第二节  短语填空（从下列短语中选出一个合适的并用其适当形式填入每个句子中，使其句意完整，共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

With the development of modern society, E-mail as well as telephones     an important part in daily communication.

近年来，随着手机的普及，短信服务也越来越多。但是，它的缺点也很明显。请你根据以下表格的内容，以“Is SMS a Blessing?”为题，写一篇120词左右的文章。

提示：1. 你可以根据提示适当拓宽，但不能直接翻译。

2. 文章的开头已经写好，不计入总数。

参考词汇：

1. 短信服务short message service (SMS)

2. 分散distract

Is SMS a Blessing?

With the development of mobile phones, the short message service is …

In spite of the uncertainty of the economy, the movie industry has been stricken by a box-office outburst. Suddenly it seems as if everyone is going to the movies, with ticket sales this year up 17.5 percent, to $1.7 billion.

And it is not just because ticket prices are higher. Attendance has also jumped, by nearly 16 percent. If that pace continues through the year, it would amount to the biggest box-office increase in at least two decades.

Americans, for the moment, just want to hide in a very dark place. People want to forget their troubles, and they want to be with other people. Helping feed the outburst is the mix of movies, which have been more audience-friendly in recent months as the studios have tried to adjust after the discouraging sales of more serious films.

As she stood in line at the 18-screen Bridge theater complex here on Thursday to buy weekend tickets for “Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience,” Angel Hernandez was not thinking much about escaping reality. Instead, Ms. Hernandez, a Los Angeles parking lot attendant and mother of four young girls, was focused on one very specific reality: her wallet.

“Spending hundreds of dollars to take them to Disneyland is ridiculous right now,” she said. “For $60 and some candy money I can still be a good mom and give them a little fun.”

A lot of parents may have been thinking the same thing Friday, as “Jonas Brothers” sold out more than 800 theaters, and was expected to sell a powerful $25 million or more in tickets.

The film industry appears to have had a hand in its recent good luck. Over the last year or two, studios have released movies that are happier, scarier or just less

depressing than what came before. After poor results for a rush of serious dramas built around the Middle East, Hollywood got back to comedies.

1.Which of the following is not a reason for the improvement of the movie industry?

2.Ms. Hernandez purchased the movie tickets because ________.

3.．According to the text, which of the following number is not used to describe the shooting up of the movie industry?

4.The passage is developed mainly by ________.

目前，不少人在写作文或交流时喜欢使用网络语言。就此现象，你班最近举行了一场讨论。请根据下表的提示，客观地介绍讨论的情况及你的观点。

荒诞ridiculous

注意：              

1. 对所给提示，不要简单翻译，可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

2. 词数150左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Nowadays, with the development of the Internet, there came a kind of language called Web Language.