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3.Is cursive writing(草写体)an out-of-date skill in today's technological society?The new education standards for English do not require cursive.However,schools are still allowed to teach cursive if they choose.Some schools are considering giving up cursive,since it is not on standardized tests.This topic is now being discussed in teacher lunchrooms around the country.We invited some inspired teachers to weigh in.Here's what one of them,Eldra Avery,has to say.I failed a handwriting assignment in eighth grade,but my teacher told me that I was well able to have that type of handwriting.So I improved my handwriting and now have beautiful cursive handwriting.I teach English,and at times I ask my students to do assignments in cursive.Since they will be taking timed writing exams throughout their educational career,it is necessary that they practice writing at a speed that will allow them to finish their task.When you have three letters connected in a word,it flows,and when you lift your pen only at the end of a word,it is faster than printing(印刷体),which lifts the pen at the completion of each letter.
Handwriting is a reflection(反映)of our humanity.We dream of a future with more advanced technology and less labor,but truthfully,if technology prevents us from using skills that are essentially human,I wonder if that can be called"progress."Cursive connects us to our past and our future.If students can't write cursive,they can't read cursive.And if they can't read cursive,how can they read historical papers like the Declaration of Independence?
Writing cursive is a process that helps improve language learning.Copying text by hand does a lot of good to students.My students complete a poetry analysis paper each year.Many of them tell me that they couldn't begin to understand their poem until they copied it by hand.Handwriting is a valuable communication tool,Communication through handwriting will always be a necessity.To imagine that the whole world communicates by typing would be a rather poor view.
24.According to Paragraph 1,teachers are discussingA.
A.whether cursive should be taught
B.whether students should read cursive
C.how to look at handwriting assignments
D.how to improve students'cursive writing
25.Why does Ms.Avery mention her students in the last paragraph?A
A.To show the positive side of handwriting.
B.To introduce an effective learning method.
C.To show the importance of copying poems.
D.To share her first-hand teaching experience.
26.Ms.Avery would probably agree thatC.
A.handwriting should be replaced by typing
B.there should be fewer standardized tests
C.cursive is more effective than printing
D.cursive helps us learn about the future.
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Eldra Avery发表的关于是否应该取消草书的观点.
解答 24.A.细节理解题.根据第一段Some schools are considering giving up cursive,since it is not on standardized tests.This topic is now being discussed in teacher lunchrooms around the country可知老师们正在讨论是否应该教草书体;故选A.
25.A.推理判断题.根据最后一段My students complete a poetry analysis paper each year.Many of them tell me that they couldn't begin to understand their poem until they copied it by hand可知埃弗里女士提到她的学生是为了表现书法的积极一面;故选A.
26.C.推理判断题.根据文章And if they can't read cursive,how can they read historical papers like the Declaration of Independence可知她反对取消草书体的教学,认为草书比印刷更有效;故选C
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.
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