I have a good pen pal. She is from New York,    53  . she is 15 years old, so she is a       student of Grade 7.    54    name is Carol. She is a good girl     55    big eyes. We meet on the Internet, and we usually   56     e-mails to each other(彼此).
Carol goes to school five days a week. It is from   57  to Friday. On weekends, she often goes to the music club. She likes singing and she thinks it is  58 . So Madonna is her favorite  59 .
Do you know    60    we can be pen pals? Because I want a pen pal in the USA to help me with my English, and Carol wants to learn    61    . Now she can    62  a little Chinese. And she wants to come to China in 2012.

I am a person who can get angry easily. But since I read an article written by my English teacher, things have changed a lot. I’m studying at a boarding（寄宿的）school.   71   I have to learn not only how to study well, but also how to   72   others. Some of us are outgoing（开朗的）while others are   73  . It is common that people have problems and arguments（争论）. How can we be tolerant（宽容的）? Smiling at others is the easiest way. Another way is to think if your ideas are reasonable and right before having an argument. If others’ ideas are really not good, keep an open mind. Try to excuse them. Having a friend is much    74   than having an enemy（敌人） after all. Also don’t point out other’s mistakes in public. This will make people lose face and get   75  . If you really want to help, send a letter instead. On the other hand, if someone points out your disadvantages（缺点）, don’t be angry. Just think this is a person who really wants to   76   you and become friends. Remember: Tolerance makes life easier.

(   ) 71. A. If                         B. Because                C. So                      D. Although

(   ) 72. A. get on                B. get on with            C. do with               D. go on

(   ) 73. A. excited                 B. quiet                     C. surprised            D. hardworking

(   ) 74. A. better                   B. bad                     C. good                   D. worse

(   ) 75. A. happy                  B. worried                C. angry                 D. careful

(   ) 76. A. hurt                     B. learn from            C. play with            D. help

Do you speak English? Do you speak e-mail English? Maybe you don’t. E-mail English is a new kind of English that many people use to save time. A lot of e-mail English words come from a computer program called QQ, which means I seek(寻找)you. Ian Lancashire, a Canadian teacher, likes QQ, “People can use QQ to talk with each other using computer. But, you have to be able to type quickly or the other person will be bored. So e-mail English can give some help.”
A message in e-mail English mostly uses two kinds of new words. The first kind is made up of the first letters of the words. These are called acronyms. The second kind is homophones，letter combination(合并), symbols that sound like other words.
Acronyms in an e-mail save space and time. It takes a long time to write by the way. BTW is much faster. Other acronyms are F2F which stands for face to face, CSL for can’t stop laughing and DBEYR for don’t believe everything you read! Some of the acronyms look like strange words, such as SWAK. But this one means sealed(封口) with a kiss.
Homophones often use letters and numbers that sound like words or parts of words. For example, 8 sound like—eat in great, to save time, people write gr8. Another example is CU for see you or sometimes CU l8r (see you later)
The number 2 is used for to or too and the number 4 is used instead of for.
Another part of e-mail is emotive symbols(表情符号) which make faces when you look at them sideways. The most common emotive, is the happy face :). A comma (逗号) is often used to help add other parts of the face and show different expressions.
E-mail English is fun. An e-mail message with lots of e-mail English starts to look like secret code(密码). Your best friend will probably understand it, but your parents and teachers may not. In fact, many teachers don’t like e-mail English. It’s not just because they can’t comprehend what it means. It’s because students start to use e-mail English in their everyday writing. E-mail English is great for writing quickly. But most teachers say that e-mail English should only be used in e-mails to one’s friends.
【小题1】What does the writer talk about in the first paragraph?