2010年公共英语五级考试模拟试题（填空篇6）
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Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word．
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Children who grip their pens too close to the writing point are likely to be at a disadvantage in examinations，(31) ＿＿＿to the first serious investigation into the way in which writing technique Can dramatically affect educational achievement．
The survey of 643 children and adults，ranking from pre-school t0 40-plus，also suggests(32) ＿＿＿pen—holding techniques have deteriorated sharply over one generation，with teachers now paying far(33) ＿＿＿attention to correct pen grip and handwriting style．
Stephanie Thomas，a learning support teacher(34)—＿＿＿findings have been published，was inspired to investigate this area(35) ＿＿＿he noticed that those students who had the most trouble with spelling(36) ＿＿＿had a poor pen grip．While Mr．Thomas could not establish a significant statistical link(37) ＿＿＿pen—holing style and accuracy in spelling，he(38) ＿＿＿find huge differences in technique between the young children and the mature adults，and a definite(39) ＿＿＿between near—point gripping and slow，illegible writing．
People who(40) ＿＿＿—their pens at the writing point also show other characteristics(41) ＿＿＿inhibit learning，(42) ＿＿＿as poor posture，leaning too(43) ＿＿＿to the desk，using four fingers to grip the pen(44) ＿＿＿than three，and clumsy positioning of the thumb(which can obscure(45)——is being written)．
Mr．Thomas believes that the(46) ＿＿＿between elder and younger writers is(47) ＿＿＿too dramatic to be accounted for simply by the possibility that people get better at writing as they grow(48) ＿＿＿．He attributes it to a failure to teach the most effective methods，pointing out that the differences between(49) ＿＿＿groups coincides with the abandonment of formal handwriting instruction in classrooms in the sixties．“The 30-year- old showed a huge diversity of grips，(50) ＿＿＿me over 40s group all had a uniform‘tripod’grip．”
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