Can you understand the beginning of this essay?
“My smmr hols wr CWOTT. B4, we usd 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & 3 kds FTF.”
The Scottish teacher who received it in class had no idea what the girl who wrote it meant. The essay was written in a form of English used in cell phone text messages. Text messages (also called SMS2) through cell phones became very popular in the late 1990s. At first, mobile phone companies thought that text messaging would be a good way to send messages to customers, but customers quickly began to use the text messaging service to send messages to each other. Teenagers in particular enjoyed using text messaging, and they began to create a new language for messages called texting.
A text message is limited to 160 characters, including letters, spaces, and numbers, so messages must be kept short. In addition, typing on the small keypad of a cell phone is difficult, so it’s common to make words shorter. In texting, a single letter or number can represent a word, like “r” for “are,”“u” for “you,” and “2” for “to.” Several letters can also represent a phrase, like “lol” for “laughing out loud.” Another characteristic of texting is the leaving out of letters in a word, like spelling “please” as “pls.”
Some parents and teachers worry that texting will make children bad spellers and bad writers. The student who wrote the essay at the top of this page said writing that way was more comfortable for her. (The essay said, “My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their three kids face to face.”)
Not everyone agrees that texting is a bad thing. Some experts say languages always evolve, and this is just another way for English to change. Other people believe texting will disappear soon. New technology for voice messages may soon make text messages a thing of the past.
【小题1】What is the writer’s opinion of text messaging?

A.It is fun and easy to do.
B.It is not bad for children.
C.It will make children bad writers.
D.The writer does not give an opinion.
【小题2】Which characteristic of texting is NOT described in the passage?
A.Using phrases to represent essays
B.Using numbers to represent words
C.Using letters to represent phrases
D.Using letters to represent words
【小题3】Which of the following was most probably the title of the student’s essay?
A.My Gr8 TchrB.CU in LAC.My GFD.My Smmr Hols
【小题4】   Why do some people think that texting is bad?
A.It costs too much.B.It’s too difficult to type.
C.Children won’t learn to write correctly.D.It’s not comfortable.
【小题5】Why aren’t some people worried about the effect of texting?
A.Not many people use texting.
B.Spelling in English is too difficult.
C.Children quickly become bored with texting.
D.Texting will disappear because of new technology.

Microwaves may be great at warming up food, but what about warming people?

Using microwaves to directly heat owners of a room would save much of the energy wasted by heating walls and furniture. And despite popular ideas about microwaves, this technique would be safe, according to Charles R. Burlier of the Microwave Research Center in Marlborough, New Hampshire. Low-power microwaves only penetrate (贯穿) the skin (low-power microwave penetration in a ham is about 0.2 inches, for example) and with no negative effects.

To test this idea, Buffler subjected himself to microwaves in a special room using a standard 500-watt, 2459 MHz magnetron (磁控管). He found that a person will start to feel warmth at about 20 milliwatts per square centimeter (mw. / sq. cm. ) ; a satisfactory feeling of warmth occurs between 35 and 50mw. / sq. cm. By comparison, a person standing in noonday summer sun feels the amount of 85 mw. / sq. cm. And a frozen meat pie in your microwave oven receives about 1000 mw. / sq. cm.

In houses of the future, each room could be provided with its own magnetron, says Buffler. When you stepped into the living room, for example, a motion detector (运动感应器)would turn on the magnetron, filling the room with low-power microwaves. In the same way that a microwave oven heats up a hamburger, but not the plate it’s on, you would feel warmth from the microwaves without changing the temperature of your coffee table. (You could, however, make your favorite easy chair even more comfortable by treating it with a radiation-absorbing chemical.)

While it might be some time before homeowners are comfortable enough with the idea to set up whole-body microwave heaters in houses, Buffler says microwaves may attract livestock(家畜) farmers. Lambs that are born outdoors in winter, for example, are frequently lost to cold. Microwaves could warm the lambs safely and quickly.

