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?

When you speak, write a letter or make a telephone call, your words carry a message. People communicate (交流) with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are __1__ . Tears in your eyes tell others you are sad. When you __2__ your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to __3__ something or ask questions. You __4__ your head from side to side, and people know you are saying no.

Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the __5__ helps you know which bus you can take here. A sign on the wall of your school helps you __6__ the library. Signs on the doors tell you __7__ to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are lots of signs round you and that you receive messages __8__ them all the time? Books, newspapers, TV, radios and __9__ all help us to communicate with other people. They all help us __10__ what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

    When you speak，write a letter or make a telephone call，your words carry a message．People communicate（交流）with words．

    Do you think you can communicate    1  words? A smile on your face shows you are  2   ．Tears in your eyes tell others you are sad．When you  3   your hands in class，the teacher knows you want  4  something or ask questions． You shake（摇动）your head，and people know you are saying    5   ．

    Other things can also carry messages．For example，a sign at  6  helps you to know which bus it is．A sign on the wall at your school helps you   7   the library． Sign on the door tells you which go in or out．Have you ever notice（注意）that there are lots of signs round you and that you receive messages  8   them all the time? Books， newspapers，TV, radio and  9  all help us to communicate with other people．They all help us  10  what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about．

1．A．by                         B．with                    C．in                          D．without

2．A．sorry and sad                                            B．worried and frightened

C．happy mad friendly                                      D．tired and angry

3．A．put on            B．putout                         C．put up                    D．putdown

4．A．to speak                B．to talk                  C．to give                   D．to say

5．A．well                      B．no                       C．good                      D．bad

6．A．the post office                                           B．the police station

C．the bus stop                                                D．the bookshop

7．A．read                      B．find                     C．watch                    D．what

8．A．from                     B．for                      C．of                          D．about

9．A．men                      B．teachers               C．fridges                   D．films

10．A．study                   B．know                   C．find                       D．hear

We each have a memory(记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.

But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.

1.Some people can easily learn many things by heart because _____.

A．they always sleep very well                B．they often eat good food

C．they read a lot of books                   D．they have very good memories

2.Everybody learns his mother language ______.

A．at the age of six                         B．when he is a small child

C．after he goes to school                   D．when he can read and write

3.Before a child can speak, he must ______.

A．read books                            B．write words

C．hear and remember the sounds            D．think hard

4.In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language well because ______.

A．they have no good memories              B．they have no recorders(录音机)

C．they have too much time for it             D．they are busy with other subjects

5.Your memory will become better and better ______.

A．when you have enough good food          B．when you do more and more exercises

C．when you do morning exercises every day    D．when you get up early