Question

根据短文内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文完整、正确。（每词只能用一次）

The verb “chat” means to talk (to someone) in a friendly, informal (非正式的) way. Today there are many 1.  on the Internet where you can chat. You can chat with people all over the world, in many languages and about many subjects. These places are 2.  called “chat room”. Sometimes you need to register (注册) to enter a chat room. This means that you need to offer a usename (用户名) and possibly your e-mail 3.  .Your usename doesn’t have to be your 4.  name. It can be any name you want. When you have your usename, other people in the chat room will call you by that name and5.  else can use it.

Chatting is a good way to 6.  your informal English, Messages in a chat room are usually short sentences. Sometimes 7.  are not even sentences, 8.   just a few words that are not really grammatically (语法) correct. It’s a typical way in which we 9.   in a quick conversation with friends. To save time, people often use abbreviations (缩写形式) like TTYL (talk to you later) or IDK (I don’t know). So don’t go to a chat room to practice “perfect English”. Go to a chat room to practice informal English and find new 10.   You can even use a chat room to help improve your typing skills if you want.

Answer

1.places

2.usually

3.address

4.real

5.nobody

6.practice

7.they

8.but

9.speak

10.friends

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了现在网络上提供了许多聊天的地方。人们在聊天室中不能学到地道的英语但是能学到非正式的英语并交到朋友当然还能提高你的打字技能。

1.句意：现在在网上有许多你能聊天的地方。根据句意，故填places

2.句意：这些地方通常称为聊天室。根据句意，故填 usually

3.句意：这意味着你要提供用户名可能还有你的电子邮件地址，根据句意，故填address

4.句意：你的用户名没有必要是你的真实的名字。形容词修饰名词，故填real

5.句意：当你有了你的用户名，在聊天室的其他人就会用这个名字称呼你，没有其他人在使用这个名字。根据句意，故填nobody

6.句意：聊天是练习英语口语的一种好的方式，根据句意，故填practice

7.句意：有的时候他们甚至不是句子。根据上文可知是指聊天中的信息，所以用they代替，故填they

8.not… but… ,不是······而是，故填but

9.它是一种象征性的方式，用这种方式我们和朋友以快速的交流说话，故填speak

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考点：社会现象类短文。