If you've been joining in chat room conversations, or trading e-mail with Web pals, you have become one of the millions who write in a peculiarly short form of English.
And you've got a sense of humor about short forms like SOHF(="sense" of humor failure) to describe Internet newcomers who don't understand you.
Across the globe, every night teenagers and their elders are “talking” online—many of them are talking at the same time.
It's fast: try talking to six people at once. It's brief: three or four words per exchange. It takes wit, concentration, and quick fingers.
And it requires tremendous linguistic economy. There's neither time nor space for explanations. Why consume precious key-strokes telling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your little brother when BRB(="be" right back) will do? Want to enter a conversation? Just type PMFJI(="pardon" me for jumping in).  Interested in whom you're talking to? Type A/S/L, the nearly universal request to know your pal's age, sex and location. You may get 15/M/NY as a response from your pal.
If something makes you laugh, say you're OTF(="on" the floor),or LOL(="laughing" out loud),or combine the two into ROTFL(="rolling" on the floor laughing).
And when it's time to get back to work or go to bed, you type GTG(="got" to go) or TTYL(talk to you later).
People want to write as fast as possible, and they want to get their ideas across as quickly as they can. Capital letters are left in the dust, except when expressing emotion, as it takes more time to hold down the “shift” key and capitals. Punctuation is going, too.?
小題1:In order to talk to several people at the same time on the Internet_______.
A．you have to speak fast and fluently
B．you have to express your ideas in a brief way
C．you should speak with wit and humor
D．one should pay much attention to the accuracy of the words
小題2:If you get 17/F/NY as an answer to your A/S/L, it means_______.
A．the person on the other end is 17 from New York and he is fine
B．you are talking to a girl who is 17 and lives in New York
C．you are talking to 17 girls who are from New York
D．the person who are talking to you is a 1.7-foot tall New York girl
小題3:To save time on the Internet_______.
A．some people leave their letters in the dustbin
B．some people never use “shift” in their writing
C．many people leave the capital and punctuation
D．people seldom use capital letters or punctuation

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:D

試題分析：文章介紹了在網(wǎng)上聊天的時(shí)候，同時(shí)和很多人聊天，需要簡(jiǎn)單的表達(dá)方式，作者舉了很多例子說明如何運(yùn)用縮寫的方式表達(dá)一定的含義。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題，從第一段you have become one of the millions who write in a peculiarly short form of English.可知要想同時(shí)和幾個(gè)人交談，需要用簡(jiǎn)單的方式表達(dá)�？芍xB。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從本句“Type A/S/L, the nearly universal request to know you pal’s age, sex and location.” 可知“A/S/L”是“age, sex and location”的縮寫。可知這是住在紐約的一個(gè)17歲的女孩。選B。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：最后一段“…left in the dust”意思是“丟在腦后” 。按下“Shift”鍵鍵入大寫字母太費(fèi) 時(shí)間，因此聊友常常不使用大寫字母，標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)也省掉了。選D。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章介紹了在網(wǎng)上聊天的時(shí)候，同時(shí)和很多人聊天，需要簡(jiǎn)單的表達(dá)方式，作者舉了很多例子說明如何運(yùn)用縮寫的方式表達(dá)一定的含義。做好閱讀理解需要考生有較綜合的知識(shí)和能力。上述短文內(nèi)容較長(zhǎng)，且描述較為復(fù)雜、抽象，若僅靠想象作答后面的題目勢(shì)必非常困難，若將文章內(nèi)容加以分析整理，使抽象的文字具體化，答案就一目了然了。
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