Question

Is handwriting(书写) 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(冠军) 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 (参加) 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(冒险) 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、评判员 B、嘉宾 C、指导员

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】

试题分析：本篇文章主要介绍了书法（书写）是重要的，本文介绍了Alyssa她是12年的书法冠军，他从小就喜欢书法，而且她从三年级就开始学习书法。

1. is a fifth-grade student from Mason County,可知她是五年级的学生。故选C。

2. the champion(冠军) for her grade level in the National Handwriting Contest in 2012.可知他赢得了书法比赛的冠军，结合语境故选C。

3. is a common English sentence, but it uses every letter of the English alphabet可知这个句子包含所有的26个字母。故选C。

4.

5.

考点：人物类短文阅读。