Handwriting is history - Test 3

C1 Advanced · Open Cloze · Cambridge English Advanced 3, Cambridge University Press

For questions 9–16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

Handwriting has been (0) ___ for about 6,000 years, just a small fraction of the time that humans have been on this earth, but its effects have been enormous. Writing doesn't come naturally to us; (9) ___ seeing and hearing, it must be taught. However, (10) ___ that computers have taken over our world, the need to write anything by hand is becoming redundant. Some educationalists are therefore questioning why schools should teach joined-up writing at (11) ___ . It takes up a lot of teaching time that could otherwise be devoted (12) ___ keyboard skills. But these experts admit that handwriting (13) ___ indeed have a presence that is absent in typed prose. Many of us rebel (14) ___ the radical idea of abandoning writing by hand because we think that our personal identity shines through in our handwriting. It allows self-expression to grow and is regarded by many (15) ___ the mark of a civilised society. So, are we really ready to enter a world (16) ___ the artistic flow of handwritten script might be about to disappear?

Handwriting is history

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