【EveryyearinAmerica,high-schoolstudentswhowanttogotocollegetakeanationalexaminationcalledtheScholasticAptitudeTest,orSATinashortenedway.Theirscoreisanimportantfactorindeterminingwhichcollegeswilladmitthemor】

　　EveryyearinAmerica,high-schoolstudentswhowanttogotocollegetakeanationalexaminationcalledtheScholasticAptitudeTest,orSATinashortenedway.Theirscoreisanimportantfactorindeterminingwhichcollegeswilladmitthemorwhetheranywillbeadmittedatall.TheScholasticAptitudeTestmeasuresone’smathematicalabilityanduseoftheEnglishlanguage.Traditionally,theEnglishportion（部分）involvedgrammaticalquestionsandparagraphsthattestreadingcomprehension.

　　ButtheSATfolkshaveaddedasinglequestion,tobeansweredinanessay,hand-writtenonthespot.That’saninterestingwaytotestwritingability,putcontentaside,haveyoueverseenyoungpeople’shandwritinglately?Oranyone’sforthatmatter,inthisageofcomputerkeyboards?Studentswritenumbersandsigntheirnamesonbankchecks.Theyscribbleclassnotesinwhatcangenerouslybedescribedasthewrittenword.Andtheyhand-write,ormoreoftenprint,awordortwoofidentificationonluggageandlunchbags.Otherwisepenmanship(书法)—oncetaughtsomorallyandeasefullybysecond-gradeteachers,hasgonethewayofthedodobirdwhichhasdiedout.

　　Yettoday’skidsareaskedtowrite,thoughtfullyandlegibly(字迹清楚地),forseveralminutesonthisSATTest.Goodlucktothetextscorerswhomustworkoutdifficultlythescrawlofyoungpeoplewho’vebeentypingoncomputerssincetheageofthree!Teachersinsistthatgoodhandwritingcannotonlyhelpone’sscoreontheSAT,butalso,lateroninlife,impresspotentialemployersandearnbiggertaxrefunds(退税)becausethetaxinspectorscanactuallyreadthecomputations(计算结果).Anddon’tforget,weallhavetoturntohandwritingfromtimetotime,ascomputersgodownwhenpowergoesout.

　　小题1:ThesubjectstobetestedintheSATinclude______.A．math,English,readingandhandwritingB．math,grammar,readingandwritingC．math,foreignlanguageandwritingD．math,Englishandhandwriting小题2:Theauthorwritesthispassagetointroducethefactthat______.A．writingseemstobeveryimportantintheSATB．thosewhowillgotocollegeshavetotaketheSATC．students