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) 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(论坛) 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. 网友 B. 聊天室 C. 首字母缩写词 D.关键词

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.

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】

试题分析：最近几年一种新型英语在网络上不断增长。因为没有适合它的实际的词，所以我们叫它“网络用语”。为了节约时间，人们将短语转化成“首字母缩写词”。人们也使用许多缩写。大多数人也会用关键词画表情，现在，许多论坛上有表情图。现在甚至有像“newbie’s”这样全新的词。人们需要时间适应网络用语。随着网络的发展，网络用语将持续增长并改变。

1. 后面两句中的例子，可知它的意思是“首字母缩写词”。故选C。

2.

3. 意思是“电脑”；:- (代表“sad”，悲伤的。故题目中句子意思为“顺便说一下，我的电脑有些问题，我很难过。”故选C。

4.

5.

考点：社会类阅读。