题目内容
Can you ______ the point? If you can, please explain it to me.
- A.make sense of
- B.make a difference to
- C.make a remark on
- D.have an effect on
考查短语辨析。make sense of明白什么的意思,make a difference to对什么有所不同,make a remark on 对什么进行评论,have an effect on 对什么有影响。句意:你能明白这一点的意思吗?如果你明白,请给我解释一下。所以选A。
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 cheaper by making the words shorter. 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," so h8 =" hate," etc.). You can also keep away from using punctuation (标点). Here is an example: Do U wnt 2 g 2 th cnma tnite (Do you want to go to the cinema tonight?)
What do you think these text messages mean?
Whr hv U bn? Iv bn wtng hrs fr a cll.
Im hm nw, why nt gv me a cll.
I gt a txt mssge frm my frnd. Shes hvng a prty on Strdy.
Mobile phone users have developed a group of symbols (符号) to show how they feel. They are called emoticons, and there are some examples below. To read an emoticon, you have to look at it sideways. For example, if you say something in a text message that is a joke, you can follow it with a smiling face. Like this: Why didt u call me? I’m so sad. (
Here are some others. Can you think of text messages where you could use them?
) laughing ( sad < really sad
Ⅴ shouting |·| asleep :0 shocked
8·| surprised \·o bored
【小题1】Why are text messages popular?
| A.Because they are expensive. | B.Because they are cheap. |
| C.Because they are hard to write. | D.Because they are not important. |
| A.one | B.two | C.three | D.four |
| A.Do you want to come | B.Do you wear two caps |
| C.Do you want two cakes | D.Do you go home early |
| A.Because they can show how users feel. | B.Because the symbols are beautiful. |
| C.Because text messages are short. | D.Because the users can’t make the words shorter. |