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             Does SMS seriously affect young people's ability to write good English?

             Recently,a Scottish teenager wrote her entire;English exam in text language. Should she be allowed to do that?

SMS is on the increase but is it sending the nght message to young people and teachers? Some teachers believe that SMS is having a negative effect on young people's literacy(識字) skills They say that texting is preventing young people from wnting properly. Because texting is fast and users have to be brief,good grammar,spelling and sentence structure is forgotten. As a result,young SMS users are not able to write correct English. Other teachers,however,say that young people should be permitted to express themselves and that texting is just a modem means of communication. Teachers who want to ban it are “old-fashioned."

One educational expert commented,“Children need to learn to communicate in a range of ways.”

              A lot of teachers and lecturers refer to the story of the teenager who wrote an entire English essay in text language. Her essay started,aMy!summr hols wr CWOT. B4,we used 2go2 NY 2 C my bro. ILNY,it's a gr8 plc.” The translation of I this is,My summer holidays were a complete!waste of time. Before,we used to go to New York I to see my brother. I love New York. It's a great  place."

              ●Text language should only be used for texting? i (That's why it’s called TEXT language.) We'11 i never get a good education if we keep using text language instead of correct English.

                                           — Lucy,17, Oxford

              ●I don't think that students should be allowed ： to text because it will create problems for the teachers. Most of them simply don't understand text language.  

                                           一 Chris,18, Leeds

              ●No way!I think it's OK for emails and texts,but NOT for schoolwork,because it will affect your spelling when you,re older.

                                       一 Jordan,16, London

              ●I think teachers should let us use text in classes. Over thousands of years our language has changed a lot. Text is a new type of language and teachers should learn it. 

                                            —Ahmed,17, Bradford 

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32. What is the text mainly about?

   A. The advantages of SMS.

   B. How to write good English.

   C. Whether SMS is good for young people.

   D. Whether teachers should use text language.

33. Some teachers worry that if texting is allowed in class, .

   A. teaching will suffer

   B. young people won't write correctly

   C. the development of language may be affected

   D. young people won't express themselves clearly

34. Students who oppose the use of text language hold that .

   A. text language may make education suffer

   B. text language shouldn't be used in emails

   C. teachers should first learn to use text language

   D. students can use text language with teachers,permission

35. The text is probably taken from .

   A. a diary       B. a report

   C. a newspaper   D. a website

Answer 1

32. C 33. B 34. A 35. D

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本文是議論文。文章主要討論了年輕人使用SMS是否有益。

32. C. 主旨大意題。由第一段中Does SMS seriously affect young people's ability to write good English?以及女中對教師和學生對這一問題看法的引述可知，本文主要圍繞SMS是否對年輕人有益展開論述。

33. B. 細節(jié)理解題。由第三段中的 texting is preventing young people from writing properly 和 young SMS users are not able to write correct English 可知，一些教師擔心，如果短信語言被允許，年輕人將不會正確地寫英語。

34. A. 細節(jié)理解題。由Lucy發(fā)表的觀點中的We’11 never get a good education if we keep using text language 可知，如果允許在學習中使用短信語言，那么教育將會受到很大影響。

35. D. 文章出處題。由最后一句Click here to add a comment 可知，本文出自一個網(wǎng)站。