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1、2013届高三英语星级阶梯阅读练习二星级2AThepracticeofstudentsendlesslycopyinglettersandsentencesfromablackboardisathingofthepast.Withthecomingofnewtechnologieslikecomputersandsmartphones,writingbyhandhasbecomesomethingofanostalgic(怀旧的)skill.However,whiletoday’seducatorsareusingmore
2、andmoretechnologyintheirteaching,manybelievebasichandwritingskillsarestillnecessaryforstudentstobesuccessful—bothinschoolandinlife.VirginiaBerninger,professorofeducationalpsychologyattheUniversityofWashington,saysit’simportanttocontinueteachinghandwritingandhelpch
3、ildrenacquiretheskillofwritingbyhand.Berningerandhercolleaguesconductedastudythatlookedattheabilityofstudentstocompletevariouswritingtasks－bothonacomputerandbyhand.Thestudy,publishedin2009,foundthatwhenwritingwithapenandpaper,participantswrotelongeressaysandmoreco
4、mpletesentencesandhadafasterwordproductionrate.Inamorerecentstudy,Berningerlookedatwhatrolespellingplaysinastudent’swritingskillsandfoundthathowwellchildrenspellistiedtohowwelltheycanwrite.“Spellingmakessomeofthethinkingpartsofthebrainactive,whichhelpsusunderstand
5、ourvocabulary,wordmeaningandconcepts.Itisallowingourwrittenlanguagetoconnectwithideas.”Berningersaid.Spellinghelpsstudentstranslateideasintowordsintheirmindfirstandthentotranscribe(转换)“thosewordsinthemindintowrittensymbolsonpaperorkeyboardandscreen,”thestudysaid.S
6、eeingthewordsinthe“mind’seye”helpschildrennotonlytoturntheirideasintowords,saysBerninger,butalsotospotspellingmistakeswhentheywritethewordsdownandtocorrectthemovertime.“Inourcomputerage,somepeoplebelievethatwedon’thavetoteachspellingbecausewehavespellchecks，”shesa
7、id.“Butuntilachildhasafunctionalspellingabilityofaboutafifthgradelevel,theywon’thavetheknowledgetochoosethecorrectspellingamongthechoicesgivenbythecomputer.”41.Whatmakeswritingbyhandathingofthepast?A.Theabsenceofblackboardsinclassrooms.B.Theuseofnewtechnologiesint
8、eaching.7C.Thelackofpracticeinhandwriting.D.Thepopularuseofsmartphones.42.Berninger’sstudypublishedin2009________.A.focusedonthedifferencebetweenwriting
