Being a young person is one thing, and being a good one is . A good young person should have these qualities: First of all, health. A healthy body is the best riches (财富). it, nothing can be done well. If you are poor in health, you will have to take day after day. Even you can’t work, do sports and so on. Secondly, do something for others. Help those in trouble and the people around you. If everyone did the same, wonderful world it would be! Thirdly, have the ability to work with others. Cooperation(合作) and communication are two important keys to better human relation. Everyone needs friends no one can live through life alone or do everything he wants to.

Besides the example above, patriotism(爱国心) is the one we should never . Patriotism means love for one’s country. It is one of the highest qualities of human’s. Everyone should love his own country. But people think that patriots(爱国者) must be soldiers or that live in a time of fighting for their country. This is . A good young person’s work is not only fighting. A good young person will do the things his country asks him to do.

I think a good young person of today should also have some training in art they can live better and enjoy more.

1.A. other B. one C. another D. the others

2.A. With B. Without C. After D. Before

3.A. medicine B. food C. drink D. fruit

4.A. take after B. talked about C. argue with D. care about

5.A. how B. how a C. what D. what a

6.A. if B. because C. while D. though

7.A. remember B. answer C. forget D. ask

8.A. sometimes B. never C. sometime D. hardly

9.A. good B. bad C. right D. wrong

10.A. so that B. such as C. when D. but

Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One of this year’s studies found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10 to 15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day — which really for handwriting is pretty much.

Many adults remember learning that way — by copying letters over and over again. Today’s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts(专家) also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.

Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency(流畅) — writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.

But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.

But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is seldom done in primary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board(大学委员会). More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay(article) on the test rather than write in cursive.

1.From Paragraph 1 we can learn .

A. teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in the teaching job

B. most teachers prefer to teach handwriting

C. teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting

D. a keyboard has taken the place of the handwriting

2.Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA?

A. Handwriting includes two skills.

B. To write in cursive is taught first.

C. The letters are repeated many times.

D. The students are taught by practicing a long period.

3.The underlined word “legibility” in Paragraph 3 means .

A. easy to read B. easy to write

C. unexpected D. unreadable

4.The best title for the passage is .

A. How to Improve Handwriting in School

B. Right or Wrong: the Death of Handwriting

C. Handwriting Involves Two Skills

D. Handwriting Lessons Are on the Way Out

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