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【題目】My summer hols wr CWOT: B4, WE USED 2go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF thr 3: @ KIDS FTF. ILNY, its gr8.

Can you understand this sentence? If you can’t, don’t feel too bad: neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on Internet or cellphones. To newcomers, it can look like a completely foreign language. So, what is the "translation of the sentence above? My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother his girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York, it’s great.

School teachers and parents say this new form of writing is harming the English language. Increasing spelling and grammatical mistakes can be seen in students' writing. They fear the language could become corrupted（面目全非的）.

Everyone should just relax, say linguists（語言學家）.They believe Netspeak is in fact more of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing has been picked up again. Geoffrey Nunberg, from Stanford University, agrees. " People get better at writing by writing, " he says. "Kids who are now doing text messaging, e-mail, and instant messages will write at least as well as, and possibly better than, their parents.”

Linguist James Milroy says, for centuries, it is believed without exception that young people are harming the language. And you can bet your bottom dollar that when today’s teenagers become tomorrows parents, they too will think this way. Milroy argues that languages do not and cannot become "corrupted", they simply change to meet the new needs

However, Netspeakers do agree that it is important to teach young people how to speak and write Standard(/E)English. Cynthia Me Vey says, I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it's important that they get across to their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but that learning to write proper English is a must for their future.”

Perhaps, we should give teenagers a little more trust anyway. Erin, age 12, says, " I wouldn’t use text language in my homework. Text is just for fun.”

【1】What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?

A. To give an example of a foreign language.

B. To show an example of creative method

C. To express worries about using Netspeak.

D. To start the topic of Netspeak through an example.

【2】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Cynthia McVey points out teenagers can deal with Netspeak properly

B. Geoffrey Nunberg believes Netspeakers can write Standard English

C. David Crystal thinks Netspeak helps develop the habit of writing

D. James Milroy says that language is changing and improving

【3】The expression "bet your bottom dollar" in paragraph means__________.

A. be quite sureB. be greatly surprisedC. think it a pityD. find it interesting

【4】What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Netspeak: A Widely-used Language on Internet

B. Netspeak Harming the English Language?

C. Is Netspeak Helpful in Language Learning?

D. Netspeak: Advantages and Disadvantages

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

該文主要介紹了網(wǎng)絡語言即電腦或手機在網(wǎng)上找到溝通的語言的好處。對新手來說，它可能看起來像一個完全陌生的語言。語言學家認為網(wǎng)絡語言實際上是一件好事。

【1】細節(jié)理解。通讀第一段可知，通過一個例子來開始netspeak的主題。故選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)選項中的人物專有名詞來定位找要點，A定位詞為CM在原文倒數(shù)第二個自然段出現(xiàn)，其中引號的句子中用了worries與答案中的properly相反，所以排除；B定位詞為GN和Standard English.文中出現(xiàn)Standard English.是在倒數(shù)第二個自然段與CM相關的信息，所以此選項為典型的張冠李戴；D選項為片面的夸大其辭，文章層面只能看到language is changing，而沒有任何細節(jié)提到improving，所以根據(jù)文章第四自然段可以推斷出C為正確選項。故選C

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上文提到年輕人會harming 語言，下文接著說當他們成為父母后，they too will think this way .他們也會這么想，那么中間空出一定是強調(diào)，并凸顯出下文，那么最滿足條件的解釋是A選項。故選A。

【4】標題歸納。結(jié)合專家的觀點“I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it’s important that they get across to their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but that learning to write proper English is a must for their future.”我們可以斷定，全文的中心思想是為了凸顯出網(wǎng)絡語言的好處，A 選項文章沒有凸顯出widely -used C 選項沒有重點提及到language learning D文章觀點很鮮明，并不是正反觀點的論證，故答案選擇B。