We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talkin

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(聊天室). 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. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:

info(information);   puter(computer);    pic(picture);     sec(second)

We ususally don’t see people when we communicate on the Internet, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw “feelings”, such as:

:-) (happy);     ;-)(joking);        :-((sad);       :-O(surprised)

These days, many forums(论坛)have picture feelings. For example:

           

(happy)              (sad)               (angry)               (cool)

There are even whole new words, like ”newbie’s” (someone who is new on a chat board or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it’s called “flaming” the person.

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 sometimes have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.

【小题1】Why do people type acronyms?

A．To show their feelings.	B．To make jokes.
C．To save time.	D．In this way newbie’s won’t understand them.

【小题2】What does “BTW, my computer is not working well, :-( ”mean?

A．The person is happy about getting a new computer.

B．The person has to go away from his/her computer.

C．The person is angry at somebody.

D．The person is sad that his computer is having problems.

【小题3】 If someone is angry, what may he type?

A．

B．BRB

C．LOL

D．

【小题4】E-talk will probably_______.

A．keep changing	B．stay the same
C．be used by people on the telephone	D．be easy for newbie’s to understand.

试题答案

【小题1】C

【小题1】D

【小题1】D

【小题1】A

解析【小题1】根据People don’t like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters (called acronyms). 描述，可知选C。

【小题1】根据BTW(by the way); 可知句意为，顺便说一下，我的电脑有问题了。选D。

【小题1】根据可知选D。

【小题1】根据最后一段As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.描述，可知选A。