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【題目】From 2016, Children in Finland would not be taught cursive handwriting. Instead of learning this skill, schools would be given the choice to teach keyboard typing in its place. The change shows typing skills are now more related than handwriting, but experts say the move could do harm to a child’s brain development.

“Most people would agree that everyone should at least be able to pick up a pen or a pencil and write a message that others can read,”said Misty Adoniou, a lecturer.“But beyond legibility（易讀性）, does it matter how you form your letters when you handwrite?”

She continued there was research connecting fluent（流暢的） handwriting with better written articles,“but the key isn’t the quality, form or style of the handwriting, but rather the automaticity（自動性） of the handwriting.”

Reports have also found that by the age of eight, children can already type faster than they can handwrite. But, as Misty Adoniou agreed, handwriting can play an important part in brain development.“Research shows that learning to write in cursive further improves students’ motor and visual（視覺的） skills, eye-to-handco ordination, hand and finger skills, and brain development. The physical act of handwriting also helps the memory of information and the flow（流動）of ideas.”

For example, in a recent study, researchers did brain scans on five-year-olds before and after receiving different letter-learning tasks. In children who practiced writing letters by hand, the neural（神經(jīng)的） activity was more improved and“aduit-like”than in those who had simply looked at letters.? “Technology can encourage and support plenty of child development and educational objectives, such as physical and health、”explained Dr.Leves, “And there is a body of research supporting the idea that children learn best when they’re having fun.”

But as Ms Adoniou concluded:“With so many things to do in a school day, it is hard to see why handwriting lessons continue. No matter how standardized we try to make handwriting, we all end up with our own style. Perhaps we’d do just all well to let children find their own style.”

【1】Ms Adoniou probably agrees that you will write articles better when _____.

A. you care less about your handwriting

B. you have a special style of handwriting

C. you improve the quality of handwriting

D. you have different forms of handwriting

【2】According to Ms Adoniou, cursive handwriting _____.

A. improves children’s eyesight

B. makes children’s hands strong

C. makes children have fewer ideas

D. helps children’s brains develop better

【3】What is the passage mainly about _____?

A. How to teach keyboard typing.

B. The reasons why students drop pens.

C. Some opinions on cursive handwriting.

D. How to improve your own writing style.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】【主旨大意】本文是一篇說明文。芬蘭決定將在2016年秋季取消強制的手寫課，并開設(shè)一些有用的打字課程幫助學(xué)生更高效的打字。文學(xué)家阿多尼斯女士認為：在寫文章時若能較少的關(guān)注書法，孩子們可能會寫出更好的文章；同時強調(diào)手寫課可能促進孩子們的大腦發(fā)育。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。題干意為：阿多尼斯女士可能同意當(dāng)你的時候，你可能會寫出更好的文章。根據(jù)第三段第一句“She continued there was research connecting fluent（流暢的） handwriting with better written articles...她堅持說，有研究可以把流利的書寫和更好的書面文章聯(lián)系在一起。”可知，當(dāng)你寫文章時若能較少的關(guān)注書法，你可能會寫出更好的文章。故選A。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。題干意為：根據(jù)阿多尼斯女士所說，手寫課。根據(jù)第五段第二句“In children who practiced writing letters by hand, the neural （神經(jīng)的）activity was more improved and “adult-like” than in those who had simply looked at letters.”可知那些進行手寫練習(xí)的孩子們比那些僅僅看字母的孩子們的神經(jīng)活動得到了更大的改善和更成熟。也就是手寫課可能促進孩子們的大腦發(fā)育。故選D。

【3】主旨大意題。題干意為：這篇文章主要是關(guān)于什么的？通讀全文，可知文章主要介紹了關(guān)于手寫課的一些觀點。故選C。