【正文】 riends 27． The best title for the passage could be ________. A． Your Cat Can Bring You Pleasure B． You Are Copying Your Cat C． You Can Make Your Cat Social D． Your Cat Is Copying Your Habit C As puters bee more popular in China, Chinese people are increasingly depending on puter keyboards to input Chinese characters. But if they use the puter too much, they may end up fetting the exact strokes of each Chinese character when writing on paper. Experts suggest people, especially students, write by hand more. Do you write by hand more or type more? In Beijing, students start using a puter as early as primary school. And puter dependence is more widely spread among university students. Almost all their assignment and essays are typed on a puter. All the students interviewed say they usually use a puter. It’s faster and easier to correct if using a puter. And that’s why puters are being applied more and more often to modern education. But when people are taking stock in puters increasingly, problems appear. “When I’m writing with a pen, I find I often can’t remember how to write a character, though I feel I’m familiar with it.” “I’m not in the mood to write when faced with a pen and paper.” Many students don’t feel this is something to worry about. Now that it’s more convenient and efficient to write on a puter, why bother to handwrite? Many educators think differently. Shi Liwei, headmaster of a famous primary school in the capital said, “Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic value. But those characters typed with puter keyboards only maintain their practical value. All the artistic beauty of the characters is lost. And handwriting contains the writer’s emotion. Through one’s handwriting, people can get to know one’s thinking and personality. Beautiful writing will give people a better first impression of them.” To encourage students to handwrite more, many primary schools in Beijing have made writing classes pulsory（ 必修的 ） and in universities, some professors are asking students to turn in their homework and essays written by hand. 28． The underlined expression “taking stock in” in paragraph 4 probably means. A. getting dependent on B. getting bored with C. being crazy about D. getting curious about 29． The students interviewed prefer to write using a puter mainly because ___________. A. they can correct the mistakes they make quickly and conveniently B. they are usually asked to their homework and essays C. they find it not easy to remember how to write a character D. puters have bee a trend and fashion in China 30． Which of the following statement is NOT true of the advantage of handwriting? A. Handwriting contains the writer’s emotions. B. Handwriting can impress people well and build one’s selfconfidence. C. Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic value. D. The writer’s thinking and personality are shown in his or her handwriting 31． Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? A. The Importance of Handwriting and Typing. B. Writing by Computer Will Replace Writing by Hand. C. To Type or to Handwrite. D. Practical and Aesthetic Value of Chinese Characters. D Ruby’s Roses The neighborhood kids nicknamed the strange old couple Crazy Jack and Ruby Rednose. Rumor was that they sat inside and drank whiskey all day. About the only words we ever heard from them were “Keep out of our rosebushes！ ” The rosebushes served as a fence between our house and theirs. Jack and Ruby had a son whom we nicknamed Crazy Jack Junior. He was due to e home from Vietnam. We heard he had been discharged because of a nervous breakdown. The day Crazy Jack Junior was scheduled to e home, we had a neighborhood softball game in our yard. Johnny was trying to catch a fly ball. He stripped over one of Ruby Rednose39。s roses! You39。re mean to us. Besides, Crazy Jack Junior might shoot us.” Mom just glared at us. We followed her outside to help mend the rose fence. While Mom examined the damaged roses, Ruby slowly walked out. She looked sad. And it wasn39。ll help you weed the roses this summer.” Ruby smiled at my mother through her tears. “I know we39。t have her magic touch.” Her voice was all choked up. “Mom died while Jack Junior was in Vietnam. He just found out about her death today. When he saw her rose bushes damaged, it was the last straw.” By now I felt really bad for the Jones—what a sorrowful homeing! Soon both women were down on their knees talking and examining the damaged bushes together. My mother and Ruby worked together on the roses