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 (缩写), They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:

Info (information) purer (computer)

Pie (picture)       sec (second)

We usually don’t see people when we communicate (交流) 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 (论坛) have picture feelings. For example，

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 (适应) 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 Internets grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.

1. What does the underline “acronyms” mean?

A.网友        B.聊天室      C.首字母缩写词

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.

3. What does” BTW, my purer 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.

4. E-talk wills probably           .

A. keep changing.

B. be easy by people on the telephone

C. be used by people on the telephone

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

A. E-talk language

B. Picture Feelings

C. How to Use Abbreviations

Answer

1. C           

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.A

【解析】

【主旨大意】本文主要介绍了一下用来在网上聊天或交流的e-talk.本文主要介绍了三种e-talk。一是“acronyms”首字母缩写词；二是“abbreviations”缩写词；三是feelings。

1. 细节理解题。根据第二段中所举的四个例子“BTB（by the way); BRB(be right back); LOL(laughing out loud); IMO(in my opinion)”可判断acronyms是“首字母缩写词”的意思，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据第一段的最后第二句话“To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters called acronyms.”，可知选项B是正确的。

3.细节理解题。根据缩写词"puter(computer)" 及feelings 标志“：-（  (sad）”可知选项C是正确的。

4.细节理解题。根据最后一段的最后一句话“As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.”可推断为选项A。由最后一段的第一句话“It takes time for people to get used to e-talk. ”可知B项是错误的；根据第一段的第二句话和第一句话“In recent years, a new kind of English has grown in the Internet. There is no real word for it yet, so we will call it e-talk.”可知e-talk是在Internet上使用的，所以C项是错误的。故选A。

5.主旨大意题。根据整篇文章的大意可知本文主要介绍的是e-talk，故选A。