Question

Is handwriting(書寫) important? Yes, the 10-year-old girl Alyssa thinks so. She is a fifth-grade student from Mason County, the USA. She’s the champion(冠軍) for her grade level in the National Handwriting Contest in 2012.

After she got the news, Alyssa was surprised that she could be the first. “I’m really happy,” she said. “I’m really surprised, too. I didn’t know I was that good.”

To enter(參加) the contest, each student had to write the sentence (句子) “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. It is a common English sentence, but it uses every letter of the English alphabet. Teachers were invited to be judges. They could decide who wins the contest. Alyssa enjoys handwriting, and wants to write adventure(冒險(xiǎn)) stories when she gets older. “From the third grade we started learning handwriting,” Alyssa said. “All the letters look pretty. It makes me think of art.”

1.Alyssa is in Grade now.

A、3 B、4 C、5

2.Alyssa won in the National Contest.

A、Listening B、Reading C、Handwriting

3.Why do they choose the sentence in the contest?

A、Because it’s difficult to write.

B、Because it’s good for students’ reading.

C、Because it has 26 different letters.

4.The underlined word “judges” means in Chinese.

A、評(píng)判員 B、嘉賓 C、指導(dǎo)員

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A、Alyssa is 10 years old and she’s from the UK.

B、Alyssa was not surprised when she got the news.

C、Alyssa wants to write adventure stories when she gets older.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文說(shuō)的是一位名字叫做Alyssa的來(lái)自美國(guó)的五年級(jí)小女孩在書法大賽上取得第一名的好成績(jī)，大賽要求寫這個(gè)句子“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”由于這個(gè)句子中有26個(gè)字母，她喜歡書法，并打算寫一些冒險(xiǎn)故事。

1. is a fifth-grade student，她是五年級(jí)的學(xué)生，故選擇C。

2. the champion(冠軍) for her grade level in the National Handwriting Contest in 2012.她是國(guó)際書法大賽的冠軍。故選擇C。

3. is a common English sentence, but it uses every letter of the English alphabet.它是一個(gè)普通的英語(yǔ)句子，但是這個(gè)句子里面包含26個(gè)不同的字母。故選擇C。

4. were invited to be judges. They could decide who wins the contest.老師們被邀請(qǐng)是裁判，他們決定誰(shuí)是獲勝者。由于有決定誰(shuí)是獲勝者的權(quán)利，判斷他們是評(píng)判員。故選擇A。

5. is a fifth-grade student from Mason County, the USA.她是五年級(jí)來(lái)自美國(guó)，判斷A是錯(cuò)誤的，根據(jù)第二段Alyssa was surprised that she could be the first.她非常驚訝能獲得第一名。判斷B是錯(cuò)誤的。故選擇C。

考點(diǎn)：故事類閱讀短文。