【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 will be admitted at all. The Scholastic Aptitude Test measures one39。s mathematical ability and use of the English language. Traditionally, the English part involved grammatical questions and paragraphs that test reading prehension. But the SAT folks have added a single question, to be answered in an essay, handwritten on the spot. That39。s an interesting way to test writing ability, but content aside, have you ever seen young people39。s handwriting lately? Or anyone39。s for that matter, in this age of puter keyboards? Students write numbers and sign their names on bank checks. They scribble class notes in what can generously be described as the written word. Yet today39。s kids are asked to write, thoughtfully and clearly, for several minutes on this SAT Test. Good luck to the text scorers who must work out difficultly the scrawl (潦草的字跡) of young people who39。ve been typing on puters since the age of three! Teachers insist that good handwriting can not only help one39。s score on the SAT, but also, later on in life, impress potential employers. And don39。t forget, we all have to turn to handwriting from time to time, as puters go down when power goes out. Then how to improve the handwriting? Well, with a few simple steps you can improve your hand writing. Position the pen. You should hold the pen between the forefinger and the thumb, then rest it near the first knuckle (指節(jié)) of the middle finger. The rest of your fingers should be curled (卷曲) under your hand and your hand should remain relaxed. Evaluate your writing. Make changes to your letters till you like how they look. Take your time. Speed is bound to make your writing messylooking. Practice. Practice it a lot。 it39。s not enough to do it once and hope for the best. It has to be something you work at to make great improvements.（1）The underlined word “scribble” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.A.write quickly and roughlyB.type simply and correctlyC.paint clearly and neatlyD.describe properly and well（2）According to Paragraph 3, students with good handwriting skill ________.A.can pass the SATB.can develop good charactersC.can impress their classmatesD.can get more job opportunities（3）Which of the following should you avoid when improving your handwriting?A.Practicing writing a lot.B.Writing as fast as you can.C.Relaxing your hand when holding the pen.D.Changing your letters till you like how they look.（4）The text is to present the fact that ________.A.writing seems to be very important in the SATB.those who will go to college have to take the SATC.students should practice handwriting more oftenD.kids don39。t know how to write in the puter age【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】SAT考試增加了書面表達(dá)，但當(dāng)前學(xué)生不注重書寫，所以此項改革會督促學(xué)生更多的練字。( 1 )詞義猜測題。結(jié)合劃線部分的上下文，在計算機(jī)時代，學(xué)生手寫的內(nèi)容已經(jīng)很罕見，只有一兩個單詞在行李箱或午餐包上，用來辨認(rèn)物主，書法在其他場合就像嘟嘟鳥一樣滅絕了，故推斷學(xué)生在課堂上記筆記非常潦草，故選A。( 2 )細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段提到Teachers insist that good handwriting can not only help one39。s score on the SAT, but also, later on in life, impress potential ，漂亮的書法不僅僅能在考試中幫助得分，還可以在今后找工作中給雇主留下美好的印象，故選D。( 3 )細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后三段的標(biāo)題Evaluate your writing；Take your time；Practice. Practice it a lot可知，沒有提到B項，這是寫作中應(yīng)該避免的。故選B。( 4 )推理判斷題。由于SAT考試增加書面表達(dá)，但當(dāng)前學(xué)生不重視書寫，所以此項改革會督促學(xué)生更多的練字，故選C。6．閱讀理解 Science is finally beginning to embrace animals who were, for a long time, considered secondclass citizens. As Annie Potts of Canterbury University has noted, chickens distinguish among one hundred chicken faces and recognize familiar individuals even after months of separation. When given problems to solve, they reason: hens trained to pick colored buttons sometimes choose to give up an immediate food reward for a slightly later (and better) one. Healthy hens may aid friends, and mourn when those friend die. Pigs respond meaningful to human symbols. When a research team led by Candace Croney at Penn State University carried wooden blocks marked with X and O symbols around pigs, only the O carriers offered food to the animals. The pigs soon ignored the X carriers in favor of the O39。s. Then the team switched from reallife objects to Tshirts printed with X or O symbols. Still, the pigs walked only toward the Oshirted people: they had transferred their knowledge to a twodimensional format, a not inconsiderable feat of reasoning. I39。ve been guilty of prejudiced expectations, myself. At the start of my career almost four decades ago, I was firmly convinced that monkeys and apes outthink and outfeel other animals. They39。re other primates(靈長目動物), after all, animals from our own mammalian(哺乳動物的) class. Fairly soon, I came to see that along with our closest living relatives, whales too are masters of cultural learning, and elephants express profound joy and mourning with their social panions. Longterm studies in the wild on these mammals helped to fuel a viewpoint shift in our society: the public no longer so easily accepts monkeys made to undergo painful procedure kin laboratories, elephants forced to perform in circuses, and dolphins kept in small tanks at theme parks. Over time, though, as I began to broaden out even further and explore the inner lives of fish, chickens, pigs, goats, and cows, I started to wonder: Will the new science of food animals bring an ethical (倫理的) revolution in terms of who we eat? In other words, will our ethics start to catch up with the development of our science? Animal activists are already there, of course, mitted to not eating these animals. But what about the rest of us? Can paying attention to the thinking and feeling of these animals lead us to make changes in who we eat?（1）According to Annie Potts, hens have the ability of_____________. A.interactionB.a