If you ask some people, “How did you learn English so well?”you may get a surprising answer:“In my sleep!”

　　These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments to test learn-while-you-sleep methods (方法), which are now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects, of which English is only one.

　　Specialists(专家) say that this sleep-study method speeds language learning tremendously(巨大地). They say that the average person can learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day－and this does not affect(影响) his rest in any way. A word of warning, however: sleep-teaching will only hammer into your head what you have studied already while you are awake.

　　In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast(广播) over the radio at intervals of a fortnight ( two weeks). Each lesson lasted twelve hours－from: 8 p. m. to 8 a. m. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary were given with the student awake. At 11 p. m. a soothing (起镇静作用的) lullaby (催眠曲) was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio whispered the lesson again into his sleeping ears. At 2 a. m. a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes of revision (repeating a lesson ). Then he was lulled back to rest again while the radio purred on. At 5 o'clock his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before his hard-earned breakfast.

1．Compared with other methods of learning, the learn－while you－sleep method is ________ .

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2．During sleep-teaching you can ________ .

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A．learn grammar and vocabulary that you never heard about before

B．learn how to sleep better

C．learn how to sleep less

D．listen to lessons again to know them better

3．Sleep－teaching means listening to ________ .

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4．What was the total number of hours, asleep and awake, that students spent learning English during the experiment

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5．Which of these statements is TRUE according to the passage?

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A．English is the only subject that is taught by the sleep-study method.

B．Only specially clever students can learn by the sleep-study method.

C．At the time of writing there had been only one sleep-study experiment.

D．Specialists seem to think that the sleep-study method is a good way to learn.

You will be able to get good marks ________.

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A．while you are doing your homework by yourself

B．if you do some revision every day

C．before you begin to study hard

D．until you follow your teachers' advice

　　We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information mid so on. In recent years, a new kind of English.has grown on the Internet. There’s no real word for it yet, so we’ll call it E-talk. People don’t like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters (alled acronyms). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms（聊天室）. Some of them are: BTW (by the way) BRB (be right back) LOL (laughing out loud) IMO (in my opinion). People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are: info (information), puter (computer), pic (picture), sec (second). We usually don’t see people when we communicate（交流）on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw “feelings”, such as:

　　These days, many forums（论坛）have picture feelings. For example:

　　There are even whole new words, like“newbies”(someone who is new on a chat board or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it’s called“flaming”the person. It takes time for people to get used to（适应）E-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbies sometimes have to ask other people what they mean. As the Intemet grows, E-talk will continue to grow and change.

A．To show their feelings.

B．To make jokes.

C．Because people can type them quickly.

A．The person is happy about getting a new computer.

B．The person has to go away from their computer.

C．The person is sad that his computer is having problems.

A．keep changing

B．stay the same

C．be used by people on the telephone

A．E-talk

B．Pictnm Feelings

C．How to Use Abbreviations