题目内容
The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a blackboard is a thing of the past. With the coming of new technologies like computers and smartphones, writing by hand has become something of nostalgic(怀旧的)skill. However, while today’s educators are using more and more technology in their teaching,many believe basic handwriting skills are still necessary for students to be successful-----both in school and in life.
Virginia Berninger, professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, says it’s important to continue teaching handwriting and help children acquire the skill of writing by hand.
Berninger and her colleagues conducted a study that looked at the ability of students to complete various writing tasks----both on a computer and by hand. The study, published in 2009, found that when writing with a pen and paper, participants wrote longer essays and more complete sentences and had a faster word production rate.
In a more recent study, Berninger looked at what role spelling plays in a student’s writing skills and found that how well children spell is tied to how well they can write. “Spelling makes some of the thinking parts of the brain active which helps us access our vocabulary, word meaning and concepts. It is allowing our written language to connect with ideas.” Berninger said.
Spelling helps students translate ideas into words in their mind first and then to transcribe (转换) “those words in the mind written symbols on paper or keyboard and screen,” the study said. Seeing the words in the “mind’s eye” helps children not only to turn their ideas into words, says Berninger, but also to spot(发现) spelling mistakes when they write the words down and to correct them over time.
“In our computer age, some people believe that we don’t have to teach spelling because we have spell checks,” she said. “But until a child has a functional spelling ability of about a fifth grade level, they won’t have the knowledge to choose the correct spelling among the options given by the computer.”
- 1.
What makes writing by hand a thing of the past?
- A.Theabsenceofblackboardsinclassrooms
- B.Theuseofnewtechnologiesinteaching
- C.Thelackofpracticeinhandwriting
- D.Thepopularuseofsmartphones
- A.
- 2.
Berninger’s study published in 2009 ___________
- A.focusedonthedifferencebetweenwritingbyhandandonacomputer
- B.indicatedthatstudentsprefertowritewithapenandpaper
- C.foundthatgoodessaysaremadeupoflongsentences
- D.discussedtheimportanceofwritingspeed
- A.
- 3.
Which of the following best shows the role of spelling?
- A.Spellingimprovesone’smemoryofwords
- B.Spellingabilityiscloselyrelatedtowritingability
- C.Spellingbenefitsthetranslationfromwordsintoideas
- D.Spellingslowsdownfindingexactwordstoexpressideas
- A.
- 4.
What does “mind’s eye” in paragraph 5 mean?
- A.Window
- B.Soul
- C.Picture
- D.Imagination
- A.
- 5.
What conclusion could be drawn from the passage
- A.Computerscanhelppeoplewiththeirchoiceofwords
- B.Spellcheckscantaketheplaceofspellingteaching
- C.Handwritingstillhasaplaceintoday’sclassrooms
- D.Functionalspellingabilitydevelopsfastinthefifthgrade
- A.
试题分析:随着现代科技的发展,书写渐渐被人们忽视。但是Virginia Berninger的研究表明,书写在现代教学中应该占有一席之地。
1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的 “With the coming of new technologies like computers and smartphones, writing by hand has become something of a nostalgic skill”可知答案。
2.细节理解题。根据第三段various writing tasks----both on a computer and by hand.可知,研究就是看在电脑上和手写的任务能力如何。 与A(聚焦在手写和电脑写的不同)一致。
3.细节理解题。根据第四段and found that how well children spell is tied to how well they can write.可知,拼写好和写作好关系紧密。答案选B
4.词义猜测题。根据第五段可知mind’s eye与Imagination 同意。所以答案选D。
5.主旨大意题。通读全文,特别是第一段最后一句可知答案选C
考点:科普类阅读。
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily. Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably. For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
1.The writer of this passage must be ______.
A.an American |
B.a Chinese |
C.a professor |
D.a student |
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families. |
B.Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives. |
C.Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy. |
D.Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break. |
3.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
A.warmly welcomed at the airport |
B.offered a ride to his home |
C.treated hospitably at his home |
D.treated to dinner in a restaurant |
4.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A.strict with time |
B.serious with time |
C.careful with time |
D.willing to spend time |
5. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A.Friendships between Chinese |
B.Friendships between Americans |
C.Americans’ hospitality |
D.Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships |
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily. Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably. For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
1.The writer of this passage must be ______.
A.an American |
B.a Chinese |
C.a professor |
D.a student |
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families. |
B.Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives. |
C.Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy. |
D.Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break. |
3.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
A.warmly welcomed at the airport |
B.offered a ride to his home |
C.treated hospitably at his home |
D.treated to dinner in a restaurant |
4.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A.strict with time |
B.serious with time |
C.careful with time |
D.willing to spend time |
5.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A.Friendships between Chinese |
B.Friendships between Americans |
C.Americans’ hospitality |
D.Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships |
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
When I was in Germany, one day at Christmas-time I went to a post office to send a letter. To my (36)______ I found people queuing some paces away from the person at the savings deposit window.
(37)_____so? Each did his business (38)_____ but the line never moved a step (39)_____. I was very (40)____, so I walked to the window to find out the cause. There was a notice on which was written “Thank you for your (41)_____for other's privacy”—a polite (42)_____to keep people away from nosing into other's (43)_____ (money matters are regarded as privacy in Western countries). I was deeply impressed by the (44)____ and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so (45)____ at a distance that they seemed quite (46) _____to the practice. The (47)____ thing happened at a public telephone box. (48)_____ waiting for their turns always kept their distance—enough to be out of (49)____ . It's another typical example!?
From then on I (50)____ to watch their ways of doing things, manners, treatment (51)____ towards others. And I found the Germans always mindful of other's privacy. They avoided putting others in an embarrassing(窘迫)situation. For instance, they never (52)____ about age, incomes or the place to buy such a coat, (53)_____would they comment on the others or jewelry others wore. Their laws (54)_____ reading diaries or opening letters without permission. That shows (55) ____matters are not allowed to be disturbed.
1. |
A. sorrow |
B. anger |
C. delight |
D.surprise |
2. |
A. Why |
B. How |
C. What |
D. Where |
3. |
A. in secret |
B. with care |
C. in turn |
D. by turns |
4. |
A. slower |
B. nearer |
C. farther |
D. longer |
5. |
A. curious |
B. angry |
C. interested |
D. impatient |
6. |
A. care |
B. respect |
C. help |
D. search |
7. |
A. voice |
B. phrase |
C. warning |
D. sentence |
8. |
A. pockets |
B. savings |
C. needs |
D. affaris |
9. |
A. word |
B. sight |
C. people |
D. matters |
10. |
A. honestly |
B. anxiously |
C. nervously |
D. calmly |
11. |
A. used |
B. familiar |
C. uncomforable |
D. polite |
12. |
A.interesting |
B. strange |
C.same |
D. different |
13. |
A. They |
B. These |
C. Those |
D. That |
14. |
A. sight |
B. hearing |
C. touch |
D. question |
15. |
A. went on |
B. took care |
C. paid attention |
D.took charge |
16. |
A. moving |
B. shown |
C. facing |
D. offered |
17. |
A. asked |
B. heard |
C. worried |
D. learned |
18. |
A. so |
B. nor |
C. not only |
D. if |
19. |
A. appreciate |
B. stop |
C. hate |
D. forbid |
20. |
A. public |
B. personal |
C. small |
D. important |