Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away．Life has   1  for millions of teenagers across the world who now make friends online． 2  you use chat rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are3    of a virtual community （虚拟社区）．

"I rarely talk with my parents or grandparents, 4   I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ," said Fox's Shadow, the online nickname （网名） used by a Senior 2 girl in China．"Eighty percent of my classmates use QQ   5   school．"

QQ is the biggest messaging  6  in China．A record 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October,   7  to Tencent, the company which developed QQ．

And Fox's Shadow might well have been one of them．"I log in （登陆） on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel  8  ．I usually  9  about 10 hours chatting online every week," she said． "But I rarely talk with  10  , especially boys or men．"

Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making  11  with strangers online．"You don't know  12   you're talking to．You should  13  be careful about who you trust online．"

Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to  14  someone very well．Fox's Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face．It was a girl who was a comic fan like  15  and they went to a comic show together．

However, not all teenagers have been so  16  ． At the beginning of this year, a 17-year-old girl in Liaoning Province was raped after meeting a friend she had found on QQ．The criminals weren't   17   until last month．

A 16-year-old Beijing boy, known online as Bart Simon, dislikes QQ users．"I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking   18 ," he said． Now he chats online in English, using MSN． But he spends little time chatting as he sees it as a 19    of time and money "If you are really   20   to it, sometimes you just can't concentrate in class," he said．

1．A．improved                  B．become                   C．changed                  D．increased

2．A．Whether                   B．If                           C．When                     D．Unless

3．A．member                    B．part                        C．partner                   D．number

4．A．but                           B．while                      C．when                      D．still．

5．A．before                      B．at                           C．after                       D．since

6．A．service                     B．product                   C．structure                 D．organization

7．A．granting                    B．depending            C．considering           D．according

8．A．sleepy                      B．tired                       C．bored                            D．busy

9．A．take                         B．cost                        C．pay                        D．spend

10．A．friends                    B．adults                C．males                            D．strangers

11．A．relation                   B．touch               C．contact                   D．friends

12．A．who                       B．what               C．whose                    D．which

13．A．often                      B．usually              C．sometimes           D．always

14．A．know                            B．recognize            C．tell                         D．judge

15．A．herself                    B．him                C．anybody else         D．everyone

16．A．good                      B．fortunate            C．safely                     D．healthy

17．A．kept                       B．held                C．caught                    D．killed

18．A．uselessness             B．noise               C．nonsense            D．rubbish

19．A．short                      B．lack                C．waste                            D．little

20．A．kept                       B．held                   C．addicted                  D．stuck

Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away. Life has   1  for millions of teenagers across the world who now make friends online.   2   you use chat rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are 3   of a virtual community （虚拟社区）.

"I rarely talk with my parents or grandparents, 4   I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ," said Fox's Shadow, the online nickname （网名） used by a Senior 2 girl in China. "Eighty percent of my classmates use QQ   5   school."

QQ is the biggest messaging  6  in China. A record 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October,   7   to Tencent, the company which developed QQ.

And Fox's Shadow might well have been one of them. "I log in （登陆） on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel  8  . I usually  9  about 10 hours chatting online every week," she said. "But I rarely talk with  10  , especially boys or men."

Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making  11  with strangers online. "You don't know   12   you're talking to. You should  13   be careful about who you trust online."

Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to 14  someone very well. Fox's Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face. It was a girl who was a comic fan like  15   and they went to a comic show together.

However, not all teenagers have been so  16  . At the beginning of this year, a 17-year-old girl in Liaoning Province was raped after meeting a friend she had found on QQ. The criminals weren't   17   until last month.

A 16-year-old Beijing boy, known online as Bart Simon, dislikes QQ users. "I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking   18 ," he said. Now he chats online in English, using MSN. But he spends little time chatting as he sees it as a 19    of time and money. "If you are really   20   to it, sometimes you just can't concentrate in class," he said.

1．A．improved               B．become                    C．changed                D．increased

2．A．Whether                B．If                            C．When                   D．Unless

3．A．member                 B．part                         C．partner                 D．number

4．A．but                        B．while                       C．when                    D still.

5．A．before                   B．at                            C．after                     D．since

6．A．service                  B．product                    C．structure               D．organization

7．A．granting                 B．depending                C．considering           D．according

8．A．sleepy                   B．tired                        C．bored                   D．busy

9．A．take                      B．cost                         C．pay                      D．spend

10．A．friends                 B．adults                      C．males                   D．strangers

11．A．relation                B．touch                       C．contact                 D．friends

12．A．who                    B．what                        C．whose                  D．which

13．A．often                   B．usually                     C．sometimes            D．always

14．A．know                  B．recognize                 C．tell                       D．judge

15．A．herself                 B．him                         C．anybody else         D．everyone

16．A．good                   B．fortunate                  C．safely                   D．healthy

17．A．kept                    B．held                         C．caught                  D．killed

18．A．uselessness          B．noise                       C．nonsense              D．rubbish

19．A．short                   B．lack                         C．waste                   D．little

20．A．kept                    B．held                         C．addicted                D．stuck

Here are five letters from readers listed in 1-5. All the greetings and signatures are left out. Suppose you are a secretary of the magazine CR (Crazy English Reader), for each one find a suitable reply from A-F. Mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra reply which you don’t need to use.

