A few years ago I had an“aha!”moment regarding handwriting.

    I had in my hand a sheet of paper with handwritten instructions on it for some sort of editorial task.It occurred at first that I did not recognize the handwriting,and then I realized whose it must be.I finally became aware of the fact that I had been working with this colleague for at least a year,maybe two,and yet I did not recognize her handwriting at that point.

    It was a very important event in the computerization of life―a sign that the informal.friendly communication of people working together in an office had changed from notes in pen to instant messages and emails.There was a time when our workdays were filled with little letters,and we recognized one another's handwriting the way we knew voices or faces.

    As a child visiting my father’s office,I was pleased to recognize,in little notes on the desks of his staff,the same handwriting I would see at home in the notes he would leave on the fridge― except that those notes were signed“dad”instead of“RFW”.

    All this has been on my mind because of the talk about The Rise and Fall of Handwriting,a book by Florey.She shows in her book a deep concern about the fall of handwriting and the failure of schools to teach children to write well,but many others argue that people in a digital age can’t be expected to learn to hold a pen.

    I don’t buy it.

    I don’t want to see anyone cut off from the expressive,personal associations that a pen still promotes better than a digital keyboard does.For many a biographer,part of really getting to know their subjects is learning to read their handwriting.

    What some people advocate is teaching one of the many attractive handwritings based on the handwriting of 16th―century Italy.That may sound impossibly grand―as if they want kids to learn to draw by copying classical paintings.However,they have worked in many school systems.

51.Why was the author surprised at not recognizing his colleague’s handwriting?

    A.He had worked with his colleague long enough.

    B.His colleague’s handwriting was so beautiful.

    C.His colleague’s handwriting was so terrible.

    D.He still had a lot of work to do.

52.People working together in an office used to ____________.

    A.talk more about handwriting

    B.take more notes on workdays

    C.know better one another's handwriting

    D.communicate better with one another

53.The author’s father wrote notes in pen _________.

    A.to both his family and his staff

    B.to his family in small letters

    C.to his family on the fridge

    D.to his staff on the desk

54.According to the author,handwritten notes _______.

    A.are harder to teach in schools

    B.attract more attention

    C.are used only between friends

    D.carry more message

55.We can learn from the passage that the author __________.

    A.thinks it impossible to teach handwriting

    B.does not want to lose handwriting

    C.puts the blame on the computer

    D.does not agree with Florey

 

One day around 5:30 pm, I was going home on a bus and everybody on the bus was quiet.  People had just  36  from work, students had just finished their  37 class and everybody was a little  38 from a long day. I was just looking outside of the   39  without any specific(具体的)thought in my mind. It was the same  40  I have seen many times before, people hurrying home.
In front of me, there was a guy who didn’t look very clean.   41  he was looking out of the window, he suddenly  42  to me and pointed at something outside. “Hey, look! ”He had a big smile on his face. I turned to the   43 he was pointing in and there it was the beautiful Catalina mountains burning with a beautiful   44  . He turned to other people on the bus and told them to look at the mountains. He  45  “Wow” and “It’s so beautiful” again and again. Everybody on the bus  46  the view indeed.
The  47  view also helped me to  48  my long tiring day with a good feeling in my heart. But, more  49  , I was so inspired to see that this man wanted to  50  the beautiful view with everybody on the bus, totally strangers. His  51  act made me accidentally find something that I had lost which I didn’t even know I had lost. He made me  52  that I had lost the feelings and the   53 I used to have every day. In my daily life, many things had  54 their color and movement, but he  55 me that things are still there—they never get lost.
【小题1】A.  given up      B.  got off            C.  gone on                 D     stopped by

【小题2】
A. morningB. importantC. lastD. boring
【小题3】
A. excitedB. tiredC. puzzledD. disappointed
【小题4】
A. windowB. classroomC. mountainD.city
【小题5】
A. busB. guyC. troubleD. view
【小题6】
A. IfB. SoC. AsD. But
【小题7】
A. adaptedB. attendedC. turnedD. adjust
【小题8】
A. fingerB. objectC. directionD. sky
【小题9】
A. sunsetB. memoryC. treeD. sunrise
【小题10】
A. wroteB. discussedC. followedD. repeated
【小题11】
A. enjoyedB. provedC. describedD. recorded
【小题12】
A. amazingB. fullC. sameD. simple
【小题13】
A. saveB. hateC. challengeD. end
【小题14】
A. naturallyB. honestlyC. beautifullyD. importantly
【小题15】
A. shareB. compareC. rememberD. praise
【小题16】
A. finalB. kindC. violentD. hard
【小题17】
A. agreeB. decideC. realizeD. fear
【小题18】
A.excitementB. friendsC. chancesD.hope
【小题19】
A. usedB. increasedC. showedD. lost
【小题20】
A. advisedB. remindedC. promisedD. told

第二节 读写任务 (共1小题, 满分25 分)

阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in winter, the second in the spring, the third in the summer and the youngest son in the fall.

When they all had gone and returned, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said the tree was ugly and twisted. The second son said no, it was covered with green buds ad full of promise. The third son disagreed, he said it was filled with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful that it was the most graceful things he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them, insisting that it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and satisfaction.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had seen but one season in the tree’s life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by one season. If you give up when it’s winter, you’ll miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and satisfaction of your fall.

Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest!

[写作内容]

请用30词概括故事中四个孩子对梨树的描述。

2.请用120词以Do not make haste in judgment为主题完成以下写作任务:

(1)谈谈你对上面的故事的理解,你听过类似的故事或有过相关的经历吗?简单讲述一个类似的故事。

(2)谈谈你自己对此类故事的感想,例如,明白培养自己全面客观的人生态度的重要性,面对困境时,勇于坚持;面对矛盾时,善于易地而处……(可自由发挥)

[写作要求]

1. 可以使用自己的经历或听到的故事,可以参照阅读材料的内容, 但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

[评分标准]

概括准确、语言规范、内容合适、篇章连贯。

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