her(10)Das sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone,and those precious paper cranes in a glass bottle!He walked over and asked the couple why this had happened.They explained that(11)C she did not leave for France at all.She fell ill with cancer.In her heart,she had believed that he would(12)Csome day.She didn't want her(13)Bto be his barrier.Therefore,she chose to leave him.She asked her(14)Ato put his paper cranes beside her,because if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take some of those back with him.
The man just cried(15)D.He was heartbroken once again.
1.A.future | B.appearance | C.salary | D.apartment |
2.A.pleasant | B.happy | C.worried | D.sensitive |
3.A.futures | B.goals | C.courses | D.ways |
4.A.excited | B.mad | C.puzzling | D.heartbroken |
5.A.confidence | B.position | C.independence | D.freedom |
6.A.main | B.beautiful | C.heavy | D.hard |
7.A.office | B.family | C.company | D.studio |
8.A.driving | B.running | C.walking | D.wandering |
9.A.noticed | B.recognized | C.understood | D.memorized |
10.A.glaring | B.talking | C.crying | D.smiling |
11.A.fortunately | B.recently | C.actually | D.difficultly |
12.A.come | B.go | C.succeed | D.suffer |
13.A.heart | B.illness | C.cranes | D.sadness |
14.A.parents | B.husband | C.friends | D.son |
15.A.heatedly | B.hardly | C.excitedly | D.sadly |