Nowadays，it is more common for people to express their thoughts in an e-mail or text.In fact，more and more students use technology for written communication in their lives.Even so，research shows that teaching handwriting skills has its benefits.However，are the benefits worth spending valuable classroom time in teaching handwriting skills when students could be learning more about computer keyboarding？
   States across the country have good reasons to require students to learn computer keyboarding skills.For one，students are learning technology that will help them communicate faster with more people and in many different forms，such as e-mails，websites，blogs，and so on.Also the better a student's computer keyboarding skills，the greater the chance that a student has to become a better writer.Computer tools such as the grammar and spell check make correcting quick and easy，although not 100% accurate（準確的）.With these and many other tools，students gain important computer skills.Furthermore，students no longer have to worry about their writing being graded poorly by teachers.All in all，computer keyboarding skills are a step in the right direction.
   Still，the advantages of computer keyboarding skills may not be enough to leave handwriting instruction in the dust.Marlena Hamilton，professor of neurology at University of Pennsylvania，did an experiment with her co-workers to study what happens in students' brains when writing.They found that many of the areas of the brain light up.These are the same areas that are used to learn to read.They then wondered if the same would be true when students looked at letters on a keyboard. "What we found， "she states， "is that brains are much less involved when we just look at letters.When we actually use our hands to make things，the brain works much harder."
   Schools across the nation are looking at the evidence and deciding what to do.William McIntyre，a reading coach at Sunshine Elementary School in Albany，New York，says， "What we have learned from the research is that learning handwriting benefits students educationally.What we also know is that students need to be taught keyboarding skills.Now，it is up to each school to make a decision.

（1）From the first paragraph，we can know that

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A．students don't want to learn handwriting skills any more.
B．students don't like communicating with friends in person.
C．students' communicating by technology is more and more common.
D．students spend more time in playing computer games than before.
（2）What does the second paragraph mainly want to show？

B

B

A．The roles of computer tools.
B．The advantages of computer keyboarding skills.
C．The importance of communication skills.
D．The necessity of developing writing skills.
（3）What's the author's attitude to students' learning keyboarding skills？

D

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A．Worried.
B．Doubtful.
C．Uncaring.
D．Supportive.
（4）What can the result of Hamilton's experiment show？

B

B

A．Keyboarding skills are very useful.
B．Handwriting is helpful for students to learn.
C．Keyboarding makes our brain more active.
D．Handwriting is more difficult than keyboarding.