【正文】 search shows that the finger movements required to write by hand activate brain areas involved with thought, language, and shortterm memory. A recent Indiana University study had one group of children practice writing letters by hand while a second group just looked at those letters. Then, both groups of kids entered a functional MRI (核磁共振)that scanned their brains as the researchers showed them the same letters. Researchers found that the brain activity in the first group was far more advanced and “adultlike”. Handwriting also affects other people’s way they think of adults and children. Several studies have shown that the same average essay will score much higher if written with good penmanship and much lower if written out in poor handwriting. These studies have also found that people judge the quality of a person’s ideas based on his or her handwriting. And the consequences are real: On standardized tests with handwritten sections, like the SAT, all essay that is considered hard to recognize gets a big zero. Studies show that this isn’t only an Englishlanguage phenomenon. Chinese and Japanese youths are suffering from “character amnesia”. They can’t remember how to write characters, thanks to puters and text messaging. Some experts fear that Chinese writing and reading are so closely linked in the brain that China’s reading ability as a nation could suffer.31. According to the passage, it can be learned that ________________. A. many researches have been done on handwriting B. essays can’t be posed without handwriting C. all children write faster by keyboard than by hand D. most schools are trying to teach more handwriting （來源：狀元源 ）32. What does the Indiana University study imply? A. Children should practice writing letters B. Handwriting can increase brain activity C. It’s good for children to enter a functional MRI. D. Letters should often be shown to children33. What does the 4th paragraph mainly talk about? A. Handwriting affects both adults and children. B. Handwriting helps a person write better essays. should be done with good handwriting. D. Good handwriting makes a person seem smarter.34. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Essays written with keyboards will get lower scores.B. The quality of your ideas depends on your handwriting. C. Chinese and Japanese youths don’t know how to write. D. Less handwriting may affect China’s reading ability.35. The passage tries to tell us that __________________.A. keyboards are more popular than handwriting B. we shouldn’t judge people by their handwritingC. handwriting is of great importance D. it’s time to give up using keyboardsC Most American schools have boys and gifts in the same classroom. But a public high school in the small, rural town of Boonsboro, Maryland, offers a special program called the Academy. Top students in the ninth and tenth grades can attend singlesex classes for math, science, English and social studies.The aim is to help teenagers keep their mind on their work by keeping males and females apart. What they really want to do is take that top group of kids and take them to the very highest level they can achieve there, so that they’re prepared for college. Students are invited to enter this program after they finish middle school, and placement in the Academy is voluntary. However, they need high marks and test scores and strong teacher remendations. They also need to be involved m activities.Almost 350 students have taken part in the Academy. It began as an experiment in 2010. Michael Bair has been at Boonsboro High for twenty years and directs the Academy. His ninthgrade English class for boys centers on books that he believes boys find interesting. He says that the novels the students are reading now are very manly (男子氣概的) novels. These novels deal with the arrogance (傲慢) of man and the pride of man which finally leads to man’s downfall. One of those books, for example, is The Call of the Wild by Jack London. This classic story tells of a dog stolen from his home and sold to work as a sled dog in Canada’s Klondike Gold Rush. Morgan Fleet, a senior at Boonsboro High, likes being in the Academy. She says boys and girls act differently when they are together in a classroom. She believes this difference seems to prevent her from developing herself because she’s more focused on thoughts like “Oh, I wish they would shut up. Oh, what do they think of me?’’ instead of focusing on “What’s the homework? What’s going on in this class? What’s the lesson?”. （來源：狀元源 ） Ther