《2025年学霸题中题八年级英语上册译林版》

Ⅲ. 阅读理解(每小题2分,共16分)
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学习能力 兴趣培养 Starting in 2024, six-to-twelve-year olds in California will be required to learn cursive handwriting. It was left out for many years because typing on computer keyboards was taught. It comes back again. A law was made that requires that handwriting be taught to 2.6 million Californian students in grades one through six. And it requires cursive lessons in grades three and above.
Cursive is a kind of handwriting in which all the letters in a word are connected to each other. California Governor(州长) signed the law in October, 2023. California grade school students were being required to learn it, in Fullerton, California, the USA on January 23rd, 2024.
Experts say learning cursive improves brain development, reading skills, and hand movement. Some educators also find value in teaching children to read historic documents and family letters from past generations.
Keller teaches grades four to six at a primary school in Fullerton. She began to teach cursive learning in the winter of 2023. She did it before the law took effect on January 1st, 2024. Some children complained about the difficulty, but Keller had a ready answer. “We tell them, well, it’s going to make you smarter, it’s going to make some connections in your brain, and it’s going to help you move to the next level. Students want to be smarter so they want to learn,” Keller said. During a visit to the school library in 2025, Keller said one student got excited seeing a picture of the USA Constitution, written in 1787, saying “It’s cursive!”
Several of Keller’s students said the subject was difficult, like the letter Z, but they enjoyed it anyway. “I love it. It’s fun to learn new letters,” said Sophie, a 9-year-old in the fourth grade. In teacher Nancy’s class, one of her third-grade students, Andrew said, “It’s fun. Now I can read my mum’s writing and it’s for my secrets.”
1. What do we know about cursive?
A. It was forgotten because of typing.
B. It connects all words to each other.
C. 2.6 million Californian students are required to learn it.
D. Californian students in grades 1—6 are required to learn it.
2. 语言能力 归纳能力 What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A. The development of children’s brain.
B. The advantages of learning cursive.
C. The ways of teaching children to read.
D. The people supporting the cursive learning.
3. Put the events in the CORRECT order according to the passage.
① Keller began teaching cursive.
② California Governor signed the bill into law.
③ Students in Fullerton were required to learn cursive.
④ A student saw the picture of the USA Constitution in 1787.

A. ④②①③ B. ③②①④ C. ②①③④ D. ①③④②
4. 语言能力 分析能力 What is Andrew’s attitude towards learning cursive?
A. He is interested in it.
B. He thinks it’s too difficult.
C. He doesn’t mind learning it.
D. He has to learn it because of his mum.

答案： 1 - 4 A B C A
【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了从 2024 年开始，美国加州 6 到 12 岁的孩子将被要求学习连体字。三年级及以上的学生要上连体字课，以及人们对此的观点。
1. A 细节理解题。根据“It was left out for many years because typing on computer keyboards was taught.”可知，从 2024 年开始，加州 6 到 12 岁的孩子将被要求学习连体字。因为用电脑打字，所以连体字被遗忘了很多年。故选 A。
2. B 段落大意题。根据“... learning cursive improves brain development, reading skills, and hand movement. Some educators also find value...”可知，本段介绍学习连体字带来的好处。故选 B。
3. C 事件排序题。根据“California Governor signed the law in October, 2023. California grade school students were being required to learn it, in Fullerton, California, the USA on January 23rd, 2024.”可知，加州州长于 2023 年 10 月签署了该法律。加州小学生被要求在 2024 年 1 月 23 日在美国加州富勒顿学习连体字。根据“She began to teach cursive learning... before the law took effect on January 1st, 2024.”可知她在 2024 年 1 月 1 日法律生效之前开始教连体字。根据“During a visit to the school library in 2025, Keller said one student got excited seeing a picture of the USA Constitution, written in 1787”可知，凯勒说在 2025 年某次参观学校图书馆时，一名学生看到 1787 年美国宪法的图片时非常兴奋。故正确的顺序为②①③④。故选 C。
4. A 观点态度题。根据“Andrew said, ‘It's fun. Now I can read my mum's writing and it's for my secrets.’”可知，Andrew 是对连体字感兴趣的。故选 A。