Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumourⅠ.阅读理解A(2018·河北邢台期中考试)Children’shandwritinghasdeteriorated(退化)tosuchanextentinrecentyearsthatpupilsarebeingsubjectedtoonlineabuse,aleadingexperthaswarned.Ithasalsobeenclaimedthatalargenumberofchildrenasoldas12areunabletowritetheirownnames,suchistheextentofthehandwritingcrisis(危机).Someteacherssaythattheriseofdigitaltechnologywithchildrenusingkeyboardsandsmartphonesishavingamajorimpactontheirhandwritingskillsandthatpoorteachingofhandwritingisimpactingoninspectionresultsinsomeschools.MelanieHarwood,whoprovideswritingcoachinginschools,saidduringaroundtablediscussionthatchildrenweretakingpicturesoftheirpeers’courseworkandthenreproducingitonsocialsiteslikeTwitterorFacebook.Otherclassmateswouldthenlaughatthosewithpoorwritingonsocialmediaplatforms,theTimesEducationalSupplementreported.MsHarwoodsaid,“Somechildrenarebeingbullied(欺负)becauseoftheirhandwriting.Theirfriendsaretakingpicturesoftheirwritingtweetingitandmakingcommentsonthewriting:‘They’renotverybright,becausetheirhandwritingisn’tverygood.GoodGod.It’sterrible.Youcan’thavethat.’”Still,somepeopletooktodefendingbadhandwritingonTwitter.Auserwrote,“Badhandwriting?Keepthisinmind:moreintelligentpeopletendtothinkfaster,andasaresulttheirhandwritingismoresloppy.”ButMsHarwoodsaidhandwritingwasnotseenasapriorityinthecurriculum.Sheexplained,“I’mseeingchildrenasoldas12,whocan’twritetheirownnames,passthesystem.”ShewasspeakingataroundtablediscussioninLondonoverwhetherhandwritinglessonsareathingofthepastinthedigitalage.However,teachershavesaidpoorteachingofhandwritingishavinganegativeeffectonOfstedinspectionsfollowingtheeducationwatchdog’srecentadditionofhandwritingaspartoftheaspectsitassessestodetermineaschool’srating.1.Whichofthefollowingprobablycauseschildrentohavepoorhandwriting?A.Theriseofsocialmedia.B.Impropercurriculumsatschool.C.Poorwritingcoachingatschool.D.Theuseofcomputersandphones.2.Whydochildrenposttheirpeers’poorhandwritingonsocialsites?A.Tomakefunoftheirpeers.B.Toshowtheproblemswithschoolteaching.C.Tocallpeople’sattentiontokids’handwriting.D.Toasktheirpeerstoimprovetheirhandwriting.3.Thosewhodefendtheirbadhandwritingbelieve.A.handwritingskillsareoutofdateB.poorhandwritingindicateslowintelligenceC.intelligentpeopletendtohavepoorhandwritingD.handwritinghasnothingtodowithone’sintelligence4.Wecanconcludefromthetextthat.A.teachersareunwillingtoteachhandwritingB.kidswithpoorhandwritingusuallyfailexamsC.handwritingisstillnotrequiredatschoolnowadaysD.schoolsdidn’tpayenoughattentiontokids’handwriting导学号〚23280075〛B(2018·重庆一中期中考试)Sometimesinlifewejusthavetotakeachance.Andnomatterwhathappens,ithastosomehowbebetterthandoingnothing.DoyourememberEleanorRoosevelt’sfamouswords,“Doonethingeverydaythatscaresyou”?Let’sdosomethingthatscaresusalittlebit.Andwhilewe’reouttheredoingthisbigthing,rememberthatwhilewearedrivingdownourroadtoglory,it’sinevitablethatwe’realsogoingtorunintoafewroadblockseveryonceinawhile.Whenwedohitthesebumpsintheroad,pleasedon’tbedeterred(阻止)andunderstandthatwearenotbuilttoalreadyknowthewaybeforewehavetravelledtheroadsthatwemusttravel.Forexample,wecan’tseefromhereallthewaytotheothersideofthecountry,especiallyatnight.However,Iguaranteeyouthatifwewouldjustgetinthatvehicleofours,startitup,andturnonourheadlightsthenwe’llfindthatour...
