六、核心素养 学习能力 阅读理解。
主题群:生活与学习
子主题:自我提升
语篇类型:说明文
难度:★★★
Six-to-twelve-year-olds in California are required to learn cursive handwriting. It was left out for many years because typing on computer keyboards was taught. It has come back. A law was made requiring that handwriting be taught to Californian students in grades one through six. And it requires cursive lessons in grades three and above.
Cursive is a kind of handwriting in which all the letters in a word are connected to each other. California's Governor(州长) signed the law in October, 2023. California's grade school students were required to learn it in Fullerton, California in January 2024.
Experts say learning cursive improves brain development, reading skills, and hand movement. Some educators also find value in teaching children to read historic documents and family letters from past generations.
Keller teaches grades four to six at a primary school in Fullerton. She began to teach cursive learning before the law took effect on January 1st, 2024. Some children complained about the difficulty, but Keller had a ready answer. "We tell them, 'Well, it's going to make you smarter, it's going to make some connections in your brain, and it's going to help you move to the next level.' Students want to be smarter so they want to learn," Keller said. During a visit to the school library in 2025, Keller said one student got excited when seeing a picture of the *US Constitution*, written in 1787. The student said, "It's cursive!"
Several of Keller's students said the subject was difficult, like the letter Z, but they enjoyed it anyway. "I love it. It's fun to learn new letters," said Sophie, a 9-year-old in the fourth grade. In the teacher Nancy's class, one of her third-grade students, Andrew, said, "It's fun. Now I can read my mum's writing and it's for my secrets."
1. What does the underlined word "it" refer to in Paragraph 2?
A. The law.
B. Cursive handwriting.
C. Computer typing.
D. The *US Constitution*.
2. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A. The development of children's brains.
B. The advantages of learning cursive.
C. The ways of teaching children to read.
D. The people supporting the cursive learning.
3. (创新考法·情感态度)What is Andrew's attitude towards learning cursive?
A. He thinks it's interesting.
B. He thinks it's too difficult.
C. He doesn't mind learning it.
D. He has to learn it because of his mum.
主题群:生活与学习
子主题:自我提升
语篇类型:说明文
难度:★★★
Six-to-twelve-year-olds in California are required to learn cursive handwriting. It was left out for many years because typing on computer keyboards was taught. It has come back. A law was made requiring that handwriting be taught to Californian students in grades one through six. And it requires cursive lessons in grades three and above.
Cursive is a kind of handwriting in which all the letters in a word are connected to each other. California's Governor(州长) signed the law in October, 2023. California's grade school students were required to learn it in Fullerton, California in January 2024.
Experts say learning cursive improves brain development, reading skills, and hand movement. Some educators also find value in teaching children to read historic documents and family letters from past generations.
Keller teaches grades four to six at a primary school in Fullerton. She began to teach cursive learning before the law took effect on January 1st, 2024. Some children complained about the difficulty, but Keller had a ready answer. "We tell them, 'Well, it's going to make you smarter, it's going to make some connections in your brain, and it's going to help you move to the next level.' Students want to be smarter so they want to learn," Keller said. During a visit to the school library in 2025, Keller said one student got excited when seeing a picture of the *US Constitution*, written in 1787. The student said, "It's cursive!"
Several of Keller's students said the subject was difficult, like the letter Z, but they enjoyed it anyway. "I love it. It's fun to learn new letters," said Sophie, a 9-year-old in the fourth grade. In the teacher Nancy's class, one of her third-grade students, Andrew, said, "It's fun. Now I can read my mum's writing and it's for my secrets."
1. What does the underlined word "it" refer to in Paragraph 2?
A. The law.
B. Cursive handwriting.
C. Computer typing.
D. The *US Constitution*.
2. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A. The development of children's brains.
B. The advantages of learning cursive.
C. The ways of teaching children to read.
D. The people supporting the cursive learning.
3. (创新考法·情感态度)What is Andrew's attitude towards learning cursive?
