2.(　 ) All the workers are going to get part-time jobs.

1.(　 ) Workers will meet with company leaders.

20. The best title for this passage is E-talk　

第十三组(3篇)

　 　　　　　( A )

What changes are going to happen in our way of life? According to (根据) writer Patrick Goldring, more people are going to have part-time jobs (兼职工作). This is going to be true for most workers. People have many interests. Fulltime jobs (专职工作) do not allow time for these interests. People are going to have two or three different part-time jobs.

According to David Jenkins in his book "Job Power" (工作的权利), workers are going to have more power in their companies (公司). They are going to have more power over their jobs and their hours. Groups of workers and company leaders are going to meet to find answers to company problems. Some leaders of company don't want change. Workers are demanding (要求职) it, however. What is the result of "job power"? According to Jenkins, the result (结果) is a good feeling toward the company.　

19. E-talk will probably be used by people on the telephone.

18. If someone is angry, he may type “LOL” or “BRB”.

17.(　　 ) “BTW, my puter is not working well.” means that　 the person is sad that his computer is having problems.

16.(　　 )People type acronyms so that they can type them quickly.

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.