在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，词首字母已给出．

Christmas Day is always on the s  1  day every year—December 25th．Everybody in England e   2 Christmas，but people often forget that getting ready for Christmas is very hard work. There are so many things for us to do．

  First you have to make sure that you have e    3  to eat and drink．Also，you have to make a big Christmas cake．A Christmas cake is full of fruit with sugar on top．

  My father usually buys a Christmas tree．He brings it home and we c 4   it with lights and put a star on it，so it looks r 5  beautiful．

    Everybody gives each other p  6  for Christmas．We put them on the floor under the tree on Christmas Eve and open them on Christmas Day．Nobody must open them before Christmas Day．

My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF ＆ thr 3 : -@ kids FTF. ILNY; its gr8.
Can you understand this sentence? If you can’t, don't feel too bad. The middle school teacher in England who received this as homework couldn’t either. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized（电脑化的）communication found on Internet or mobile phones. To newcomers, it can look like a completely foreign language. So, what is the "translation" of the sentence above? My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York; it’s great.
Schoolteachers and parents say this new form of writing is harming the English language. Increasing spelling and grammatical mistakes can be seen in students' writing. They fear the language could become corrupted (面目全非的).
Everyone should just relax, say linguists (语言学家). They believe Netspeak is in fact more of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing has been picked up again. Geoffrey Nunberg, from Stanford University, agrees. "People get better at writing by writing," he says, “Kids who are now doing text messaging and e-mail will write at least as well as, and possibly better than, their parents."
Linguist James Milroy says, for centuries, it is believed without exception（例外）that young people are harming the language. And you can bet your bottom dollar that when today's teenagers become tomorrow's parents, they too will think this way. Milroy argues that languages do not and cannot become “corrupted”, and that they simply change to meet the new needs.
However, Netspeakers do agree that it is important to teach young people how to speak and write Standard English. Cynthia Mcvey says, "I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it's important that they get across to（沟通）their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but that learning to write proper English is a must for their future.”
Perhaps we should give teenagers a little more trust anyway. Erin, age 12, says, "I wouldn't use text language in my homework. Texting is just for fun."
【小题1】What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?

根据短文内容和首字母提示，补全文中单词

All a  1  the world, people drink tea. But tea doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very d  2  ideas about drinking tea.

In China, for example, tea is always served w  3  people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at h  4 or in tea houses. They prefer their tea plain, with nothing e  5 in it.

Tea is a  6  important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea c  7  a  tea ceremony （茶道）. It is very old and full of meanings. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in J  8  homes.

A   9  tea-drinking country is England. In England, the late afternoon is “teatime”.  Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it w  10  cream and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and little sandwiches at teatime.

Dear Andy
I’m in London now. It’s the c  86  of England. I enjoy everything here except the food. I dislike English food. I miss dumplings and noodles.  Of course I never  s  87   missing you.
Things here are quite d  88  from those in China. T  89 in England goes on the left of the road. And if you want to go the other side of a road, you can have many ways: a subway(地铁), a footbridge or a zebra c  90  . And in some places, you can see black and white poles(杆). There is a button（键）on each of them. You can press the button to tell the drivers you want to cross the road. They usually stop their cars to let you go.
Taxis in London are really e  91  , so if you come to London, you should have enough m  92   with you. Taxi drivers are usually friendly. They are always ready to help you. And they must take exams b  93  they become taxi drivers.
London a   94   has the biggest underground system(系统) in the world. It’s easy to go the w  95   way if you are not careful.
Yours
Li Bing