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Around 9. 5 per cent of primary school children in Nanjing use name cards as a social tool， Guangzhou-based Yangcheng Evening News reported.

The newspaper cited an investigation of students in more than 10 primary schools in Nanjing. But Wang Xianjiong， schoolmaster of Nanshi Primary School， which was listed as being investigated， said he had not heard that any of his students had cards. But he admitted it was not unusual for primary students to use name cards. “Primary students should mainly concentrate on studying， instead of social intercourse，”Wang said.

The Yangcheng Evening News report said most of the cards were prepared by parents， who hoped the cards would improve their children‘s communication skills. In China， most families have only one child， and many of these children are said to have poor social skills. The report quoted primary student Jia Xiaoyong， a school monitor who decided himself to print his name cards. He said he believed name cards would improve his efficiency to organize student activities. But Wang Xianjiong said name cards were unnecessary for primary students. A local education official named Pan said he was surprised and upset by the news. He thinks education authorities（机构）and schools have long been engaged in organizing various activities to improve primary students’ social lives， and name cards alone could not make children more sociable.

“If children are kidnapped（绑架）by outlaws， they can try to give their cards to warm-hearted people to seek rescue，” the report quoted a parent as saying. Names， telephone numbers and e-mail and home addresses， hobbies and personal ambitions were often printed on the children‘s cards， the report said.

Many students themselves asked their parents to print the cards mainly for the novelty （新鲜感）of having them rather than to meet actual communication demands， the report said.

56. According to _____ name cards of primary students are useful.

A. Wang Xianjiong B. Jia Xiaoyong

C. Mr. Pan D. the investigation

57. The practice of using name cards among primary students greatly worried _____.

A.the local education official named Pan

B.the schoolmaster of Nanshi Primary School

C.a great many parents

D.the students without name cards of their own

58. Some of the parents think that name cards will help their children _____.

A.to improve their ability of social intercourse

B.to avoid being kidnapped

C.to concentrate on their schoolwork

D.All of the above

59. The writer of the news report _____ the practice of primary students using name cards.

A. is for B. is against