Question

We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on. In recent years a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There’s no real word for it yet, so we’ll call it e-talk. People don’t like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters called acronyms. Acronyms are often used in chat rooms. Some of them are

BTW (by the way) BRB (be right back)

LOL (laughing out loud) IMO (in my opinion)

People also use many abbreviations(縮寫). They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:

Info(information) puter (computer) Pie(picture) sec (second)

We usually don’t see people when we communicate on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keywords to draw “feeling”, such as:

:-) (happy) :-p (joking) :- ( (sad) :-0 (surprised)

These days, many forums(論壇) have picture feelings. For example,

 

(sad) (happy)

There are even whole new words, like“newbie’s”(someone who is new on a chat board or forum).

It takes time for people to get used to e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbie’s have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.

1.What does the underlined word “acronyms” mean?

A. 網友 B. 聊天室 C. 首字母縮寫詞 D.關鍵詞

2.Why do people type acronyms?

A. To show their feelings.

B. Because people can type them quickly.

C. In this way newbie’s won’t understand them.

D. To make people use Internet

3.What does “ BTW, my puter is not working well. :- ( ” mean ?

A. The person is angry at somebody.

B. The person is happy about getting a new computer

C. The person is sad that his computer is having problems.

D. The person is joking that his computer is having problems.

4. E-talk will probably _______.

A. keep changing

B. be easy by people on the telephone

C. be used by people on the telephone

D. make life easier

5. What’s the best title for this passage?

A. E-talk Language B. Picture Feelings

C. How to Use Abbreviations D. use the Internet

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：最近幾年一種新型英語在網絡上不斷增長。因為沒有適合它的實際的詞，所以我們叫它“網絡用語”。為了節約時間，人們將短語轉化成“首字母縮寫詞”。人們也使用許多縮寫。大多數人也會用關鍵詞畫表情，現在，許多論壇上有表情圖�，F在甚至有像“newbie’s”這樣全新的詞。人們需要時間適應網絡用語。隨著網絡的發展，網絡用語將持續增長并改變。

1. 后面兩句中的例子，可知它的意思是“首字母縮寫詞”。故選C。

2.

3. 意思是“電腦”；:- (代表“sad”，悲傷的。故題目中句子意思為“順便說一下，我的電腦有些問題，我很難過�！惫蔬xC。

4.

5.

考點：社會類閱讀。