高中英语湖北省八校第二次联考英语测试题(编辑修改稿)

高中英语湖北省八校第二次联考英语测试题(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

struction for ten to fifteen minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for sixty to seventy minutes a daywhich really is pretty much for handwriting. Many adults remember learning that wayby copying letters over and over again. Today’s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write. Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency － writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school. But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers monly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of puters and voice recognition programs. But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75% of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive. 55. We can infer from the first paragraph that ______. A. teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting. B. most teachers attach importance to teaching handwriting. C. handwriting teaching is not monly required. D. most teachers are at a loss how to teach handwriting 56. Which of the following about traditional handwriting in the USA is NOT true? A. The students are taught by practicing a long period. B. Printing is taught in preference to writing in cursive. C. Handwriting is taught for its own sake. D. Two skills get involved in handwriting. 57. Some American people consider handwriting not important any more because ______. A. all the American children learn to print first B. about 1/4 of the students choose to print their essay on the test C. it is unnecessary to use handwriting in the age of keyboard D. puters and voice recognition programs are widely used 58. ______ may serve as the best title for the passage. A. Handwriting: fascinating in keyboard age B. Right or wrong: the death of handwriting C. Two skills involved in handwriting D. Handwriting lessons on the way out C Many cities in the world are benefiting from the night activities of a group of people who call themselves guerrilla (游击队 ) gardeners. Armed with trowels, spades and a van full of flowers and plants, guerrilla gardeners turn abandoned urban land into a blaze of color. In city centre locations where there was mud, weeds and empty plastic bottles, residents often wake up to find that the wasted area has been transformed overnight with brightlycolored bedding plants. In most British cities, local governments and police turn a blind eye to the effort of the gardeners, whose activities are always carried out under cover of nightfall. And so far, there has been nothing but praise from the astonished and delighted local residents when they find their neighborhood transformed in such a striking fashion. Not only do the guerrilla gardeners beautify neglected places, they also return regularly to water the plants and weed the flower beds. They also make sure that at least some of the plants they bring are evergreens, which means that the area doesn’t look depressing in the winter months. The first guerrilla gardener in London was Richard Reynolds, whose day job is at an advertising agency. Mr. Reynolds, a graduate of Oxford University, began his efforts two years ago when he moved to a flat in a tower block in South London. From his balcony, he could see several empty concrete pots, placed by the local governments to contain plants but never used. He went out after midnight and filled the pots with plants, and then planted more flowers in the path leading to the entrance to the block. He then set up a website to explain his plan and called upon more gardeners to join him. Cash donations flooded in and, more importantly, volunteers rushed to be part of the campaign. Within six months, there were five hundred people in London prepared to e out at very short notice to restore neglected parts of the urban landscape. There are now unofficial but carefullyanized groups in many cities in Britain and North America and there is also a website where wouldbe urban gardeners can find out the location of the next expedition. 59. These guerrilla gardeners do their work ______. A. at the request of the government B. nearby their house C. often in return for others’ help D. out of their own free will 60. Richard Reynolds decided to fill the pots with plants in order to ______. A. plant more flowers in the path B. beautify the neighborhood C. attract attention for his ad agency D. make the plants a feast for his eyes 61. The guerrilla gardeners often return to their night working places with the purpose of ______. A. looking after these plants B. enjoying these beautiful flowers C. helping plants live through winter months D. changing the varieties of the plants 62. It can be inferred from the text that these guerrilla gardeners ______. A. are mainly from the United Kingdom B. will late。