Ⅰ．Vocabulary & Structure

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.  Choose one answer that best completes the sentence.

1、______ there is no rain, farming is difficult or impossible.

    A．For

    B．Where

    C．While

    D．As

2、The secretary worked late into night, ______ a long speech for the president.

    A．preparing

    B．to prepare

    C．prepared

    D．was preparing

&nbs ……此处隐藏34069个字…… fe and it is much more convenient to typewrite on computers than write by hand. Therefore, more and more people prefer typewriting to handwriting. Secondly, the reduced writing opportunities has also made the situation worse. Last but not least, nowadays schools put less emphasis on handwriting as before.

    Chinese characters embody the essence of Chinese culture, so this phenomenon makes our precious cultural heritage fall into crisis. Therefore, we should pay due attention to promoting the learning of Chinese characters.

[解析]  这是一篇提纲作文。分析提纲可知，本题为现象阐释型作文。要求考生根据提纲阐述现状、分析原因并总结可能产生的后果。考生可采用如下行文思路：第一段阐述“很多学生在书写汉字时出现问题，如提笔忘字、书写错误”这一现象；第二段分析产生此种现象的原因；第三段总结这一现象可能产生的后果。