Talking on a mobile phone is expensive, so a lot of people send text messages. Text messages are much cheaper than talking on a mobile phone, and you can make it even cheaper by shortening the words that you use. You can do this by taking out “unimportant” letters in the words and using numbers instead of words(2=to, 3=free, 4=for, 8=ate, h8=hate, etc. ). Here is an example :Im 3 nw, why nt gv me a cll? (I’m free now, why not give me a call?)

Mobile phone users have developed a series of symbols to show how they feel. They are called emoticons(情感符号). To read an emoticon, you have to look at it sideways. For example, if you say something in a text message which is a joke, you can follow it with a smiling face. Like this: Why did t u cll me? Im so sad. ∶－)

　 Here are some others. Can you think of these text messages where you could use them?

　 ∶·)laughing∶ ·(sad∶·<really sad

　 ∶·v shouting| · | sleep∶ o shocked

　 8 · | surprised＼· o bored

1. The underlined word “sideways” in this passage means______ .

A. 从侧面地　　　 B. 从旁边地

C. 斜眼地　　 D. 颠倒地

2. What do you think of this text message “Whr hv U bn? Im wtng 4 U”means?

A. Where have you been? I’m waiting for you.

B. Where have you been? I’m looking for you.

C. What are you doing? I’m waiting for you.

D. What are you doing? I’m looking for you.

3. Which one means“laughing” in the text messages?

A. ∶·（　　 　　　　　　 B. ∶· )

C. ∶· <　　　　 D. 8 ·

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阅读下列短文，完成文后题目。

　　Convenience Foods.

　　Instead of buying only fresh foods, Americans nowadays buy many more convenience food. There are foods which are ready partly or completely prepared. Many of them are frozen, such as frozen dinner (TV dinners ) , heat-and-serve French fries, and frozen pizzas. There are also many canned ( put in a can) convenience foods, such as ready-made spaghetti, soups, stews(炖熟的菜肴), and vegetables.

　　Convenience foods save time and trouble. They are popular with people who are busy or who don't like to cook or wash dishes. But they often cost more than fresh, unprepared foods and may contain artificial additives (a chemical added to the food). Also, many people feel they don't taste as good as home cooked foods.

　　Health Food and Co-ops

　　In the 1960s, a“back-to-the-earth”movement was started by young people in the United States. The movement was a reaction against the harmful effects of technology. From the movement came a new understanding of food and health. Many people now prefer natural and organic (chemical-free) foods to the prepared foods sold in health food stores and in food co-ops, which are small stores where customers help manage the store. In coops, food is usually not packaged. Customers bring their own bags and jars and scoop(汲取) their food out of boxes or baskets.

　　The diet Craze(节食热)

　　These days Americans are more and more concerned with their weight. Perhaps as many as 70 million Americans are on weight dollar business. American supermarkets sell a variety of diet foods such as diet soft drinks, diet candy, and diet salad dressings. Dieters also spend money on diet pills, exercise machines, and jogging suits(健美服). Each year dozens of new diets are popularized. They have such names as the Miracale Diet (a supernatural event) , the Nine Day Wonder Diet, and the Easy 24 Hour Diet. There is even one called the Ice Cream Diet, which advises the dieter to eat only ice cream for lunch and dinner! For dieters who cannot lose weight on their own, there are many well-organized diet groups, which offer help and encouragement.

1．Generally speaking, convenience foods in American ________.

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A．are shipped from foreign countries

B．are made by farmers on farms

C．are rich and popular

D．are better than fresh ones

2．Young people who started a“back-to-the-earth”movement ________.

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A．might be too foolish

B．should be praised for their action

C．might suffer from some disease

D．might get less money from their companies

3．From the fourth paragraph, we can find that ________.

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A．the diet craze in the United States is unnecessary

B．rich American people should offer their money to the poor

C．businessment are getting much money from the diet craze.

D．fat Americans are too foolish to take too much food

4．What's the writer's opinion on American diets?

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A．They are all effective to people

B．They are of no effect to people

C．Ice Cream Diet is the best

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意, 然后从1～25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。

　Marco Polo was a boy of about seventeen. Once, his father and uncle 　1　to their family in Venice (威尼斯) after a long journey. They talked about strange and beautiful lands 　2　. They brought back gold and jewels.

　　3　, the Polo brothers asked him to take a trip with them to the East. So it was how Marco Polo's journey began. During three years of travelling 　4　China, he saw sights that were almost unbelievable to a boy from Italy. He met people who had strange 　5　. Some spoke languages that he did not even understand. At last they reached the Continent of Asia. This was in the year 1275. The emperor made a great feast (盛宴) 　6　the Polos and asked Marco to live in his court. Marco Polo learned to read, write and speak new languages.

　Once the emperor 　7　distant western and southern part of his empire. Marco Polo was given many soldiers and servants for his journey.

　Marco saw paper 　8　the Chinese. People in China 　9　how to print on paper; they had many books and even used paper money! They burned little black rocks for heat—later 　10　.