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24. In which section of a magazine can we most probably find the passage? A.
People
B.
Health
C.
Culture D. Entertainment
B
Reading, unlike speaking, is a young activity to some degree. Humans have been speaking in some form for hundreds of thousands of years; we are born with the ability to acquire speech. The earliest writing, however, came only 6,000 years ago, and every act of reading remains a version of what my son is learning: identifying letters and words, use much the same of brain as we use to identify trees, cars, animals and telephone boxes.
It's not only letters and words that we process as objects. Texts themselves, so far as our brain is concerned, are physical landscapes. So it is not surprising that we respond differently to words printed on a page compared to words appearing on a screen. For her new book, Words Onscreen: The Fate Of Reading in a Digital World, professor Naomi Baron conducted a survey of reading preference among over 300 universities across the world. When given a choice between media ranging from printouts(打印出来的资料) to smart phones, laptops, desktops and e-readers, 92% of the respondents （回答者）replied that it was hard copy that best allowed them to concentrate（集中注意力）.
This isn't a result likely to surprise many editors, or anyone else who works closely with text. While writing this article, I gathered my thoughts through a version of the same principle(原则): having collected and checked my notes on screen, I printed said notes, write all over the resulting printout, argued with myself in the margins, placed marks next to key points and then draw my own clear conclusion.
Across three experiments in 2013, researchers Pam Mueller and Daniel Oppenheimer compared the effectiveness of students taking hand-notes vs. typing onto laptops. Their conclusion（结论）: the relative slowness of writing by hand demands heavier mental lifting, forcing students to sum up rather than to quote, therefore tending to increase the students ability of understanding, applying, and memorizing.
In other words, reading from paper is good--at least as far as the brain is concerned. Moreover, the handwriting itself can be significant. In a 2012 study at Indiana University, professor Karin James tested five-year-old children who didn't know how to read or write
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by asking them to reproduce a letter or a shape in one of the three ways: typed on to the computer, drawn on a blank sheet, or copied over dotted lines. When the children were drawing freehand, their brain had the similar activities to adults' reading and writing. The other two methods showed no such brain activities. Similar effects have been found in other tests, suggesting not only a close link between reading and writing, but that the experience of reading itself differs between letters learned through handwriting and those learned through typing. A conclusion was drawn that handwriting tends to lift up our brain more than the placeless, weightless scrolling of words on screen.
However, there is also a scientific recognition that many of the screen's advantages----search, boundless and bottomless capacity（容量）, links and leaps and seamless navigation-----are either unhelpful or destructive when it comes to certain kinds of reading and writing.
Above all, it seems to me, we must give up the concept that there is only one way of reading, or that technology and paper can never be put together. We're lucky enough to have more opportunities to make our choice.
25. According to the passage, reading from paper does not mean reading from ______. A. hard copy B. printouts C. iPhone D. journals 26. Reading from paper is more helpful for concentrating because _________. A. it is a young activity to a degree
B. it involves more brain activities than its opponents C. it demands more physical lifting D. it has boundless and bottomless search capacity
27. The 2012 study at Indiana in Paragraph 6 was intended to . A. deny the three experiments by Pam Mueller and Daniel Oppenheimer B. offer a more convincing evidence of the writer's point of view C. show how powerful our children's reading capacity can be D. support the survey conducted by professor Naomi Baron
28. The writer's attitude towards handwriting can be best described as . A. tolerant B. negative C. neutral D. positive
C
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He was driving home one evening, on a country road. Work, in this small community, was as slow as his broken Pontiac.
But he never quit looking. Since the factory closed, he’d been unemployed. And with winter approaching, the cold days had finally hit home. It was a lonely road. Very few people had a reason to be on it, unless they were leaving. Most of his friends had left. But he stayed on. After all, he had his root here.
It was getting dark, and snow was coming down. He’d better get a move on. Suddenly he saw an old lady on the roadside and obviously needed help.
So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. She was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He looked poor, hungry, and ... dangerous.
He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. He said, “I’m here to help you, Ma’am. Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Joe.” The car had a flat tire. Joe crawled under the car and soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.
As he was turning the screws（螺丝），she rolled down her window and began talking to him and said she couldn’t thank him enough for coming to her aid.
She asked him how much she owed him. Any amount would have been alright with her. She had already imagined all the terrible things that could have happened had he not stopped. Joe never thought twice about the money. This was simply helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty who had lent him a hand before.
He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and Joe added “… and think of me.”
A few miles down the road the lady saw a small café. She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off. It was a dirty-looking restaurant. Outside were two old gas pumps. The whole scene was unfamiliar to her. The waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair.
She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn’t erase.
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The lady noticed that the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude.
The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger. Then she remembered Joe. After the lady finished her meal, she handed the waitress a $100 bill. When the waitress came back with the change, she found the lady was gone and something written on a napkin.
Reading the note, there were tears in her eyes. It said, “You owe me nothing. I’ve been there too. Someone once helped me out, like I’m helping you. If you really want to pay me back, don’t let the chain of love end with you.”
That night when she got home from work, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written.
With the baby due soon, life would be harder. She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft, “Everything’s gonna be alright; I love you, Joe.”
29. We can know from the first four paragraphs that Joe . A. was living a tough life without a job future
C. was eager to leave where he lived now D. usually gave a bad impression on others
30. By saying “He had lived his whole life that way” in Paragraph 8, the author tries to convey the message that Joe . A. expected to be remembered for his kindness
B. struggled for a living, depending a lot on other people C. was always changing tires for strangers free of charge
D. often offered a helping hand without expecting anything in return 31. The old lady left the change, mainly wishing to .
A. impress the waitress with her generosity B. show pity to the woman expecting a baby
C. bring love forward by helping those in need D. express thanks for the waitress’ quality service
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B. was hopeless about his job and