全国公共英语等级考试(PETS)五级样题(四)a
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SECTION II: Children who grip their pens too close to the writing point are likely to be at a disadvantage in examinations, (1) _____ to the first serious investigation into the way in which writing technique can dramatically affect educational achievement.The survey of 643 children and adults, aged from pre-school to 40-plus, also suggests (2) _____ pen-holding techniques have deteriorated sharply over one generation, with teachers now paying far (3) ______ attention to correct pen grip and handwriting style.Stephanie Thomas, a learning support teacher (4) ______ findings have been published, was inspired to investigate this area (5) _______ she noticed that those pupils who had the most trouble with spelling (6) ______ had a poor pen grip. While Ms. Thomas could not establish a significant statistical link (7) ______ pen-holding style and accuracy in spelling, she (8) ______ find huge differences in technique between the young children and the mature adults, and a definite (9) ________ between near-point gripping and slow, illegible writing.People who (10) ______ their pens at the writing point also show other characteristics (11) ______ inhibit learning, (12) _______ as poor posture, leaning too (13) ______ to the desk, using four fingers to grip the pen (14) ______ than three, and clumsy positioning of the thumb (which can obscure (15) ______ is being written.Ms. Thomas believes that the (16) ______ between older and younger writers is (17) ________ too dramatic to be accounted for simply by the possibility that people get better at writing as they grow (18) ________. She attributes it to a failure to teach the most effective methods, pointing out that the differences between (19) _______ groups coincides with the abandonment of formal handwriting instruction in classrooms in the sixties. "The 30-year-olds showed a huge range of grips, (20) ________ the over 40s group all had a uniform 'tripod' grip." |
