3 . Almost all calligraphy(书法) lovers agree that writing characters with a brush and ink on straw paper offers a way to communicate with not only history and culture, but also oneself. But now Chinese character handwriting is under threat from computers and mobile phones.
A college graduate looking for a job was reportedly turned down by a company because he wrote 24 characters incorrectly in a 400character handwritten resume. A survey by HorizonKey, covering people from 12 major cities in China, found that nearly one third of those interviewed often experience “character amnesia(遗忘)”， with 94 percent saying this is a problem for them.
The main reason is that most Chinese rely too much on the pinyinbased Chinese language input method, which is replacing the tradition of writing characters stroke(笔画) by stroke. The software will conveniently choose the right characters according to the context or word frequency, as there are dozens of characters with the same pronunciation in Chinese.
Education is another problem. In college, most homework and papers are printed out, instead of handwritten. And few teachers use chalk and blackboards, with Microsoft's PowerPoint the mostoften used software to teach knowledge to students.
The number of electronic devices in the classroom is thought to be another reason why students are easily satisfied with just a poor knowledge of the Chinese language and characters. It is quicker to look up a character in an electronic dictionary, but traditional printed dictionaries offer more detailed information on the usage and meaning of the characters. Students pay more attention to remembering a character's pronunciation, but not the other knowledge related to it, which edictionaries rarely provide.
Another worry is the “pollution” of Chinese characters by Internet language. Young people regard using Internet language as cool and fashionable. After they learn to use these expressions, they automatically include them in their writing.
1. With the example of a college graduate, the author shows ________.
| A．that practicing can improve writing |
| B．why certain people are poor writers |
| C．that there are differences in students' writing |
| D．why Chinese character handwriting is in great danger |
2. By saying “...those interviewed often experience ‘character amnesia(遗忘)’”， the writer means those interviewed ________.
| A．are not good at handwriting |
| B．can't write characters accurately |
| C．show no interest in handwriting |
| D．find jobs much more difficultly |
3. What phenomenon is described in Paragraph 5?
| A．Dependence on electronic devices. |
| B．Advantages of electronic dictionaries. |
| C．Mastery of knowledge of the characters. |
| D．Disadvantages of published dictionaries. |
4. What's the writer's attitude towards the Internet language?
| A．Favorable. | B．Uncaring. |
| C．Disapproving. | D．Friendly. |
