Does technology influence the purity of Chinese language? Yes!
Many Chinese use messenger tools such as MSN or QQ, listen to music on MP3 players and blog on the Internet using ADSL ,but most people don’t know the Chinese meanings of the abbreviations, as many English letters have become part of the local lexicon（专门词汇）. some parents are so crazy about English letters that a couple tried to name their baby "@", they say the character used in email addresses reflects their love for the child.
While the "@" is obviously familiar to Chinese e-mail users, they often use the English word "at" to pronounce it , which sounds like ai ta, or "love him", to Putonghua speakers.
“Nowadays, more and more English abbreviations are being used in Chinese, making them an important part of the modern language," said Hou Min, a professor at Communication University of China. "The abbreviations are very popular because they can be used easily," Hou said. "As more Chinese people learn foreign languages, especially English, in recent years, using abbreviations has become a trend（趋势）among some educated people," she said.
Some language scholars fear such usage will influence the purity of Chinese and cause confusion（混乱） in communication.
【小题1】Which of the following is Not True according to the passage?

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked up at me and said, “I  31  you.” I did not know  32  to say, and I just stood there, looking  33 at him. My first thought was that he must need help with his homework. Then I asked, “What was that all about ?” “Nothing,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and see what they say.”
The next day I called his teacher to  34  more about what my son said and how the other parents had reacted﹡. “Most of the fathers had the  35  response﹡ as you did,” the teacher said, ”When I first suggested ﹡that we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would be surprised.”
Then the teacher explained , “ I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of  36  . I’m trying to tell them it’s too bad that we don’t express﹡ our feelings. A boy  37 tell his parents he loves them.” The teacher understands that sometimes it is  38  for some of us to say something .
That evening when my son came to me, I took him in my arms and held on for a while, saying, “Hey, I love you,  39  .” I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier,   40   I did feel pretty good.

Rico is a dog who lives in Germany(德国). His owners trained him from a young age to find his toys. When they say the name of a certain toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!

   Some researchers in Germany wanted to test Rico. They put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find a certain toy. Since nobody was in the room with Rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. The researchers did this test forty times. Rico found the right toy thirty-seven times!

   Then the researchers tried something else. They put seven of Rico’s toys in the room together with one new toy that Rico had never seen before. Then they told Rico to go into the room and get the new toy. This new toy had a name Rico had never heard before. Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times!

   Researchers cannot really say that Rico knows words or language. However, these tests seem to show that Rico can think about what he hears and think about what he knows. In fact, Rico seems to think and remember things as well as a three-year-old child.

From these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. Rico has given them a lot to think about.

1.From the passage we know that Rico is good at ______.

A. catching toys     B. counting toys    C. finding toys    D. putting toys in order

2. At first researchers asked Rico to ______.

A. bring a certain toy out of a room       B. choose a toy that he liked best

C. name toys and put them away         D. put his toys into his room

3.Rico went into the room _______ times to find a new toy he did not know.

A. seven          B. thirty-seven      C. ten         D. forty

4. The best title for the passage is ________.

A. German dogs are the smartest         B. An unusual dog

C. How dogs use language              D. The best toys for Rico

根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“T”，错误的用“F”：（共5分）

Television has now come to nearly every family .It has become a very important part in people’s life . School children in the USA watch TV about twenty-five hours a week .

Some parents feel that television is good for their children because it helps them learn about their country and the world .With the help of some programs of education ,children do better in school .

Other parents do not let their children watch TV too often .They say the TV programs are not good and children may learn bad things from them

Men have invented many things which have brought much convenience(方便) . Television is one of them . If it is carefully planned , watching TV can be good for children .

1. Television is not important at all in people’s life .

2.In the USA school children watch TV about twenty hours one week .

3. Television can help us learn about our country and the world .

4. Some parents don’t let their children watch TV too often because they never learn good things from it .

5. Watching TV can be good for children if it is carefully planned .