The message said,”Good-bye. I love you and I am leaving.”

　　“What do you mean by the message you just sent me?”

　　He waited but did not get an answer. He wrote back,”Please talk to me.”

　　Finally, she wrote,”I am falling asleep what it say gildye tiny friends. ”Mr. Reed thought hard about this message.”Is she going to kill herself?”he thought.

　　“What is your phone number?”he typed. The woman sent a phone number. Mr. Reed called. At first the phone was busy. Then it just rang and rang. He called the police in Pittsburgh, and told them his story. Then he faxed them what his friend wrote.

　　The police and paramedics（医护人员）quickly went to the woman's house. When she didn't answer the doorbell, they broke in. They found her on the floor near the computer. She told them,”I took 60 pills,”The paramedics rushed her to the hospital.

　　“Mr. Reed did a great job of saving this woman. ”The police captain said,“If he hadn't guessed at the e-mail, she would be dead now.”The woman is fine now, and she thanks Mr. Reed for saving her life.

A．it was fun to read

B．it was not interesting like usual ones

C．the woman wrote nothing

D．the woman wrote it ten days ago

A．wrote back to ask about the meaning of the message

B．called the policeman himself

C．went to save the woman himself

D．felt frightened and turned off the computer

(5) What's the best title（题目，标题）of the passage?

A．A Woman Kills Herself

B．A Man Saves His E-Mail Friend

C．An Interesting Message

D．Two Good Friends

Kitty is writing to Ricky about a mini-concert she is organizing at school. Read the e-mail.

Dear Ricky

　Thank you for your help. Our charity show was really a big success. Because of this success, our school decided to organize another event this June. I felt very glad that the Grade 8 students chose me as their representative.

　We have decided to organize a mini-concert, which aims to raise money for a charity. There are many things to do before the show. We have to decide the fees for the tickets and to collect donations from people who come to the concert. I am responsible for doing several duties. The representatives from the upper grades do more things. I have to design and give out leaflets to people and ask for their support. We hope that they will give some donations for our show. I also have to call the flower shop to send in flowers and arrange them in the theatre.

　We have a singing group in each grade and they will sing the most popular songs in our mini-concert. The host of the show is the captain of out school football team. Everyone has shown a lot of support for our show. I am sure the show will be a big success.

　The mini-concert is so meaningful. It is also fun. I hope you can come that night. I can buy a ticket for you. I hope to hear from you soon.

Love

Kitty

Kitty told Amy about the mini-concert. Amy is telling Shirley about it but she forgets some of the details. Write a T if the sentence is true. Write an F if it is false.

Kitty is writing to Ricky about a mini-concert she is organizing at school. Read the e-mail.

Dear Ricky

　Thank you for your help. Our charity show was really a big success. Because of this success, our school decided to organize another event this June. I felt very glad that the Grade 8 students chose me as their representative.

　We have decided to organize a mini-concert, which aims to raise money for a charity. There are many things to do before the show. We have to decide the fees for the tickets and to collect donations from people who come to the concert. I am responsible for doing several duties. The representatives from the upper grades do more things. I have to design and give out leaflets to people and ask for their support. We hope that they will give some donations for our show. I also have to call the flower shop to send in flowers and arrange them in the theatre.

　We have a singing group in each grade and they will sing the most popular songs in our mini-concert. The host of the show is the captain of out school football team. Everyone has shown a lot of support for our show. I am sure the show will be a big success.

　The mini-concert is so meaningful. It is also fun. I hope you can come that night. I can buy a ticket for you. I hope to hear from you soon.

Love

Kitty

Kitty wants to write an article introducing the mini-concert for the school newsletter. She is writing some notes about it first. Complete her notes with the correct words.

· I am very ⁽¹⁾ ________ to be the Grade 8 representative

· our school will organize a ⁽²⁾ ________ this June

· the event aims to raise money for a ⁽³⁾ ________

· each grade will have a ⁽⁴⁾ ________ to sing in our show

· the host of the show is the ⁽⁵⁾ ________ of our school football team

· the performers have shown a lot of ⁽⁶⁾ ________ for our show

· we hope the show will be a big ⁽⁷⁾ ________

Reading Comprehension.

　　Candy has written an e-mail message to her friend Sandy. Read the e-mail message and answer the questions.

　　Dear Sandy,

　　Today is my 12th birthday. I phoned you fifteen minutes ago but nobody answered the phone. I know you check your e-mail every morning so I hope you get this message. I want to invite you to my birthday meal today.

　　I am going shopping with Amy and Clara this morning. Then we will have lunch. Please join us for lunch if you can.

　　My birthday meal will be held at McDonald's in Kowloon Bay at 1 p. m.. We are meeting at the entrance to the restaurant at 12:45. We will wait for you for fifteen minutes before we go inside. I do hope you can come. The birthday meal will be a lot of fun. Let me tell you what will happen.

　　First of all, we will eat some food. We will all share our favourite McDonald's dishes. We will order hamburgers, chicken nuggets and, of course, lots of fries. For dessert we will have hot apple pie and ice-cream sundaes. The food will be delicious!

　　After the meal, we will each get a bag of little presents to take away with us and everyone will sing “Happy Birthday”. I think we will have a good time. McDonald's is my favourite restaurant and I am so happy that my mother has arranged this birthday meal for me.

　　I nearly forgot something. At 2:30 p.m., we are going to watch a film together. The cinema is near the restaurant, so we won't have to walk very far. The film will finish at 4:30 p.m.. Afterwards, we will have something to drink at the fast-food restaurant next to the cinema.

　　I really hope you can join us－it will be a fun afternoon!

Yours,

Candy

1．Why did Candy send Sandy an e-mail message?

__________________________________________

2．Who is Candy going shopping with?

__________________________________________

3．Where will Candy's birthday meal take place?

__________________________________________

4．Will they have any sweet food at the birthday meal?

__________________________________________

5．How will they go to the cinema?

__________________________________________

6．What will they do after they have seen a film?

__________________________________________

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.

1.What does the writer talk about in the first paragraph?

   A. How to read new e-mail words.

   B. How new e-mail words are made.

   C. Why people use e-mail English.

   D. Canadian teachers and their e-mails.

2.The underlined word “comprehend” in the last paragraph means “_______”.

   A. accept                               B. understand           C. guess                               D. prefer

3.What do teachers insist according to the passage?

   A. Parents will have to learn some e-mail English.

   B. E-mail English will develop our everyday writing.

   C. E-mail English can’t be used among schoolmates.

   D. E-mail English shouldn’t be used in school writing.

4.What’s the title for this passage?

   A. E-mail English on Computer.                   B. American E-mail English.

   C. The Forms of E-mail English.                   D. The Changing of English.