Question

【题目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A pen has always been a(n) 【1】 tool when it comes to taking exams. However, in this digital age, this traditional tool may become a thing of the past.

Cambridge University in Britain is considering ending 800 years of written exams and allowing students to use laptops or ipads to take exams instead.

The move comes after Cambridge teachers complained that students’ handwriting is becoming too hard to recognize. The 【2】 in being able to write neatly could largely be down to the 【3】 on laptops in lectures and elsewhere.

“There has definitely been a(n) 【4】 trend. It is difficult for both the students and the examiners as it is harder and harder to read these scripts," Sarah Pearsall, a senior lecturer at the university, told The Telegraph.

As a result, more and more students with poor handwriting are being 【5】 to return to university during the summer holidays to read their answers aloud to university administrators

However, some 【6】 the move, fearing the handwritten word would become a lost art. Tracy Trussell, a handwriting expert at the British Institute of Graphologists, 【7】 Cambridge to " make sure that students continue to write by hand, particularly in lectures". She told The Telegraph that writing by hand could help students improve their memory and understand lessons better.

Meanwhile, there are also concerns that primary and secondary schools could follow Cambridge's example

In fact, a similar plan was carried out for some first- and second-year students at Edinburgh University in the UK in 2011, reported The Scotsman. Senior officials at the university believed it was 【8】 to expect students to use pens and paper during exams when most of their coursework was done using computers.

The move also echoes the opinions of Harvard professor Eric Mazur, known as the father of the" flipped classroom(翻转课堂). He believes that the rise of mobile Internet 【9】 means that we live in an age in which we don’t need to memorize anything Students should be tested on their creative and 【10】 skills, rather than the ability to remember information, he said during the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit in September.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】K

【3】I

【4】B

【5】H

【6】J

【7】E

【8】D

【9】C

【10】G

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章主要讲了笔一直是考试时必不可少的工具。然而，在这个数字时代，这种传统工具可能会成为过去。

【1】考查词义和语境理解。句意：笔一直是考试时必不可少的工具。本空词性为形容词，所修饰的名词是tool，此处适合的词是essential，essential基本的，故选F。

【2】考查词义和语境理解。句意：书写能力下降的主要原因可能是在课堂或其他地方对笔记本电脑的依赖。本空词性为名词，从第三段第一句可推知人们的书写能力在下降，因此本空为fall，fall下降，故选K。

【3】考查词义和语境理解。句意：书写能力下降的主要原因可能是在课堂或其他地方对笔记本电脑的依赖。本空词性为名词，be down to意思是由于，由于依赖电脑，人们的书写能力下降，reliance依赖，故选I。

【4】考查词义和语境理解。句意：肯定有下降的趋势。本空词性为形容词，上下文推知，整洁书写的趋势是下降的，因此本空填downward，downward下降的，故选B。

【5】考查词义和语境理解。句意：因此，最后越来越多书写较差的学生被强制返校，把他们的答案读给大学行政人员听。本空词性为动词，且为被动形式，因此为force，force强迫，故选H。

【6】考查词义和语境理解。句意：然而，一些人批评这一举动，担心手写文字会成为一种失传的艺术。本空缺少真正的谓语动词，criticized批评，故选J。

【7】考查词义和语境理解。句意：英国笔迹研究所的笔迹专家特蕾西·特鲁塞尔敦促剑桥“确保学生继续手写，尤其是在课堂上”。本空也缺少真正的谓语动词，urged敦促，故选E。

【8】考查词义和语境理解。句意：当大多数的作业都在电脑上完成时，期待学生考试中使用笔纸是不公平的。本空需要形容词，unfair不公平的，故选D。

【9】考查词义和语境理解。句意：他认为，移动互联网接入的兴起意味着，我们生活在一个不需要记住任何东西的时代，学生们应该测试他们的创造力和分析能力，而不是记住信息的能力。access vt.使用，存取，接近 n.进入，使用权，故选C。

【10】考查词义和语境理解。句意：他认为，移动互联网接入的兴起意味着，我们生活在一个不需要记住任何东西的时代，学生们应该测试他们的创造力和分析能力，而不是记住信息的能力。此处需要形容词，并且与creative并列，analytical ability是一种分析能力，故选G。