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1、任务型阅读专题——信息转换ConsolidationSheet请认真阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意:每个空格填1个单词。 Thelossofhandwritinginourhigh-techworldsaddensme.Peopleofallagesopenlyadmittheirhandwritingisbecomingworseaskeyboardsreplacepenandpaper.Increasingly,schoolchildrendealwithassignmentsoncomputera
2、ndstruggletowrite,havinghadlittlepractice.Iamofthegenerationthatlearnttowritewithadippeninkindergartenandafountainpeninhighschool;bythetimeIreacheduniversity,likeeveryoneelse,Iusedafunctionalballpoint.HandwritinghasfilledeveryaspectofmylifesinceIwasfirsttaughttoshapelettersont
3、helinedpagesofmyexercisebooks. Fromtheageof12,Ihavekeptadiary,recordingmythoughtsandfeelingsaboutboththesignificantandboringaspectsofmylife.ThroughthisdailypracticeIconnectedwithmyself,exploredexperiencesandfoundawaytointerpretandmakesenseofmyrelationships.AlthoughIrarelyr
4、ereadmywrittenmaterial,theprocessofwritinghasremainedwithmeasameansofprocessingmyfeelingsandfiltering(过滤)myexperiences. Yettoday,handwrittenlettersareasrareasaredpanda.Fewofuswritelettersanylonger,eventothosetowhomweareclose.Wecommunicatedifferentlywhenwee-mailortext,bothme
5、thodscharacterizedbyspeedandinformality.Thedeepthinking,whichcamewithahandwrittenletter,isalmostentirelyabsent.Wemaybecommunicatingmorefrequentlyandwithmorepeople,butthedepthandqualityofourcommunicationhasreduced. Sadly,moderntechnologytendstolastforalimitedtime.Fewofuskeep
6、olde-mailsorevenprintthemout,soasenseofhistoryandmemoryislost.Archivists(档案管理者)reportthatmoreinformationhasbeenlostinthepastdecadethanintheprevious150years.Itistooeasytopressthedelete(删除)button. Inmanyotherareasofrecords,materialisnowinthedigitalformat(数字格式).Yetsavingmateri
7、alinadigitalformatonlyisextremelyunstable(不稳定的).Howitwillsurvivethefutureremainsaproblem. Inthisdigitalworldoftext,e-mailsandinstantmessaging(即时通讯),thevalueofwritingisnolongerclearandthecaseforkeepingthepracticeofwritingneedstobemade.Shouldwesavethe3penandpaperwhenlaptopsand
8、mobilesarefunctional,commonandunstoppable?Shouldchildrenconti
