Change is natural part of language development.The words you like to use are probably a little different from those that your grandparents used when they were young.A study carried out by a British company found that the use of e-mail has had a bad influence on the standard of written English.
According to the research, computer users today are too busy to hit the“shift”buttons on their keyboards e-mails are often written in lower case, that is to say, with no capital letters for names or the beginning of sentences Spelling mistakes are generally accepted even in formal e-mails.And nouns are often used as verbs(e. g. Please bookmark this site.)With the development of the Internet, e-mail and mobile phone messages, a new language has deve10ped within just a few vears-we call it Weblish.The latest oxford EnglishDictionary has included many new words showing the changes in our communication culture While some language experts are concerned about the future of English and want to do something, John Simpson, chief editor of the dictionary says,“The standards may be different now but it has certainly encouraged writing and communication, which means a faster development of language change.There are a large number of words that either come from the Internet or have been given new meanings by the Internet.”
(1)
According to the research.people open write e-mails in lower ease to ________.
[ ]
A.
save time
B.
show kindness
C.
make fun
D.
be different
(2)
All the following changes can be accepted in e-mail writing except ________.
[ ]
A.
no capital letters
B.
spelling mistakes
C.
nouns being used as verbs
D.
no verbs in a sentence
(3)
The second paragraph mainly tells
[ ]
A.
the mistakes found in English e-mails
B.
the side effects of the use of e-mails
C.
the changes in English used in e-mails
D.
the reason why people use e-mail
(4)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
[ ]
A.
Spelling mistakes are not allowed in today's e-mails
B.
The Internet develops new words as well as new meanings to some old words.
C.
Weblish is only used in e-mails
D.
We cannot kind Weblish in a dictionary at present.
(5)
According to the passage, John Simpson probably agrees that ________.
[ ]
A.
the use of e-mail stops the development of language
B.
mistakes in e-mail are very important to English
C.
everyone should learn to write e-mails in Weblish
D.
the Internet has brought great changes to English C.Giving a lesson.