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問題詳情:
The English language is changing, and fast, thanks to the rapid progress of technology. We all have a choice: We can either bury our heads in the sand and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive and well. Or we can embrace the new English, enter into the spirit of the Internet age and call it Weblish.
“You can' t avoid it , for the simple reason that whenever a new variety of language comes along , it inevitably impacts (衝擊) on the language as a whole .” says Dr. David Crystal , honorary professor of linguistics ( 語言學家 ) at the University of Wales in Bangor , whose book “Language and the Internet ” has just been published .
The trouble with keeping up with the new English is not so much that there are so many new words but that the old words no longer mean what we thought they did. In the past, if someone said they did not have Windows, you would have to suppose they lived in a cave e days, it is probably because they use a Mac (which is a computer, not a raincoat). Spam is as disliked as it ever was, but whereas it once meant an unappetizing(引不起食慾的)canned meat , it now stands for unwanted “junk” e-mail. Spellings are changing, too. Not only is text-messaging playing “hvc wth vrbs”(havoc (混亂) with verbs) , but the conventions of e-mail communication place little emphasis on “perfect spelling .”
Weblish loves to see nouns happily become verbs (“Please bookmark this site”) , and verbs become nouns ( “Send me the download ”) . Verbs and prepositions are regularly thrown together to become new nouns or adjectives (dial-up, logon, print-out, pull- down ,upload ) ,while others are created from simply pairing nouns: cyberspace, Ethernet, Internet , hyperlink , metatag, netspeak.
1.The best title of this passage would be__________.
A.Keep up with the latest weblish
B.Keep up with the latest development in English
C.Newly-invented English words
D.Technology and English
2.We can infer from the first paragraph that__________.
A.some people wish Shakespeare were still alive
B.people may have different attitudes towards weblish
C.all the people welcome weblish
D.weblish causes fear among people
3.The third paragraph is mainly about__________.
A.different meanings of English words
B.the rapid changes of English words
C.the difficulty in understanding words related to computer and the Internet
D.the common words used on the Internet
4.Dr. David Crystal would probably agree that__________.
A.people should not accept weblish
B.weblish can cause misunderstandings among people
C.weblish will destroy the English language
D.people should know something about weblish
【回答】
ABCD
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