Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
As we all know, Chinese handwriting has infinite power to express differences of character and cultivation. But we have to admit that traditional handwriting has become a __50__ art, now that kids start using keyboards as soon as they begin school. However, writing things out by hand may be a __51__ way we train our brains, several studies suggest. Many psychologists think that handwriting can make you __52__!
Writing by hand is different from __53__ because it requires using strokes to create a letter, __54__ just selecting the whole letter by touching a key, says Virginia Berninger, a professor of psychology at the University of Washington. These __55__ movements activate large regions of the brain __56__ in thinking, memory, and language. Handwriting helps children learn letters and shapes, improves their composition of ideas, and may also __57__ fine-motor skills development.
A study by Berninger found that in grades two, four, and six, children wrote more words, faster, and expressed more __58__ when writing essays by hand than when typing on a keyboard.
A separate study by researchers at Indiana University found that children who practiced printing by hand had more active__59__than kids who __60__ looked at letters.
It’s not just children who __61__ from writing things out by hand, says a study in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Adults learning a new language remember its __62__ better if they write them out by hand than if they produce them with a keyboard.
As more people __63__ their days on the computer, says neuroscientist P. Murali Doraiswamy of Duke University, “__64__ people in handwriting skills could be a useful cognitive exercise.”
小題1:
A．charmingB．dyingC．mixingD．challenging
小題2:
A．common B．critical C．classic D．standard
小題3:
A．smarterB．calmerC．deeper D．quicker
小題4:
A．clicking B．talking C．typing D．moving
小題5:
A．in addition toB．rather thanC．except forD．other than
小題6:
A．bodyB．eyeC．letterD．finger
小題7:
A．ended B．ledC．included D．involved
小題8:
A．boost B．weakenC．decline D．prospect
小題9:
A．meaningsB．ideas C．informationD．emotions
小題10:
A．mood B．behaviorC．fingers D．brains
小題11:
A．simply B．rarelyC．hardly D．specially
小題12:
A．benefitB．keep C．resultD．learn
小題13:
A．rules B．soundsC．charactersD．sentences
小題14:
A．get B．waste C．spendD．rely
小題15:
A．retreatingB．returning C．repeatingD．retraining

小題1:B小題1:B小題1:A小題1:C小題1:B           
小題1:D小題1:D小題1:A小題1:B小題1:D
小題1:A小題1:A小題1:C小題1:C小題1:D
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