A. He thinks it's interesting.
B. He thinks it's too difficult.
C. He doesn't mind learning it.
D. He has to learn it because of his mum.
答案：1. B 代词指代题。根据第二段中“Cursive is a kind of handwriting ... California's grade school students were required to learn it”可知，前文刚介绍完“草书”的定义，后文“被要求学习的内容”即指草书，故 it 指代 cursive handwriting。
2. B 段落大意题。第三段主要列举了学习草书的好处，包括促进大脑发育、提升阅读技能、锻炼手部活动，以及帮助解读历史文献等，核心是学习草书的优势。
3. A 情感态度题。根据最后一段中 Andrew 的话“It's fun. Now I can read my mum's writing and it's for my secrets.”可知，他认为学习草书很有趣。
2. B 段落大意题。第三段主要列举了学习草书的好处，包括促进大脑发育、提升阅读技能、锻炼手部活动，以及帮助解读历史文献等，核心是学习草书的优势。
3. A 情感态度题。根据最后一段中 Andrew 的话“It's fun. Now I can read my mum's writing and it's for my secrets.”可知，他认为学习草书很有趣。
解析：
【分析】
这是一篇说明文类阅读理解，三道题分别对应代词指代、段落大意归纳、情感态度推断三类高频阅读考点，解题时可以按题型针对性思考：
1. 做代词指代题时，先定位代词所在的语句，向前追溯前文最近出现的核心讨论对象，结合语境判断代词指代内容，排除不符合逻辑的干扰选项；
2. 做段落大意题时，不要被段落里的单个细节误导，要梳理整段所有信息的共同指向，找到段落的核心主题；
3. 做情感态度题时，直接定位题干提到的人物对应的原文语句，抓取直接表达态度的关键词即可得出答案。
【解析】
1. 第1题：定位划线词it所在的第二段最后一句，句意为“2024年1月，加州富勒顿的小学生被要求学习它”，向前追溯第二段内容，首句刚对cursive handwriting（草书）下定义，整段围绕草书相关的法律落地展开，学生需要学习的对象正是前文介绍的草书。A选项法律是要求的载体，不是学习的内容；C选项电脑打字是多年前就教授的内容，不是此处新要求学习的对象；D选项《美国宪法》是后文才出现的内容，均不符合，因此选B。
2. 第2题：第三段共两句话，第一句点明专家认为学习草书可以促进大脑发育、提升阅读技能、锻炼手部动作，第二句补充说明教育者发现学习草书还能帮助孩子读懂历史文献和祖辈的家书，所有内容都围绕学习草书的优势展开。A选项只提到大脑发育，是段落里的片面细节；C选项的儿童阅读教学方法在本段没有提及；D选项支持草书学习的人群也不是本段的核心讨论内容，因此选B。
3. 第3题：定位最后一段中Andrew的原话“It's fun. Now I can read my mum's writing and it's for my secrets.”，直接能看出Andrew认为学习草书很有趣，对应A选项。B选项他没有表达草书太难的观点；C选项“不介意学习”不符合他主动说有趣的态度；D选项他是学会草书后能看懂妈妈的字迹，并非因为妈妈才不得不学，均不符合原文，因此选A。
【答案】
1. B 2. B 3. A
【知识点】
代词指代判断，段落大意归纳，情感态度推断
【点评】
本题贴合“自我提升”的主题，考点覆盖小学高段到初中低年级英语阅读的三类核心题型，既考察学生快速定位原文信息的基础能力，也引导学生区分细节和主旨，避免以偏概全的答题误区，语篇选材贴近真实社会热点，趣味性较强。
【难度系数】
0.7
这是一篇说明文类阅读理解，三道题分别对应代词指代、段落大意归纳、情感态度推断三类高频阅读考点，解题时可以按题型针对性思考：
1. 做代词指代题时，先定位代词所在的语句，向前追溯前文最近出现的核心讨论对象，结合语境判断代词指代内容，排除不符合逻辑的干扰选项；
2. 做段落大意题时，不要被段落里的单个细节误导，要梳理整段所有信息的共同指向，找到段落的核心主题；
3. 做情感态度题时，直接定位题干提到的人物对应的原文语句，抓取直接表达态度的关键词即可得出答案。
【解析】
1. 第1题：定位划线词it所在的第二段最后一句，句意为“2024年1月，加州富勒顿的小学生被要求学习它”，向前追溯第二段内容，首句刚对cursive handwriting（草书）下定义，整段围绕草书相关的法律落地展开，学生需要学习的对象正是前文介绍的草书。A选项法律是要求的载体，不是学习的内容；C选项电脑打字是多年前就教授的内容，不是此处新要求学习的对象；D选项《美国宪法》是后文才出现的内容，均不符合，因此选B。
2. 第2题：第三段共两句话，第一句点明专家认为学习草书可以促进大脑发育、提升阅读技能、锻炼手部动作，第二句补充说明教育者发现学习草书还能帮助孩子读懂历史文献和祖辈的家书，所有内容都围绕学习草书的优势展开。A选项只提到大脑发育，是段落里的片面细节；C选项的儿童阅读教学方法在本段没有提及；D选项支持草书学习的人群也不是本段的核心讨论内容，因此选B。
3. 第3题：定位最后一段中Andrew的原话“It's fun. Now I can read my mum's writing and it's for my secrets.”，直接能看出Andrew认为学习草书很有趣，对应A选项。B选项他没有表达草书太难的观点；C选项“不介意学习”不符合他主动说有趣的态度；D选项他是学会草书后能看懂妈妈的字迹，并非因为妈妈才不得不学，均不符合原文，因此选A。
【答案】
1. B 2. B 3. A
【知识点】
代词指代判断，段落大意归纳，情感态度推断
【点评】
本题贴合“自我提升”的主题，考点覆盖小学高段到初中低年级英语阅读的三类核心题型，既考察学生快速定位原文信息的基础能力，也引导学生区分细节和主旨，避免以偏概全的答题误区，语篇选材贴近真实社会热点，趣味性较强。
【难度系数】
0.7