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【题目】What’s this by my door? A handwritten letter from am old university friend. It stands out among the bills and junk mail like gold. Given its rareness, the Government should be praised for announcing that the new secondary school should include lessons that teach students how to write personal and business letters in the correct form.

Letter-writing skills have fallen off a lot in the age of eamils and text messages. Many pupils leave school only able to write a letter for a job application, let alone other kinds of letters. You can’t turn back the clock, but you can stick to your own rules to protect old-fashioned values. Someone who leaves school unable to write a letter is going into the adult world unprepared. And if teachers don’t ram home that message, who else will?

Usually, it does not matter whether someone can write a letter or not — other means of communication will serve. And with computerised spell-checks, people can get by for years without the kind of letter-writing skills. But it is the rare occasion that matters when things can not be made clear with a simple text. When the former England cricket(板球) captain Andrew Strauss decided to leave his job, he had sent handwritten letters to his teammates. Many people thought it unbelievable. But among the disbelief there was something else: admiration, even among the Twitter generation(一代).

I have been a letter-writing lover all my adult life, and am just about to sit down and pen a reply to my university friend. And I hope the sight of a letter by his door will give him as much pleasure as his did me.

【1】How did the author feel when receiving the handwritten letter?

A.Disappointed. B.Excited. C.Worried. D.Proud.

【2】The underlined part“ram home that message”in Paragraph 2 means“______”.

A.teach the students the importance of letter writing

B.teach the students how to protect traditional values

C.teach the students the importance of communication

D.teach the students how to write letters of application

【3】The author mentions Andrew Strauss’s example in order to show that________.

A.letter-writing skills are very important

B.handwritten letters can bring admiration

C.handwritten letters are more important than emails

D.whether someone can write a letter makes little difference

【4】What’s the text mainly about?

A.A study on why handwritten letters become less popular.

B.A concern about the bad results of technology.

C.A call for more attention to letter writing.

D.A touching story between two friends.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述作者的大学同学寄给作者一封手写信，让作者感到很兴奋。当今社会对于手写信越来越不重视，作者通过举例讲述了手写信的重要性，号召我们要重视手写信。

【1】B细节理解题。根据第一段第二句It stands out among the bills and junk mail like gold.它像金子一样在账单与垃圾邮件中十分突出，可知作者收到信时很兴奋，故选B

【2】A分析推理题。根据句子Someone who leaves school unable to write a letter is going into the adult world unprepared. And if teachers don’t ram home that message, who else will一些人离开学校还不会写信就毫无准备地进入了成人世界。ram home that message应该与写信有关，即老师如果不能教给学生写信的重要性，谁还会呢？故选A

【3】A分析推理题。根据倒数第二段最后一句But among the disbelief there was something else: admiration, even among the Twitter generation在质疑之中还有别的东西：尊敬，Andrew手写信给队员表达了他的尊敬，作者举这个例子则表明了写信的技巧在人与人交流之中是很重要的，故选A

【4】C分析推理题。本文由大学朋友寄给作者的一封手写信，谈到当前对于书写的不重视，讲述了手写信的重要性，号召我们要重视手写信，故选C