It was at least two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bicycle. As Christmas drew nearer, her desire for a bicycle seemed to fade(消退), or so we thought. We bought her a lovely doll, and a doll house. Then, much to our surprise, on December 23rd, she said that she “really wanted a bike more than anything else.” But it was just too late. With such a lot of preparations to do for the Christmas dinner we did not have the time to buy our little girl a bike. So, here we were Christmas Eve around 9:00 p.m., with Almie and her six-year-old brother, Dylan, sleeping in their beds. Now we could only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child. “What if I make a little bicycle out of clay (泥) and write a note that she could trade the clay bike in for a real bike?” her dad asked. So he spent the next four hours making a tiny clay bike. On Christmas morning, we were excited for Almie to open the little gift box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. Finally, she opened it and read the note aloud. “Does this mean that I can trade in this bike that Daddy made me for a real one?” I said, “Yes.” Almie had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I could never trade in this beautiful bicycle that Daddy made me. I'd rather keep this than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved heaven and earth to buy her every bicycle in the world!

1.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. The parents wanted the girl to have the clay bike for ever.

B. Tears were in the girl's eyes because she didn't like the present at all.

C. The girl never lost her desire for a bike.

D. The parents paid little attention to the daughter's desire for a bike.

2.Why did Dad make the clay bicycle?

A. He wanted his daughter to buy a real one . B. He didn't want to disappoint his daughter.

C. He thought his daughter would like it . D. He wanted to give his daughter a surprise.

3.What can we know from the last sentence?

A. The parents were sad and encouraged.

B. The parents felt neverous and shy.

C. The parents were moved and felt proud of the girl

D. The parents felt unhappy for the girl.

4.Which do you think is the best title for the story?

A. A lovely little girl B. A great and serious father

C. A clay bike D. Christmas shopping

Chinese handwriting is an important part of our culture. It has a long history . “ Though the computer is widely used today, Chinese people still need to master the skill of writing with hands,” said a person who works in a government office.

With the development of the modern science ,the computer has become a very useful tool to help people to write. People use computers more often than before, so many people have forgotten how to write Chinese characters(字).People often make a lot of mistakes in writing.

Now China has realized that it is important to help students and teachers to improve their writing . With the help of the information technology, teachers can write their questions on the board and students should answer them by writing, too.

Lots of surveys show that many college students' handwriting has become worse. Lots of college students do not know how to make up words or sentences in Chinese character in the right way. Not only kids, but also many adults have problems . They might be able to tell the general form of a certain character. However, if you ask them to spell out all the strokes of the character in the right order , they can't. But they can easily type(打字) it on a computer .

In the national language teaching course, we can solve this problem with the use of some technologies. Besides technology, there is a lot that we can do. For example, we may ask students to finish their homework by writing with hands instead of typing .

1.Many people have forgotten how to write Chinese characters because _______________.

A. they use too much English B. they use computers to write too often

C. Chinese characters are too difficult to write D. they don't like Chinese handwriting

2.People can use the computers widely , but they need to master the skill of____________.

A. writing with hands B. using computers correctly

C. mending computers D. using computers to work for people

3.China is trying to help students and teachers to improve their writing by _________ .

A. punishing people who can’t write B. asking people not to use computers

C. using the information technology D. asking them to write everything with hands

4.The underlined word “strokes” in the passage may mean_____________ .

A. 读音 B. 笔划 C. 意义 D. 用法

5.This passage mainly tells us________________ .

A. computers are harmful to our handwriting

B. how we can write good Chinese characters

C. Chinese people should not forget the skill of writing with hands

D. not to use other languages too often

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