题目内容
3.With large and small keyboards everywhere,neither children nor adults need to write much of anything by hand.That's a big problem.Study after study suggests that handwriting is important for brain development-helping kids get fine motor skills and learn to express and create ideas.Yet the time devoted to teaching penmanship in most schools has shrunk to just one hour a week.Is it time to give up handwriting?Have a look at the link between the brain and penmanship,and you may get the answer.A test among students in grades 2,4and 6found that they not only wrote faster by hand than by keyboard,but also created more ideas when composing essays with handwriting.And other research shows that the finger movements required to write by hand activate brain areas involved with thought,language,and short-term memory.
A recent Indiana University study had one group of children practice writing letters by hand while a second group just looked at those letters.Then,both groups of kids entered a functional MRI (核磁共振)that scanned their brains as the researchers showed them the same letters.Researchers found that the brain activity in the first group was far more advanced and"adult-like".
Handwriting also affects other people's way they think of adults and children.Several studies have shown that the same average essay will score much higher if written with good penmanship and much lower if written out in poor handwriting.These studies have also found that people judge the quality of a person's ideas based on his or her handwriting.And the consequences are real:On standardized tests with handwritten sections,like the SAT,all essay that is considered hard to recognize gets a big zero.
Studies show that this isn't only an English-language phenomenon.Chinese and Japanese youths are suffering from"character amnesia".They can't remember how to write characters,thanks to computers and text messaging.Some experts fear that Chinese writing and reading are so closely linked in the brain that China's reading ability as a nation could suffer.
31.According to the passage,it can be learned thatA.
A.many researches have been done on handwriting
B.essays can't be composed without handwriting
C.all children write faster by keyboard than by hand
D.most schools are trying to teach more handwriting
32.What does the Indiana University study imply?B
A.Children should practice writing letters
B.Handwriting can increase brain activity
C.It's good for children to enter a functional MRI.
D.Letters should often be shown to children
33.What does the 4th paragraph mainly talk about?D
A.Handwriting affects both adults and children.
B.Handwriting helps a person write better essays.
C.SAT should be done with good handwriting.
D.Good handwriting makes a person seem smarter.
34.Which of the following statements is TRUE?D
A.Essays written with keyboards will get lower scores.
B.The quality of your ideas depends on your handwriting.
C.Chinese and Japanese youths don't know how to write.
D.Less handwriting may affect China's reading ability.
35.The passage tries to tell us thatC.
A.keyboards are more popular than handwriting
B.we shouldn't judge people by their handwriting
C.handwriting is of great importance
D.it's time to give up using keyboards.
分析 本文主要写了人们对于手写的研究,讲了手写对人的不同方面的影响,不仅可以增加大脑的活动而切让人更聪明,影响着人的阅读能力,说明了手写的重要性.
解答 3l.答案选A.推理判断题,根据句子:Study after study suggests that handwriting is important for brain…可见对于书法的研究已经有很多了.所以答案选A.
32.答案是B. 细节理解题,从第一段的句子:that handwriting is important for brain development-helping kids get fine motor skills and learn to express and create ideas.可知手写可以增加大脑活动.所以答案选B.
33.答案是D. 推理判断题,从第四段的句子:Several studies have shown that the same average essay will score much higher if written with good penmanship and much lower if written out in poor handwriting.可知好的书写可以让人看起来聪明,所以答案选D.
34.答案是D. 推理判断题,从最后一段的句子:Some experts fear that Chinese writing and reading are so closely linked in the brain that China's reading ability as a nation could suffer.可知缺少书写会影响中国人的阅读能力.所以答案选D.
35.答案是C.主旨大意题,纵观全文,文章主要讲的是书写的重要性,所以答案是C.
点评 阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释.考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点.
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