Is the art of conversation dying? The other day, my wife   1  two teenage children did something we haven’t    2  for ages. It didn’t require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries… or anything else for that matter. But we all   3  it so much we’re thinking of doing it again sometime.
We had a conversation. The kind of real, live conversation that was   4  when I was growing up, but which seems all too rare these days. Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails but we seem to be losing the   5  of communicating face-to-face. We all know  6  young people are out on a date(约会）these days, they spend most of that time   7  their mobile phones. And teenagers nowadays seem to   8  communicating with their friends by sending text messages rather than actually   9  to them.
If we carry on like this，in the future, we’ll lose the use of our   10 . What do you think? E-mail me, and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!

"Cindy, do you have ________e-mail address? I want to send you some photos. "

"Yes, I do. It's cindy]26@ sohu. com. "

A. a                     B. an           C. the

( Da Wei comes across Li Lei, who is studying, in the school library. )

A: Hi, Li Lei. Are you busy with your homework now?

B: Oh, yeah, Da Wei. And you?

A: I'm here for a book. Hey, Li Lei. Have a break! We should be outside in the fresh air. It's good for us.

B: Sorry, I can't.    66      I must hand it. in tomorrow.

A: Oh, I see. But we can't always stay indoors.  We must often take exercise.    67  

B: Never.  I hardly have time now.  A sea of homework almost takes up all my free time.  It's sad but that's life.    68   

A: You mean my life? In fact, I'm also very busy like you. But you know I like sports.    69      When ever I have a little time, I will try them.

B: No wonder you are so energetic.

A: Yeah, better health, better grades.     70   

B: Yes, you are right.  It sounds as if should also try to exercise often in the future.  Da Wei, shall we play basketball for a while now?

A: OK. Let's go!

     A. How about your life?

     B. I like jumping, running, playing basketball and so on.

     C. Why not walk in the fresh air?

     D. How often do you exercise?

     E.. Do you agree with me?

     F. I have to finish my homework first.

     G. Sounds like great fun!

"Cindy, do you have ________e-mail address? I want to send you some photos. "

"Yes, I do. It's cindy]26@ sohu. com. "

A. a                     B. an           C. the

Do you speak English? Do you speak e-mail English? Maybe you don’t. E-mail English is a new kind of English that many people use to save time. A lot of e-mail English words come from a computer program called QQ, which means I seek(寻找)you. Ian Lancashire, a Canadian teacher, likes QQ, “People can use QQ to talk with each other using computer. But, you have to be able to type quickly or the other person will be bored. So e-mail English can give some help.”

   A message in e-mail English mostly uses two kinds of new words. The first kind is made up of the first letters of the words. These are called acronyms. The second kind is homophones，letter combination(合并), symbols that sound like other words.

Acronyms in an e-mail save space and time. It takes a long time to write by the way. BTW is much faster. Other acronyms are F2F which stands for face to face, CSL for can’t stop laughing and DBEYR for don’t believe everything you read! Some of the acronyms look like strange words, such as SWAK. But this one means sealed(封口) with a kiss.

   Homophones often use letters and numbers that sound like words or parts of words. For example, 8 sound like—eat in great, to save time, people write gr8. Another example is CU for see you or sometimes CU l8r (see you later)

   The number 2 is used for to or too and the number 4 is used instead of for.

   Another part of e-mail is emotive symbols(表情符号) which make faces when you look at them sideways. The most common emotive, is the happy face :). A comma (逗号) is often used to help add other parts of the face and show different expressions.

   E-mail English is fun. An e-mail message with lots of e-mail English starts to look like secret code(密码). Your best friend will probably understand it, but your parents and teachers may not. In fact, many teachers don’t like e-mail English. It’s not just because they can’t comprehend what it means. It’s because students start to use e-mail English in their everyday writing. E-mail English is great for writing quickly. But most teachers say that e-mail English should only be used in e-mails to one’s friends.

1.What does the writer talk about in the first paragraph?

   A. How to read new e-mail words.

   B. How new e-mail words are made.

   C. Why people use e-mail English.

   D. Canadian teachers and their e-mails.

2.The underlined word “comprehend” in the last paragraph means “_______”.

   A. accept                               B. understand           C. guess                               D. prefer

3.What do teachers insist according to the passage?

   A. Parents will have to learn some e-mail English.

   B. E-mail English will develop our everyday writing.

   C. E-mail English can’t be used among schoolmates.

   D. E-mail English shouldn’t be used in school writing.

4.What’s the title for this passage?

   A. E-mail English on Computer.                   B. American E-mail English.

   C. The Forms of E-mail English.                   D. The Changing of English.