Question

    With modern technology, much written communication tends to focus on the keyboard, but handwriting is still a necessary and important skill.1.Here are some tips for you to improve your handwriting.

Examine Your Handwriting

2. Look through your writing to decide what makes it difficult to read or what makes it unattractive. Perhaps you write your letters too small. Check on spacing of letters and words, and proper formation of letters. If your letters are small, put more effort into writing larger letters. If certain letters trip you up, practice those letters separately and within words.

Write Correctly

Positioning and technique play a role in how your handwriting looks. Hold the pen between your thumb and first two fingers so that it rests against your fingers. Hold it firmly enough to control the tip but not so hard that it hurts your fingers. Lighter pressure on the paper helps you create smooth lines and focus on your letter formation.3.

4.

Letters are formed from several basic strokes(笔划). Practice those strokes separately to get your hand used to forming them. Strokes found in letters include vertical lines, horizontal lines, and circles. Build on those to practice specific letters.

Write for a Purpose

Teach young children handwriting in meaningful contexts. Use that same idea by picking up a pen to write lists and notes by hand instead of typing. Keep a journal daily with slow, correct strokes.  5.These true and sincere writing opportunities make the practice meaningful.

A. Build on Basics.

B. Practice makes perfect

C. Focus on improving your correctness instead of speed

D. Writing at a slower speed also helps you focus on letter formation

E. Put a handwritten letter in the mail to surprise a friend or a relative

F. Handwriting requires your brain, eyes and hands to work together to form letters.

G. Before you can improve your handwriting, you need to know where you’re falling apart.

Answer

1.F

2.G

3.D

4.A

5.E

【解析】

试题现代科技使得书面交流常常集中在网络上，但是写字仍就很是非常重要的。本文关于如何提高你的书写能力给出了有些建议。

1.考查上下文联系和推理判断。根据上文“With modern technology, much written communication tends to focus on the keyboard, but handwriting is still a necessary and important skill.”可知，尽管现代科技使得许多书面交流集中在键盘上，但是书写仍旧是必需的重要的技能。F项中提到的“Handwriting”是关键提示语，结合下文要讲述“提高书写的建议”可推断，F项“写字需要大脑、眼睛和手共同合作来写出字母”符合语境。故选F。

2.考查上下文理解和推理判断。根据下文可知，看看你的字迹，判断是什么让你的字难以辨认和没有吸引力，因此推断G项“在提高你的书写之前，你需要知道你什么地方是不好的”符合语境。故选G。

3.考查上下理解和推理判断。根据段落标题“Write Correctly”和空格上文可知，本段主要讲述要正确书写，姿势和技巧在书写中起着至关重要的作用，并讲述了握笔姿势以及轻轻用力有助于控制书写等等，D项“用较慢速度书写也有助于你集中在字母结构上”也讲述了正确书写需要注意的问题，符合语境。故选D。

4.考查段落大意。通读本段可知，本段讲述字母是由基本的笔划组成的，练习这些笔划，练习基本的字母来增强自己基本功。因此推断本段主要讲述将书写建立在基本功的基础上。故选A。

5.考查上下文理解和推理判断。根据段落标题和上下文可知，本段讲述要有目的的写字来练习书写，用缓慢的、正确的笔划每天坚持写一篇日志，这些真实的写作具有实践意义。E项“在邮件中写一封手写的信，让你的朋友或亲戚大吃一惊”属于有目的的书写。故选E。