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Can you understand the beginning of this article?“My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & 3 kds FTF.”
The Scottish teacher who received it in class had no idea what the girl who wrote it meant. The essay was written in a form of English used in cell phone text messages. Text messages (also called SMS2) through cell phones became very popular in the late 1990s. At first, mobile phone companies thought that text messaging would be a good way to send messages to customers, but customers quickly began to use the text messaging service to send messages to each other. Teenagers in particular enjoyed using text messaging, and they began to create a new language for messages called texting.
A text message is limited to 160 characters, including letters, spaces, and numbers, so messages must be kept short. In addition, typing on the small keypad of a cell phone is difficult, so it’s common to make words shorter. In texting, a single letter or number can represent a word, like “r” for “are,” “u” for “you,” and “2” for “to.” Several letters can also represent a phrase, like “lol” for “laughing out loud.” Another characteristic of texting is the leaving out of letters in a word, like spelling “please” as “pls.”
Some parents and teachers worry that texting will make children bad spellers and bad writers. The student who wrote the essay at the top of this page said writing that way was more comfortable for her. (The essay said, “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 kids face to face.”)
Not everyone agrees that texting is a bad thing. Some experts say languages always evolve, and this is just another way for English to change. Other people believe texting will disappear soon. New technology for voice messages may soon make text messages a thing of the past.
小题1:What is the writer’s opinion of text messaging? A．It is fun and easy to do.B．It is not bad for children.C．It will make children bad writers.D．The writer does not give an opinion.小题2:Which way of texting is NOT described in the passage?A．Using phrases to represent essaysB．Using numbers to represent wordsC．Using letters to represent phrasesD．Using letters to represent words小题3:Which of the following was most probably the title of the student’s essay?A．My Gr8 TchrB．CU in LAC．My GFD．My Smmr Hols小题4:Why do some people think that texting is bad?A．It has been replaced by voice messageB．It’s too difficult to type.C．Teenagers won’t learn to write correctly.D．It’s not comfortable.小题5:Why aren’t some people worried about the effect of texting?A．Not many people use texting.B．Spelling in English is too difficult.C．Teenagers quickly become bored with texting.D．Texting will disappear because of new technology. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:D
解析
文章介绍了短信中的一些省略现象，引起了人们的一些担心以及不同的人对这个事情不同的看法。小题1:作者只是很客观地告诉大家这样的一件事情，并没有发表自己的观点。
小题2:细节题。根据文章第三段内容可知BCD正确。
小题3:推理题。根据文章倒数第2段最后三行内容可知学生的短文是关于暑假的。
小题4:细节题。根据倒数第2段1,2行Some parents and teachers worry that texting will make children bad spellers and bad writers.
小题5:细节题。根据文章最后一段最后两行Other people believe texting will disappear soon. New technology for voice messages may soon make text messages a thing of the past.
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Can you understand t.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
