Question

The digital revolution is both launching us into a no-handwriting future, and also sending us backwards in time to when the spoken words ruled. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

“I don’t think kids should be assessed on their ability to master cursive(草书). It’s not something that they are going to use much in their lives as they grow older. It’s not something most of us adults use in our lives today. ” Anne Trubek, an author, suggests that schools offer handwriting or cursive as an elective or art class in the future.

“Focus on how to teach kids to express their ideas, how to organize their thoughts, how to make arguments” she says. “The forming of the letters are less important. And there are certainly many ways to individualize what you write beyond the way you’ve circled the ‘I’ or crossed your ‘T’.”

“This myth that handwriting is just a motor skill (运动技能) is just plain wrong,” Virginia Berninger said. “We use motor parts of our brain, motor planning, motor control, but what’s very critical is a region of our brain where the visual and language come together and actually become letters and written words.”

“A lot of people are very stubborn about the importance of handwriting, but at the same time will admit they never write themselves,” Trubek says.

Trubek suggests, however, that handwriting keeps some value – for now. “ For us today, in the 21st century America, handwriting represents something individual and unique about a person. It doesn’t always mean that in previous times in history, and it won’t always mean that in the future, but right now for us we relate our sense of self to our handwriting. ”

1.How does Trubek feel about the handwriting?

A. It’s useless.    B. It’s only an art.

C. It’s less important.    D. It’s meaningful.

2.Virginia Berninger’s attitude to the use of handwriting is ______.

A. indifferent    B. doubtful

C. favorable    D. disapproving

3.What do we know from the last paragraph?

A. Handwriting still keeps some value today.

B. Handwriting represents previous times in history.

C. Handwriting reflects the past and the future.

D. The computer makes handwriting out of date.

4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To show people’s worry about future.

B. To discuss the importance of handwriting.

C. To introduce something about handwriting.

D. To encourage people to practice handwriting.

Answer

1. C

2. C

3. A

4. B

【解析】

本文是一篇议论文，数字时代中的人们究竟还要不要练习书写？这是文章所讨论的主要内容，文章中有人提出了支持的观点，也有人提出反对的意见。

1.推理判断题。根据第二段““I don’t think kids should be assessed on their ability to master cursive(草书). It’s not something that they are going to use much in their lives as they grow older. It’s not something most of us adults use in our lives today. ” Anne Trubek, an author”可知Anne Trubek认为不应该用书写来评估孩子，书写并不是孩子生活中经常使用的东西。说明他认为书写并不重要。故C项正确。

2.态度观点题。根据第四段第二句’ “We use motor parts of our brain, motor planning, motor control, but what’s very critical is a region of our brain where the visual and language come together and actually become letters and written words.”可知Virginia Berninger认为练习书写的时候，会涉及到人的运动神经、控制神经还有人脑中其他一些部分，这些对我们的健康有好处，说明他对书写是支持的。故C项正确。

3.段落大意题。根据最后一段第一句“Trubek suggests, however, that handwriting keeps some value – for now.”可知书写对我们来说还是有一些价值的。剩余几句对书写的价值做了详细说明。所以本段主要告诉我们的是书写在当代的重要作用。故A项正确。

4.推理判断题。本文是一篇议论文，数字时代中的人们究竟还要不要练习书写？这是文章所讨论的主要内容，文章中有人提出了支持的观点，也有人提出反对的意见。所以本文主要是讨论书写的重要性。故B项正确。