With the rapid progress of technology, the English language is changing fast. All the people have to face a choice: either ignore the development of the language and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive, or keep pace with the Internet age, welcoming the new English which someone has once called Weblish. “you can’t avoid it for the simple reason that wherever a new language comes along, it surely impacts (影响) the language as a whole,” says Dr David Crystal, a famous language professor at the University of Wales.
However, there is great trouble with keeping up with the new English because there are so many new words and the old ones no longer mean what we thought they did. In the past if someone said they didn’t have “Windows”, you would have to suppose they lived in a cave without windows. But now, it is probably because they use a Mac, which is a computer. Spam, which once meant a not-so-good-kind of canned meat, now stands for unwanted “junk (垃圾)” email.
Spelling is changing too. Weblish loves to see nouns happily become verbs ( for example, “Please bookmark this site”), and verbs become nouns (“Send me the download”).Verbs and prepositions are regularly thrown together to become new nouns or adjectives(for example, dial-up, logon, print-out, pull-down, upload), while others are created from a simple pairing of nouns: cyberspace, ethernet, Internet, hyperlink, metatag and netspeak.
【小题1】 We can infer from the first paragraph that _____ .
A.English has completely become Weblish |
B.some people wish Shakespeare were still alive |
C.people may have different attitudes towards Weblish |
D.people who know English have to learn a new language |
A.Now English has many new words. |
B.English words have changed a lot. |
C.Old English words are no longer used at all. |
D.People have difficulty in understanding some new words related to computers and the Internet. |
A.Technology and English |
B.Keep Up with the Latest Weblish |
C.Don’t Forget English |
D.The Advantage and Disadvantages of Weblish |
【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
解析试题分析:本文叙述了随着科学技术的发展,人们使用网络的机会越多,为了一些使用的方面产生了一些新的网络语言,文中给出了网络语言产生的方法。为了适应现在的社会我们要跟上时代的步伐,就要了解网络语言。
【小题1】推理判断题。根据either ignore the development of the language and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive, or keep pace with the Internet age, welcoming the new English which someone has once called Weblish. 可以推出有些人对于网络语言有些不同的意见,故选C。
【小题2】段落大意题。根据there is great trouble with keeping up with the new English because there are so many new words and the old ones no longer mean what we thought they did. 这是中心句,可知应选D。
【小题3】标题归纳题。综观全文可知本文主要的话题是网络语言,故选B。
考点:社会现象类短文阅读。
点评:标题归纳题时还要遵循三个原则,即注意题的醒目性、概括性和针对性。醒目性——我们所判断的标题如果放在文章的最前面,应该能使读者一看到标题就对其内容发生兴趣,即,吸引读者的眼球;概括性——指标题应最大限度地覆盖全文,囊括文章的主要内容,体现文章的主题;针对性——我们所选的标题不能偏题,必须指向具体文意,因此也应具备强烈的针对性。
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A.The body of old Harry |
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