   1. I am a reader of CR. Recently I found students translate some articles of CR. I appreciate your offering an opportunity to us beginners to practise using English. So I want to ask how they can obtain these articles and translated them for you, and what qualities you require. Thank you.

   2. I love your Crazy English Reader magazine! It provides valuable data for work in our English teaching. My wife and I are teaching Conversational English so I’ve been giving you a bit of a plug at our middle school. I told the students to “get a copy!” It’s good stuff! Fantastic!

     3. I’m one of Yao’s fans from Guangzhou. I have read the Yao Ming articles in No.7 Crazy English Reader. I want to know his correspondence address and the official website. Could you please tell me? Thank you very much indeed.  

     4. First of all, I must say thank you very much to all the CE Reader editors who gave us a really good English magazine. Secondly, I want to give you a piece of advice. In each passage, you gave us some new words with their Chinese translation. However, as far as my knowledge, I think you should give us not only the Chinese meaning but also the English meaning so as to know the words more accurately. Thank you!

     5. I am an editor of the English Monthly of our school. I have a question that is how to say the position of the paper e.g., 总编 责任编辑 and so on. I hope you can help me to tell me the word in English. The more the better. Thank you so much! I love the book very much. Now, I do this work, I need study more information about this work, if you have time, please email me. Thank you.

Thank you for your suggestion. We may try that in some future issues of CR. I think the best way to improve your reading vocabulary is to be able to guess the meaning of the word from the other words around it. Also, if you have an English dictionary, it’s good to look up the words and then mark them down in a notebook and review them later on. Then if you really want to learn how to use the words, try using them in conversation or in writing. Hope this helps.

The best way for you to learn the different positions in a newspaper or magazine is to get a copy of an all-English magazine or newspaper and then copy down the different positions. There are also titles such as Managing Editor, reporter, Copy Editor, Photo Editor and Layout Editor. I hope this helps. If you have some more specific questions, you can send them to me and I’ll try to answer.

C．The best way to reach Yao directly is through his home team, the Shanghai Sharks. You can write him at 2570 Xietu Road, Shanghai. For more information on Yao, you can look at the sports section in sina. com. I hope this helps. Another idea is that you can try to write Yao while he’s living and playing in Houston. You can try to reach Yao in the US at:   Yao Ming   Compaq Centre 10  Houston, TX 77046

Thank you for being such a careful reader of CR. Yes, you’re right we made a mistake in the writing of that Chinese word. Each issue we try to read very carefully each article and its translation to make sure there are no mistakes, but unfortunately a few mistakes always get by. But you encourage us to keep improving, so thank you.

Yes, we do have several students who help us translate some of the articles in our magazine. We contact these translators directly after interviewing their translation work. Afterwards we assign the articles to them for translation. If you are interested in being one of our translators you can send us some information about yourself and a sample of your translation work.

Thank you for helping us to promote CR. We’re glad it’s helpful to your students. We always try to include articles that reflect real life. It’s our hope that CR will not only improve student’s English but also open up a different worldview.

Here are five letters from readers listed in 1-5. All the greetings and signatures are left out. Suppose you are a secretary of the magazine CR (Crazy English Reader), for each one find a suitable reply from A-F. Mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra reply which you don’t need to use.

   1. I am a reader of CR. Recently I found students translate some articles of CR. I appreciate your offering an opportunity to us beginners to practise using English. So I want to ask how they can obtain these articles and translated them for you, and what qualities you require. Thank you.

   2. I love your Crazy English Reader magazine! It provides valuable data for work in our English teaching. My wife and I are teaching Conversational English so I’ve been giving you a bit of a plug at our middle school. I told the students to “get a copy!” It’s good stuff! Fantastic!

     3. I’m one of Yao’s fans from Guangzhou. I have read the Yao Ming articles in No.7 Crazy English Reader. I want to know his correspondence address and the official website. Could you please tell me? Thank you very much indeed.

     4. First of all, I must say thank you very much to all the CE Reader editors who gave us a really good English magazine. Secondly, I want to give you a piece of advice. In each passage, you gave us some new words with their Chinese translation. However, as far as my knowledge, I think you should give us not only the Chinese meaning but also the English meaning so as to know the words more accurately. Thank you!

     5. I am an editor of the English Monthly of our school. I have a question that is how to say the position of the paper e.g., 总编 责任编辑 and so on. I hope you can help me to tell me the word in English. The more the better. Thank you so much! I love the book very much. Now, I do this work, I need study more information about this work, if you have time, please email me. Thank you.

