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On Friday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a lot of people were under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time, Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand didn't move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly some one shouted, “It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!” I looked at my watch, it was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.

1．We went to the Town Hall ________.

[　　]

A．on a cold winter night
B．on a Sunday evening
C．on New Year's Eve
D．on the first day

2．There were ________ people under the big clock.

[　　]

A．many
B．much
C．lot of
D．few

3．How soon would the clock strike twelve?

[　　]

A．In fifteen minutes.
B．In half an hour.
C．In five minutes.
D．In twenty minutes.

4．The big clock stopped at ________.

[　　]

A．five past twelve
B．five to twelve
C．two past twelve
D．two to twelve

5．The big clock ________ to welcome the New Year.

[　　]

A．would not like
B．would like
C．would want
D．wanted

6．The people there began to ________ then.

[　　]

A．laugh and cry
B．sing and laugh
C．laugh and dance
D．shout and sing

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     Talking on a mobile phone is expensive, so a lot of people send text messages. Text messages are
much cheaper by making the words shorter. You can do this by taking out "unimportant" letters in the
words and using numbers instead of words (2=to, 3=free, 4 = for, 8 = ate, so, etc. ). You can also keep
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     I gt a txt mssge frm my frnd. Shes hvng a prty on Strdy.
     Mobile phone users have developed a group of symbols to show how they feel. They are called
emoticons, and there are some examples below. To read an emoticon, you have to look at it sideways.
For example, if you say something in a text message that is a joke, you can follow it with a smiling face.
Like this :
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1. Why are text messages popular?
A. Because they are expensive.
B. Because they are cheap.
C. Because they are hard to write.
D. Because they are not important.
2. The first paragraph tells us that we can make the text messages shorter in _______ways.
A. one                          
B. two
C. three                      
D. four
3. What does this text message " Do U wnt 2 cks?" mean? It means_______.
A. Do you want to come?
B. Do you wear two caps?
C. Do you want two cakes?
D. Do you go home early?
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A. Because they can show how the users feel.
B. Because the symbols are beautiful.
C. Because the text messages are short.
D. Because the users can't make the words shorter.
5. If you want to say someone is happy,  you could use the symbol "        ___ " in the text message.
A. -)  
B. -(  
C. -v  
D. |·|


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