Several days ago, while I got online, my cousin’s QQ head popped out(弹出). We hadn’t seen each other for a few months, so I decided to start a talk with her. My cousin is studying in a college of our city. Her hobby is surfing the Internet. Every time I am on the computer, she is always online, listening to music or decorating her “personal space”. I like visiting her space. It’s creative and modern. I can’t design such a colorful web page as hers.

When I read the sentences she sent to me, I noticed that the Chinese characters had been changed, but I could still guess their meanings. I took a strong interest in this type of new characters. Further watching made me realize that they added some common Chinese radicals(部首) to the original characters, making them more vivid(生动), a little like Japanese. My cousin said this gives new life to the Chinese language and culture.

It is true that the Internet has reinvented our language, but I still can’t accept this new change. Some Chinese characters have meanings in the shapes; one shouldn’t superficially (浅薄地)change them by adding an additional radical. So I advised my cousin to change her new idea and use standard characters to communicate. And she willingly accepted my advice.

1.The author’s cousin was a(n) ________.

A.engineer B.teacher C.model D.student

2.The author would like to visit his cousin’s space _________.

A.because he wants to design a web page

B.because the music is well worth listening to

C.because it is very creative and modern

D.because it is the best one on the Internet

3.The second paragraph mainly tells us that ________.

A.the Internet may have changed the Chinese characters

B.all the Chinese people have learned a lot from the Internet

C.the QQ message online is very useful to everyone

D.the writer doesn’t like send QQ messages

4.The underlined word “reinvented” in the passage means “_________”.

A.摧毁 B.改良 C.发现 D.生产

5.We can learn from this passage that _________.

A.the writer is a teacher in a college

B.the writer can design a creative webpage

C.the Chinese characters have been changed into Japanese

D.the writer thinks people shouldn’t change our languages.

Father’s Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And businessmen found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for the fathers from their shops.

By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will become popular before too long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should buy Father’s Day presents for their fathers. They even tell a wife to buy a Father’s Day present----not for her father but for her husband, even if(即使) he is not a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy a present for their grandfathers.

1.Father’s Day was started just because ____________.

A. there was a Mother’s Day.

B. there was a Children’s Day.

C. businessmen wanted to get a lot of money.

D. people liked their father very much.

2. In North America, people have a Father’s Day to _________.

A. buy some presents only for their fathers.

B. help their fathers do something.

C. let their fathers have a good rest

D. show their love for their fathers or husbands.

3.On Father’s Day, businessmen always want ___________.

A. people to buy as many presents as they can.

B. children to buy presents only for their fathers.

C. women to buy presents only for their husbands.

D. only men with children to have presents.

4.We know from the passage that ____________.

A. the writer doesn’t like Father’s Day.

B. many countries have a Father’s Day.

C. businessmen can get more money on Father’s Day.

D. Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day.

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