Text messaging, or simply “texting”, with allows people to send and receive messages on mobile phones, bees very popular today.
The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few words to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling. Texting helps to save time. Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it one second. Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone. Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don’t want others to hear what you are talking on the phone. These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it. They hold mobile phones in hands all day long, send dozens of messages each day, and even text while driving or walking.
However, texting has its disadvantages. Junk messages may e into your mobile phone box now and then. When your phone box gets too full, you can’t receive any more messages. You may therefore miss some important information.
What’s more, if you don’t do texting properly, for example texting while driving or walking, it can be dangerous. It can cause injuries and even death. It was reported that about 6,000 people were killed and half a million were injured for this reason each year. In Fort Lee, a small town in New Jersey, USA, three people died because they walked into traffic while texting in 2011. Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. When people are texting, they don’t notice other people or things around them. To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting the use of mobile phones while driving.
Texting is a wonderful way of munication. However, only when we use it properly, can we fully enjoy the fun it brings.
【小题1】How many advantages of texting are mentioned in the passage?A．Two.B．Three.C．Four.D．Five.【小题2】What did the researchers at Stony Brook University find?A．Texters are easier to have an accident.B．Texting is a good way of munication.C．6,000 people were killed and injured.D．Many people text to greet families and friends.【小题3】The underlined word restricting probably means .A．not tellingB．not allowingC．enjoyingD．making【小题4】This passage is written to tell us that .A．we should do less textingB．texting has many advantagesC．texting is better than phone callingD．we should do texting properly【答案】
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解析：本文叙述了当今手机短消息发送变得很流行，详细介绍了它的优点和缺点。说明只有我们恰当地利用它，才能充分享受它带来的乐趣。
【小题1】细节理解题。综观第二段可知发短信的优点有：1.省钱；2.省时间；3.能帮助你在对方太忙而无法回电话时跟他讲话；4.如果你不想让别人听到你的通话内容，它可以帮你秘密地通话。故选C。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据“ Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. ”可知，他们发现爱发短信的人比别人出事的可能性大60%。故选A。
【小题3】词义猜测题。根据本段前半部分叙述发短信易造成事故，和前一句“To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving.”可知大约32个国家已经通过法律，不允许驾驶过程中用手机。故选B。
【小题4】推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，本文是要告诉我们应当恰当地使用手机短信。故选D。