1.What did Zhao think about while reading his fathers postcard?
A)He hoped he could write as well as his father.
B)He wanted to teach his son to imitate his fathers handwriting .
C)He tried to keep in mind what his father wrote on the postcard .
D) He feared his handwriting would not impress his son.
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2.What might be the main reason for children’s poor handwriting?
A)Teachers don't pay much attention.
B)Calligraphy is too hard for children.
C)Children spend a lot of time on the computer.
D) Calligraphy is proving to be insignificant.
3.What is the goal of the movement “please Write Letters”?
A. To call on more people to focus on handwriting.
B)To encourage people to communicate with friends.
C)To teach people how to compliment their colleagues
D)To divert peoples attention from their obsession with computers.
What can be inferred from the conversation?
A)Chinese don' t like to communicate with others as much as before.
B)Most people' s handwriting is worse than their parents.
C)Huang's son will have nicer handwriting than Huang.
D)We should encourage our children to make friends by writing letters.
Audio scriptA recent survey shows that 1. ____ (写阿拉伯数字)of adult Chinese citizens write less than four handwritten letters per year. Two Chinese office workers, Huang and Zhao are talking about whether handwriting 2. __________ ____ .Huang: Well, I' m a little bit 3.____ about my Chinese handwriting skills. I use my computer 4. ____ ____ e-mails and my cellphone 5.____ ____ messages. It's so easy 6.____ ____ how to write Chinese characters.Zhao: Well, Huang, you are not alone in your worries. Last week, I 7.____ ____ a postcard my father 8.____ me. I was struck by how neat and clear it was. You know, he does not live with me, but his unique handwriting 9.______ _______ my days with him.Sometimes, I wonder, will my son 10. ____ ____ ____ my handwriting? My ugly handwriting!Huang: How can your handwriting be beautiful, Zhao, when we 11.____ ____ computers, cellphones and other electronic tools 12.____ ____ ? I am afraid that one daywriting by hand will become very difficult because children may be unable 13. ____ ____ the stroke sequences笔划顺序to write some characters.Zhao: Quite possible. You see, traditional calligraphy 14. ____ less attention now. My teacher 15. ____ ____ ____ us more about traditional Chinese calligraphy.Huang: It's not the teacher’s fault. People now 16. ____ ____ ________ the importance of practising calligraphy. They think computers can help people 17.____ ____ ____ characters.Zhao: Word processing 18____ ____ it much easier to communicate, but Chinese handwriting is a tradition of nearly 4,000 years old. How can we 19. ____ it? It's time to do something to help 20. ____ the tradition of handwritten letters.Huang: Recently, an organization 21. ____ ____ a movement entitled"Please Write Letters”, 22. ____ people to send more handwritten letters, to put pen to paper. In some companies, 23.____ a handwritten note 24.____ ____ ____ __something of a compliment, for it’s more 25. ____ ____ _______ .Zhao: I hope that will work.