15.(　　 ) The passage is probably from a newspaper.

(D)

　　 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(聊天室). 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. They are shortened forms of words. Some common

abbreviations are:

　　 info (information)　　　　　　　　　 puter (computer)

　　 pic (picture)　　　　　　　　　　　 sec (second)

　　 We usually don't see people when we communicate(交流) on the Net, so people have

new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw "feelings", such as:

　　 　:-)　 (happy)　　 　;-)　 (joking)　　　 :-(　 (sad)　　　　 :-O　 (surprised)

　　 These days, many forums (论坛) have picture feelings. For example:

　　　 (happy)　　　　　　 (sad)　　　　　　 (angry)　　　　　　 (cool)

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here are even whole new words, like "newbies"(someone who is new on a chat board

or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it's called "flaming" the

　person.

　　　 It takes time for people to get used to(适应) e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net

　have their own special ways of communicating. Newbies sometimes have to ask other people

　what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.

14.(　　 ) Two RCC’s rescue teams have arrived in Thailand.

13.(　　 ) The rest of the money will be used to rebuild airports in the disaster area.

12.(　　 ) The RCC collected money for　 Indonesia, Sri Lanka , Thailand and Maldives.

11.(　　 ) The countries were hit by a tsunami.

2.66 million US dollars of the money were sent to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Maldives soon after they were hit by the killer disaster(灾难)late last month. The rest(剩余部分) of the money will be sent for rebuilding villages, schools and orphanages(homes for children who lost their parents) in the disaster area, the reports said.

According to the reports, two RCC’s rescue(营救) teams have arrived in Indonesia and Sri Lanka Friday. A third team will go to Thailand early next week.

The RCC will report how much money has been collected and the uses of the money on its Website on time, the reports said.

10.(　　 ) If you shop online, you can save time.　　　　　

(C)

The Red Cross Society of China (RCC) (中国红十字会)has so far received 150 million yuan (18 million US dollars) in donation (捐款) for tsunami-hit(遭受海啸袭击的) countries, reports from the RCC said on January 14, 2005.

9.(　　 ) The writer often buys so-called cheap things online.

8.(　　 )　 MP3 is a kind of book that you can learn music.

7.(　　 ) The writer thinks that the advertisements online are always true.