中考英語閱讀天天練16

中考英語閱讀天天練16

WeusetheInternetformanythings:business,shopping,writingletters,talkingtopeople,

findinginformationandsoon.Inrecentyears,anewkindofEnglishhasgrownonthe

Internet.There'snorealwordforityet,sowellcallite-talk.

Peopledon*tliketypingtoomuch.Tosavetime,theyturnphrasesintoafewletters

(calledacronyms).Acronymsareoftenusedinchatrooms(聊天室).Someofthemare:

BTW(bytheway)BRB(berightback)

LOL(laughingoutloud)IMO(inmyopinion)

Peoplealsousemanyabbreviations.Theyareshortenedformsofwords.Some

commonabbreviationsare:

info(information)puter(computer)

pic(picture)sec(second)

Weusuallydon'tseepeoplewhenwecommunicate(交流)ontheNet,sopeoplehave

newwaystoshowfeelings.Mostpeopleusetheirkeyboardstodraw''feelings'',suchas:

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

Thesedays,manyforums(論壇)havepicturefeelings.Forexample:

Thereareevenwholenewwords,like**newbies*'(someonewhoisnewonachatboard

orforum).Whenyouwritesomethingbadaboutsomeoneelse,it'scalled"flaming”the

person.

Ittakestimeforpeopletogetusedto(適應(yīng))e-talk.Also,differentgroupsontheNet

havetheirownspecialwaysofcommunicating.Newbiessometimeshavetoaskother

peoplewhattheymean.AstheInternetgrows,e-talkwillcontinuetogrowandchange.

()1.Peopletypeacronymssothattheycantypethemquickly.

()2.UBTW,myputerisnotworkingwell.”meansthatthepersonissadthathis

computerishavingproblems.

（）3.Ifsomeoneisangry,hemaytype"LOL”or"BRB”.

（）4.E-talkwillprobablybeusedbypeopleonthetelephone.

（）5.ThebesttitleforthispassageisE-talk

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In1605,ascientisttookawillowbranch（柳枝）andplanteditHedidn'tplantitinthe

ground,however.Heplanteditinavaseofsoil（泥土）.Forthenextfiveyears,thescientist

wateredthatwillowcarefully.

Thewillowgrewandgrew.Wherediditgetthefoodforitsgrowth?Tomostpeople,this

wasaneasyquestion.Thewillowplant,ofcourse,tookthefoodfromthesoil.

Thescientist,however,wantedevidence（證據(jù)）.Ifthewillowtookthefoodfromthesoil

foritsgrowth,then,asitgrewandweighedmore,thesoiloughttoweighless.Heweighed

thewillowbranchbeforeheplantedit.Itweighedfivepounds.Thenheweighedthesoil.It

weighed200pounds.Afterfiveyears,heweighedtheplantandthesoilagain.Thewillow

treeweighed169pounds,butthesoilweighedalmostthesame.

Theresult（結(jié)果）wassurprising.Wheredidthe164poundscomefrom?

Aftermanyinvestigations（調(diào)查）,thescientistgottheanswer.Hehadgivenwatertothe

willow,andthewillowgotitsfoodfromthewater.

Hewasright,inaway.Todayweknowmoreaboutthequestion.

6.Thescientistdidtheexperimentinthesixteenthcentury.

7.Mostpeoplethoughttheplantgotthefoodfromthesoilforitsgrowth.

8.Thesoilinthevaseweighedtwohundredpounds.

9.Thescientistfoundthatthewillowgrewandweighedmoreandthesoilweighedless.

10Thesoilweighed164poundsafterfiveyears.

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Ronistenyearsold.HelovestowatchTV.ButforonefullyearhedidnotwatchTVat

all.Whatwasthereason?Ron'sparentssaidtheywouldgivehim$600ifhedidn'twatch

TVforayear.

Ron'sparentsthoughthewatchedtoomuchTV.Onedayhismothersawanews-paper

storyaboutaboywhodidn'twatchTVforayear.SheshowedthestorytoRon.Ronliked

theidea.HeturnedofftheTVrightaway,andsaid,uItdoesn'tbothermenottowatchTV.I

justwantthemoney.”

Atfirst,Ron'sparentswereveryhappy.Ronreadbooksandnewspapers,played

outside,playedcomputergames,andplayedcardswithhismother.Butaftersometime,he

gotbored（厭煩）.Everymorning,heaskedhisparents,uWhatarewedoingtonight?”

SometimeshismotherandfatherwishedhewouldwatchTVjustforoneevening.Ron

alwayssaid,"No,itwouldcostmemoney!”

Finallytheyearwasover.ThenRonstaredwatchinghisfavouriteTVshowsallday

longagain.Rongotthemoneyfromhisparents.Whatdoesheplantodowiththe$600?"I

wanttobuymyselfaTVset!”hesaid.

10.Rondidn'twatchTVforoneyearbecause.

A.hewantedthemoneyB.watchingTVtoomuchisbad

C.hewantedtostudyharderD.hewantedtolearnfromtheboy

11.“Itdoesn'tbothermenottowatchTV”means"It'stowatchTV”.

A.wastetimeB.importantforme

C.notuseD.notimportantforme

12.Ronthoughtforhimtoreadandplayallthetime.

A.itwasgreatfunB.itwasnofun

C.itwasenjo