Question

【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示，填寫所缺單詞，使短文意思完整。每空限填一詞。

When was the last time you wrote out a letter by hand? I 【1】 you’re like most people, then your answer is，. “A long time ago.” Today, most people p【2】 to type (打字）things on an electronic device (電子設(shè)備）. In fact, there is h【3】 any need to write something by hand except school homework and even that is changing.

In recent years, some c【4】have begun cutting handwriting lessons from schools. For example, schools in Finland(芬蘭）have replaced handwriting lessons with typing courses. Educators (教育工作者）there believe that typing is more u【5】 for modem life.

Students' handwriting has become s【6】poorer and poorer that it's difficult to read, and make it hard to mark exams (閱卷評分）.Besides, students use laptops (筆記本電腦）to take notes instead of w【7】 things by hand.

Some people support the moving away from handwriting. They think handwriting isn’t a useful s【8】 anymore. Today, almost everything can be done electronically. So there’s no need to write by hand. What’s more, typing is f【9】than handwriting, which gives us more time to think about things.

On the other hand, many people are w【10】that handwriting would be lost. Some say handwriting is an important tradition and gives a personal touch to communication. Others think that writing by hand has more benefits (好處) for our brains than typing.

In any case, it may be too soon to write handwriting off as a thing of the past.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】If

【2】prefer

【3】hardly

【4】countries

【5】useful

【6】so

【7】writing

【8】skill/subject

【9】faster

【10】worried

【解析】

短文大意：本文談?wù)摰氖窃陔娔X打字越來越普及的環(huán)境下，書寫傳統(tǒng)還有沒有必要的問題。盡管打字對現(xiàn)代生活更有用，但學生們的字跡越來越難看，很難辨認，考試時也很難打分。其實，書法是一種重要的傳統(tǒng)，它給人一種親切感，現(xiàn)在就把書法作為歷史還為時過早。

【1】句意：如果你和大多數(shù)人一樣,那么你的答案是“很久以前的事了�！�then那么，表順承；本句是條件狀語從句，句首單詞的首字母需大寫，根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填If。

【2】句意：如今，大多數(shù)人更喜歡在電子設(shè)備上打字。prefer to更喜歡，寧愿；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填prefer。

【3】句意：事實上，除了學校的作業(yè)，幾乎沒有任何手寫的需要。hardly幾乎不，表否定；本句缺副詞狀語，根據(jù)except school homework和首字母提示，可知填hardly。

【4】句意：近年來，一些國家開始削減學校的書法課程。some一些，后接復(fù)數(shù)名詞或不可數(shù)名詞；根據(jù)下文芬蘭Finland的例子和首字母提示，可知填countries。

【5】句意：那里的教育工作者認為打字對現(xiàn)代生活更有用。be useful for對……有用；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填useful。

【6】句意：學生們的書法越來越差，以至于很難閱讀，考試也很難打分。poorer and poorer越來越差，形容詞（比較級）需用副詞修飾；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填so。

【7】句意：此外，學生使用筆記本電腦做筆記而不是手寫。instead of代替，后接動名詞；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填writing。

【8】句意：他們認為書寫不再是一種有用的技能。useful有用的，形容詞修飾名詞；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填skill/subject。

【9】句意：更重要的是，打字比手寫快，這給了我們更多的時間去思考。than比，用于比較；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知用比較級，故填faster。

【10】句意：另一方面，許多人擔心書法會丟失。本句缺表語形容詞，根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填worried。

短文填空，要求根據(jù)句意結(jié)構(gòu)和首字母提示填空，使句意通順，文意連貫。主要考查單詞形式，包括名詞的單復(fù)數(shù)和所有格、動詞的三單形式、非謂語動詞、基數(shù)詞或序數(shù)詞，主格代詞/賓格代詞和物主代詞（形容詞性物主代詞/名詞性物主代詞）等。這類題目難度不大，重點是掌握句意，在理解的基礎(chǔ)上把握句子時態(tài)，從而判斷所給單詞的正確形式。