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 mon abbreviations are:
Info(information) puter (puter)
Pie(picture) sec (second)
We usually don’t see people when we municate 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 municating. Newbie’s have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.
【小题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【小题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【小题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 puterC．The person is sad that his puter is having problems.D．The person is joking that his puter is having problems.【小题4】E-talk will probably .A．keep changingB．be easy by people on the telephoneC．be used by people on the telephoneD．make life easier【小题5】What’s the best title for this passage?A．E-talk LanguageB．Picture FeelingsC．How to Use AbbreviationsD．use the InternetC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文主要介绍了近年以来网上出现的一种网络语言，为了节省打字的时间，把几个英文单词缩写成几个大写字母的组合或者是用单词的部分表示整体，或用一个简单的图形来表示某种含义。适应这些新的网络语言需要花费一定的时间，并且随着网络的发展，这种变化还会继续进行下去。
【小题1】根据To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters called acronyms.及下文描述可知选C。
【小题2】根据People don’t like typing too much.及下文描述可知这样的缩写词打起来比较快，故选B。
【小题3】根据BTW (by the way) 和puter (puter)可知句意为：顺便说一下，我的电脑出问题了。故选C。
【小题4】根据As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.可知选A。
【小题5】通过阅读短文，可知本篇短文主要描述了网络时代e-talk的发展历史。故选A。