1.Which of the following can tell the main idea of the passage?

A.A new heating system.                   B.A new microwave oven.

C.A popular technique.                     D.The magnetron.

2.According to Paragraph 2, which of the following does not describe the characteristics of a microwave heater?

A.It directly heats people in a room.

B.It heats walls and furniture in a room.

C.It is safe.

D.It saves energy.

3.The test conducted by Buffler shows that when a person feels comfortable warmth, he receives about ________________.

A.20 mw. / sq. cm.    B.40 mw. / sq. cm.     C.60 mw. / sq. cm.     D.85 mw. / sq. cm.

4.According to Paragraph 4, which of the following fills the room with low-power microwaves?

A.The magnetron.                        B.The motion detector.

C.The microwave oven.                    D.The radiation-absorbing chemical.

5.Which of the following statements about microwave heaters would Buffler most probably agree with?

A.Microwave heaters will soon be widely used by homeowners.

B.Microwave heaters sometimes make people feel uncomfortable.

C.Perhaps microwave heaters will be first used by livestock farmers, who wish to protect their lambs in winter.

D.Microwave heaters cannot be accepted by the public because they are somewhat unsafe.

 

It’s 10:30 p.m., and 11-year-old Brandon Blanco is sound asleep at home. Suddenly, a loud noise wakes him up. Naturally, Brandon reaches for his cell phone. He blinks twice, and the message on the screen becomes clear: “R U awake?”
But the late-night text does not annoy Brandon. He gets frequent messages and calls, even after bedtime. And he can’t imagine life without them. “If I didn’t have a cell phone, I wouldn’t be able to talk to my friends or family as often,” he told the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Brandon’s use of technology doesn’t stop there. He also has a computer, a TV and three video-game consoles(控制台)in his room. With so many devices, it is no surprise that when he is not at school, he spends nearly every waking minute using one or more of these devices. Brandon is hardly alone. According to a recent study by TFK, kids aged 8 to 18 are spending more time than ever before using electronic devices. How much time? More than seven and a half hours a day on average, the study found. That’s about an hour more than just five years ago.
The jump is the result of a huge explosion in mobile devices, says Victoria Rideout, the lead author of the study. “These devices have opened up many more opportunities for young people to use media, whether it’s on the bus, on the way to school or waiting in line at the pizza parlor,” says Rideout.
Often, kids multitask, or use more than one device at a time. “If you’ve got a chance to do something on your computer and take a phone call and have the TV on in the background, why not?” Media expert Cheryl Olson says. Most experts agree technology has much to offer kids. But some worry the kids could be missing out on other activities like playing outside or hanging out with friends. “It’s a matter of balance,” says Olson.
Multitasking while doing homework is another concern. Some kids listen to music, watch TV or use the phone while doing their homework. “It’s important to make sure that you can stop and concentrate on one thing deeply,” says Rideout.
With new and exciting devices hitting stores every year, keeping technology use in check is more important than ever. “Kids should try,” adds Rideout. “But parents might have to step in sometimes.”

  1. 1.

    It can be learned from the text that _________.

    1. A.
      many teenagers lack friends in their middle school
    2. B.
      kids have too many electronic devices to choose from
    3. C.
      Brandon feels annoyed about his late-night message
    4. D.
      Olson is against teenagers’ using mobile phones
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is an example of multitasking?

    1. A.
      Watching TV when using the computer.
    2. B.
      Talking on the phone when lying on the sofa.
    3. C.
      Playing video games after having lunch.
    4. D.
      Listening to loud music while relaxing.
  3. 3.

    The underlined phrase “in check” in the last paragraph can be replaced by _________.

    1. A.
      in order
    2. B.
      in store
    3. C.
      in control
    4. D.
      in sight
  4. 4.

    According to the text, Victoria Rideout would probably agree that kids should ______.

    1. A.
      do homework while watching TV
    2. B.
      have less homework
    3. C.
      spend more time on homework
    4. D.
      do homework in a place without disturbance

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