Thank you for your suggestion. We may try that in some future issues of CR. I think the best way to improve your reading vocabulary is to be able to guess the meaning of the word from the other words around it. Also, if you have an English dictionary, it’s good to look up the words and then mark them down in a notebook and review them later on. Then if you really want to learn how to use the words, try using them in conversation or in writing. Hope this helps.

The best way for you to learn the different positions in a newspaper or magazine is to get a copy of an all-English magazine or newspaper and then copy down the different positions. There are also titles such as Managing Editor, reporter, Copy Editor, Photo Editor and Layout Editor. I hope this helps. If you have some more specific questions, you can send them to me and I’ll try to answer.

C．The best way to reach Yao directly is through his home team, the Shanghai Sharks. You can write him at 2570 Xietu Road, Shanghai. For more information on Yao, you can look at the sports section in sina. com. I hope this helps. Another idea is that you can try to write Yao while he’s living and playing in Houston. You can try to reach Yao in the US at:   Yao Ming   Compaq Centre 10  Houston, TX 77046

Thank you for being such a careful reader of CR. Yes, you’re right we made a mistake in the writing of that Chinese word. Each issue we try to read very carefully each article and its translation to make sure there are no mistakes, but unfortunately a few mistakes always get by. But you encourage us to keep improving, so thank you.

Yes, we do have several students who help us translate some of the articles in our magazine. We contact these translators directly after interviewing their translation work. Afterwards we assign the articles to them for translation. If you are interested in being one of our translators you can send us some information about yourself and a sample of your translation work.

Thank you for helping us to promote CR. We’re glad it’s helpful to your students. We always try to include articles that reflect real life. It’s our hope that CR will not only improve student’s English but also open up a different worldview.

Here are five letters from readers listed in 1-5. All the greetings and signatures are left out. Suppose you are a secretary of the magazine CR（Crazy English Reader）, for each one find a suitable reply from A-F. Mark the correct letter（A-F）on your answer sheet. There is one extra reply which you don’t need to use.

1. I am a reader of CR. Recently I found students translate some articles of CR. I appreciate your offering an opportunity to us beginners to practise using English. So I want to ask how they can obtain these articles and translated them for you, and what qualities you require. Thank you.

2. I love your Crazy English Reader magazine! It provides valuable data for work in our English teaching. My wife and I are teaching Conversational English so I’ve been giving you a bit of a plug at our middle school. I told the students to “get a copy!” It’s good stuff! Fantastic!

3. I’m one of Yao’s fans from Guangzhou. I have read the Yao Ming articles in No.7 Crazy English Reader. I want to know his correspondence address and the official website. Could you please tell me? Thank you very much indeed.

4. First of all, I must say thank you very much to all the CE Reader editors who gave us a really good English magazine. Secondly, I want to give you a piece of advice. In each passage, you gave us some new words with their Chinese translation. However, as far as my knowledge, I think you should give us not only the Chinese meaning but also the English meaning so as to know the words more accurately. Thank you!

5. I am an editor of the English Monthly of our school. I have a question that is how to say the position of the paper e.g., 总编 责任编辑 and so on. I hope you can help me to tell me the word in English. The more the better. Thank you so much! I love the book very much. Now, I do this work, I need study more information about this work, if you have time, please email me. Thank you.

A．   Thank you for your suggestion. We may try that in some future issues of CR. I think the best way to improve your reading vocabulary is to be able to guess the meaning of the word from the other words around it. Also, if you have an English dictionary, it’s good to look up the words and then mark them down in a notebook and review them later on. Then if you really want to learn how to use the words, try using them in conversation or in writing. Hope this helps.

B．   The best way for you to learn the different positions in a newspaper or magazine is to get a copy of an all-English magazine or newspaper and then copy down the different positions. There are also titles such as Managing Editor, reporter, Copy Editor, Photo Editor and Layout Editor. I hope this helps. If you have some more specific questions, you can send them to me and I’ll try to answer.

C．The best way to reach Yao directly is through his home team, the Shanghai Sharks. You can write him at 2570 Xietu Road, Shanghai. For more information on Yao, you can look at the sports section in sina. com. I hope this helps. Another idea is that you can try to write Yao while he’s living and playing in Houston. You can try to reach Yao in the US at: Yao Ming Compaq Centre 10 Houston, TX 77046

D．  Thank you for being such a careful reader of CR. Yes, you’re right we made a mistake in the writing of that Chinese word. Each issue we try to read very carefully each article and its translation to make sure there are no mistakes, but unfortunately a few mistakes always get by. But you encourage us to keep improving, so thank you.

E．   Yes, we do have several students who help us translate some of the articles in our magazine. We contact these translators directly after interviewing their translation work. Afterwards we assign the articles to them for translation. If you are interested in being one of our translators you can send us some information about yourself and a sample of your translation work.

F．   Thank you for helping us to promote CR. We’re glad it’s helpful to your students. We always try to include articles that reflect real life. It’s our hope that CR will not only improve student’s English but also open up a different worldview.