Question

A TV program has become popular in China recently. It has made people all over China become interested in writing Chinese characters(汉字).

The increasing use of computers and smart phones has left most young people hardly able to write by hand. Many of them are even unable to remember the 10,000 charactersused in daily life without electronic(电子的) help.

CCTV Started the Chinese Character Dictation Competition to improve the population’s handwriting skills. Contestants(参与者) on the show were school pupils, but it was found that 70％of adults in the audience were unable to remember how to write the word “chan chu”.

Because computers allow people to type characters simply by entering pinyin, they don’t need to remember how to write them. “The keyboard age has had a big influence on the handwriting of Chinese characters,” Guan Zhengwen, who designed and directed the show, said. “The influence of technology on people’s writing habits is irreversible. There is nothing we can do about it.” However, he added that he hoped to encourage people to keep it alive as an art form.

Educated young Chinese know that they have forgotten how to write all but the most common Chinese words. “I usually write very slowly,” Zang Xiaosong, 29, a newspaper reporter from Nanjing said. “Most of the time, it seems the characters are somewhere in my head, and it’s just that I can’t remember how to write them.” Sometimes I use a computer to help me remember them.”

Hao Mingjian, an editor of a magazine putting his heart into Chinese characters, said, “Learning Chinese characters goes on throughout your life. If you stop using them for a long time, it is likely that you will forget them.”

1. CCTV started the Chinese Character Dictation Competition to _____.

A. get more money

B. become famous

C. improve people’s handwriting skills

2.Contestants on the show were _____.

A. pupils     B. teachers      C. parents

3.The underlined word “irreversible”, means “_____” in Chinese.

A. 不可逆转的   B. 不可理解的   C. 不可饶恕的

4.What can you learn from the passage?

A. Hao Mingjian is 29 years old and works in a school.

B. Computers have a big influence on the handwriting of Chinese characters.

C. Most of the adults in the audience were able to write common Chinese words.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本篇文章介绍的是央视举办汉字拼写大会目的是为了提高人们的书写技能。越来越多地使用电脑和智能手机，大多数年轻人几乎无法用手写字。

1.C细节理解题。根据CCTV Started the Chinese Character Dictation Competition to improve the population’s handwriting skills.可知央视开始了汉字听写大赛，目的是为了提高了人们的书写技能。根据句意，故选C。

2.A细节理解题。根据Contestants(参与者) on the show were school pupils,可知参赛者们大多数都是学生，所以选A。

3.A句子翻译题。句意：技术对人的写作习惯的影响是不可逆转的。根据句意，所以选A。

4.B细节理解题。根据Contestants(参与者) on the show were school pupils, but it was found that 70％of adults in the audience were unable to remember how to write the word “chan chu”.可知观众中有百分之七十的不能够记得蟾蜍的拼写。故选B。

考点：考查社会现象类阅读。