Betty and I are best friends.our birthdays are on the same so every year we have a birthday party together． But this year ,we had a costume party instead．

        While we were writing the invitations ,my mum came in and asked ,”Why not invite John?” John had been in our class for only a few months ,but he already getting better grades in math than anyone else in class ．I wrinkled（皱起）my nose, ”Mum ,he wears the same pants to school every day． How could he even afford a costume?” Mum said nothing ．The next day ,mum gave me a envelope with a shopping certificate in it ．” I thought it would be nice for you to give this to John embarrassed ．We discussed it for a long time ．Finally ,Betty and I had a good idea．

         On the day of our party ,kids arrived, dressed differently ．John arrived ,in an old sheet (床单),but still in the same brown pants as usual． We danced, ate snacks and played games in groups ．Before eating the birthday cake ,Betty said in a loud voice ” Now it is time for the great prize game ．It is the following riddle ……”It was a math game ,None of us was surprised when John came up with the right answer first and walked off with the envelope ．

        Everything went on well as we planned． John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt the next week ．He felt happy ．So did we．

        When we help others ,we need to find a proper way ,or we may hurt them in another way ．

41、 The two girls and John were in the same ______．

A、group    B、family    C、team     D、class

42、 John’s family may be very _____according to the passage．

A、far   B、poor      C、rich      D、small

43、 How did John get the prize during the party ?

A、By helping others         B、By asking for help
C、By getting good grades in study    D、By winning the math game

44、 John ______with the shopping certificate after the party ．

A、watch a basketball match     B、saw a movie
C、bought something to wear   D、made a phone call

45、 The two girls felt ______when they found John wearing his new clothes．

A、happy B、sorry    C、sad     D、angry.

  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. 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(缩写). They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:
Info(information)       puter (computer)
Pie(picture)           sec (second)
We usually don’t see people when we communicate on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keywords to draw “feeling”, such as:
:-)(happy)    :-p(joking)   :-( (sad)    :-0 (surprised)
These days, many forums(论坛) have picture feelings. For example,

(sad)      (happy)
There are even whole new words, like“newbie’s”(someone who is new on a chat board or forum).
It takes time for people to get used to e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbie’s have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “acronyms” mean?