If you’ve been joining in chat room conversations, or trading e-mail with net pals(网友), you have become one of the millions who write in a special, short form of English.

Throughout the world, every night children and their elders are “talking” online — many of them are talking at the same time.

It’s fast: trying talking to six people once. It’s convenient: three or four words per exchange. It takes cleverness, concentration and quick fingers.

And it requires very simple language. There’s neither time nor space for explanations. Why waste valuable time 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 common request to know your pal’s age, sex and location. You may get 15/M/NY as a reply from your pal.

If something makes you laugh, say you’re OTF (=on the floor), or LOL (=laughing out loud), or join 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 feeling, as it takes more time to hold down the “shift” key and use capitals. Punctuation is going too.

1.When people are online, they talk by ______.

A. using body language

B. drawing some strange pictures

C. making phone calls

D. making use of a special short form of English

2.The sentence “There’s neither time nor space for explanations” means that ______.

A. people should use words properly

B. people should know what time it is when they are talking

C. people online have to express themselves in a simple way

D. people should communicate in a funny way

3. If you get 17/F/NY as an answer to your A/S/L, it means ______.

A. the people 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 people you are talking to is a 17-foot tall New York girl

4. Which of the following is a way to save online time?

A. People seldom use capital letters or punctuation marks.

B. Many people draw pictures.

C. People only use the mouse instead of the keyboard.

D. People never use the “shift” key.

Look at the notice from the Students’ Union. It’s a description of students’ activities for the coming winter vacation.

1.The notice is about .

A. free tickets

B. students’ activities

C. the West Hill

D. poor children

2.Betty likes music and wants to go to the concert, so she must arrive at the school hall before __________ on March 30th, 2015.

A. 2:00 pmB. 7:00 am C. 6:00 am D. 5:00 pm

3.If you are a volunteer, you will go to a mountain village.

A. on March 30th

B. on April 6th

C. on April 13th

D. on March 28th

4.If you want to take part in a party for poor students, you should go to on March 28th.

A. the school hall

B. the West Hill

C. a mountain village

D. the reading room

Can you touch your belly button(肚脐) by reaching behind your back and around your waist(腰)?

Popular among many young Chinese female users on Weibo, the topic --- which translates as “reaching your belly button from behind to show your good figure” ----was mentioned more than 130 million times among Weibo readers.

It not only led to over 104,000 active discussions, but also brought about the care about what means a healthy body image.

“Look! Success. More than four hours but I’ve finally reached my belly button,” said Weibo user GayleRabbit.

Another user Lucy said, “Why does my belly button suddenly look and feel completely new?”,

While the trend was popular with many female users on Weibo, a photo uploaded by a male blogger caught people’s eyes. “Is this pose really that difficult? I don't think so,” said Weibo user Sough Sa. His photo showing he was trying to touch his belly button drew 2,634 likes and was shared more than 8,452 times.

“I always support failures. Now I don't feel so bad about not being able to touch my belly button.” said another user Jacket. “Do we need to have flexible(柔韧的) arms or a skinny waist to achieve it?” asked Weibo user Chantilly623.

But some experts argued that China’s new belly button trend was actually distoring(歪曲) society's standards of beauty.

“These poses and pictures can be fun but sometimes they also become an expression of competitiveness,” said Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager at Aware, a non-governmental organization in Singapore championing women's rights.

However, experienced body trainers say the new trend is about flexibility of the arm and the size of the waist, rather than a good figure. A skinny person with fewer muscles(肌肉) has a better chance of achieving the pose.

1.Between which two paragraphs can the following sentence be put in ?------“A new social trend(趋势) has started in China, with thousands of netizens facing the challenge and uploading photographs of themselves to show off their bodies”

A. Para1 and Para2 B. Para3and Para4

C. Para7 and Para8 D. Para9 and Para10

2. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Boys are not interested in this trend.
B. GayleRabbit reached her belly button on her first try.
C. Sough Sa’s photo of reaching his belly button was popular online.
D. Jacket felt sorry for not being able to touch his belly button.

3.What is experienced body trainers’ opinion of the new trend meaning a good figure?
A. Supportive. B. Disbelieving.C. Doubtful. D. Worried.

词汇运用

1.You’d better consider ____ _____（翻译）the novel into English.

2.This kind of car is _____ ____(专门地)designed for women.

3.It’s difficult to drive ____ _____(穿过) the city during the rush hour.

4.It’s twenty ___ ____ (分钟) walk from my home to school.

5. With the development of ___ __(医疗) technology, more and more illnesses can be cured.

6. Her father has ____ ___(fly) to London on business.

7. It’s so cold outside. Why not come in and warm __ ____(you) , girls.

8. Good _____ _____(pronounce) will impress others.

9.All of us look forward to the coming of my father’s ___ ______(40)birthday.

10. Her sister is said to be sent to London for ___ _____(far) education.

任务型阅读

Celebrating New Year’s Day is one of the oldest and most exciting traditions around the world. Since this festival marks the beginning of the year, New Year’s Day is thought of as a perfect time for a “clean start”. People in the world decide to act better in the year just beginning than the year just ended.

No day has ever been celebrated in so many different ways. All over the world, countries have their own special beliefs about what the New Year means to them.

In Scotland, the New Year is called Hogmanay. In the villages of Scotland, barrels of tar (沥青) are set on fire. It represents that the old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter.

New Year’s Day is also the Festival of Saint Basil in Canada. Children leave their shoes by the fireside on New Year’s Day with the hope that Saint Basil, who is famous for his kindness, will come and fill their shoes with gifts.

The Jewish New Year is called Rosh Hashanah. It is an important time when Jews promise to do better in the future. Special services are held in the church, children are given new clothes and New Year bread is cooked to remind people of harvest time.

On New Year’s Day in Japan, everyone gets dressed in their new clothes and homes are decorated (装饰) with bamboos—symbols of long life.

In European countries such as Germany, France and Belgium, families start the New Year by first attending church services. Afterwards, they visit friends and relatives. In France, boys and girls receive gifts of money on New Year’s Day.

New Year celebrations around the 1..

写作

中国梦是目前较热的话题，你们班级对梦想这个话题也进行了一次讨论。请你以“My dream”为题，写一篇短文。要点如下：

1、人人都有梦想，梦想可大可小。其实，大梦想就是由许多小的梦想构成的。

2、作为中学生，我们有各种各样的梦想。这些梦想就是我们的中国梦。

3、我们应该努力实现梦想，遇到困难时也不放弃梦想。

4、我的梦想是……

注意：1)文章必须包括所给内容要点，要求语句通顺，意思连贯。

2)第4要点需用2到3句话做适当发挥。

3)词数80左右。(给出的内容不计入总词数)

My dream

Everyone has his dreams. ______________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

—Is Mr. Francois Hollande ______________ honest and capable man?

—Yes. And that’s why he was chosen___________ president of France.

A. a , a B. an , /C. the , the D. a , /

— A latest English newspaper, please!

— Only one copy left. Would you like to have _______, sir？

A. it B. oneC. thisD. That

--Is it true that most of the students don’t believe John?

-- Yes. It’s very unkind of him to ________ stories about others.

A. put up B. set up

C. make upD. give up

---It seems that your daughter shows an interest ______ playing the guitar.

---Exactly. Her teacher says she has a gift _______ music.

A. in, of B. in, forC. for, of D. for. In